Music Distribution for Highlife Artists

Highlife is the timeless sound of Ghana and Nigeria, with deep catalogues and loyal fans spanning generations. ORB delivers your highlife and palm-wine recordings to Boomplay, Audiomack, Spotify and 150+ stores, and makes it easy to bring your existing catalogue across for free.

Honouring catalogue and heritage

Highlife artists often have years of recordings — singles, albums and live sessions — that deserve a home on modern streaming. A well-organised catalogue keeps earning from loyal listeners across West Africa and the diaspora long after release, making back-catalogue distribution as valuable as new singles.

If your highlife music is already with another distributor, ORB offers free catalogue transfer so you can bring everything over without losing your release dates, stream counts on the platforms, or playlist placements — then earn on better terms.

ORB plans for highlife artists

Pick the plan that matches where you are in your career:

Free — ₦0 — Trying ORB with a single release — Standard terms

Artist — ₦5,000/mo (~$3) — Solo highlife artists releasing regularly — 100%

Label & Team — ₦8,000/mo (~$5) — Bands and labels with rosters and splits — 100%

Why highlife artists choose ORB

Free catalogue transfer: Bring your existing highlife discography from another distributor to ORB at no cost and keep it earning.

First-class Ghanaian & Nigerian reach: Boomplay and Audiomack are primary stores, reaching the West African fans who keep highlife alive.

Royalty splits for bands: On the Label & Team plan, split earnings automatically between band members and collaborators.

Local-currency payouts: Withdraw to your bank in GHS, NGN and 30+ more currencies — no dollar account needed.

Can I move my old highlife catalogue to ORB? Yes. ORB offers free catalogue transfer, so you can bring your existing highlife discography from another distributor without extra cost and keep it earning on better terms.

Is ORB good for highlife bands with several members? Yes. On the Label & Team plan (₦8,000/mo) you can set automatic royalty splits so each band member or collaborator receives their agreed share directly.

Which stores reach highlife fans best? Boomplay and Audiomack are first-class stores on ORB and reach the West African and diaspora audiences who stream highlife, alongside Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.

How do Ghanaian artists get paid? Royalties collect in your ORB wallet and you withdraw to your local bank in GHS or your own currency through Paystack or Flutterwave — no foreign account required.