Music distribution in Somalia
Application availability depends on territory, legal eligibility, reviewed languages and current service capacity.
Releasing from Somalia
Apply from anywhere
The invite application is open from eligible territories — including Somalia.
Human review
Our team reviews your work in any language.
Private invitation
Approved applicants are onboarded by email invitation.
Global release
Your release is delivered in supported territories — including eligible platforms serving Somalia.
Get your songs on Boomplay, Audiomack, Spotify and currently supported digital services. Releasing is free, Mazufa takes 0% commission, and you keep ownership of your recordings.
Music made in Somalia runs through qaraami and oud-led classic song, heello poetry-song traditions, Somali pop and rap. Mogadishu, Hargeisa and diaspora studios all release regularly. Recording happens mostly in Somali, with Arabic, and titles appear in the Latin alphabet for Somali, with Arabic script for Arabic text. That keeps metadata straightforward: preserve accents and special characters exactly as the artist writes them, use one spelling of the artist name on every release, and tag each title with the language actually sung.
The currency in use is Somali shilling (SOS). Earnings are reported in the currency the platform pays out in rather than in each local currency, so the rate between reporting and withdrawal matters when planning. Most listening happens through YouTube, diaspora social video and radio. Which stores and platforms a release reaches in this territory varies and is subject to current availability, eligibility and platform rules.