About HIFILOO

Why we exist

Streaming made nearly all the world's music instantly available — and along the way the album lost much of its meaning. Music is rented rather than owned, artists are paid fractions of a cent per play, and a body of work disappears into an endless stream of single tracks.

HIFILOO sells music, not streams. A song for $0.50, a complete album for $1 — a real sale instead of a stream, and a collection that belongs to the listener. Artists can publish a whole album or a single song on its own.

How it works

1. Discover & stream. Most albums stream in full, free, so you can explore before you decide.
2. Buy a song — $0.50, or the album — $1. You choose: one track, or the whole record. You own the download, DRM-free.
3. Own the music. It lands in your library and your playlists — your own digital collection, not a rental.

Some artists keep an album off free streaming. Those are marked VIP: you get a 15-minute preview, then buy to unlock. It is the artist's choice, not ours.

Who publishes here

Artificial intelligence is changing how music is made, and the cost and time of finishing an album have collapsed. Two kinds of creator share the marketplace:

• AI-Artists — composing and producing with AI tools, alone or with a studio behind them.
• DJs — sets and mixes released as complete works rather than uploaded as clips.

One condition applies to all of them: the creator must hold the rights to what they publish.

The deal

78% of every sale goes to the artist, and HIFILOO keeps 22% to run the marketplace. The artist covers the payment-processing cost of their own sales. No contracts, no upfront fees, no exclusivity — and the split is the same on the first album or song as on the thousandth. The number lives in one place in our code, so the storefront, the artist dashboard and the Terms can never disagree about it.

For artists

Create a free account in the Artist Studio, upload your album or a single song, with its cover, add genre and release details, confirm you hold the rights, and publish. You get a public artist page to share, and plays, sales and earnings in real time.

If something is wrong with a release — a track that cuts off, a missing cover, details that do not match the music — we take it off sale and tell you why. Put it right and it goes straight back up. Buyers who already own it keep their download.

The ambition

Music knows no borders. A creator in Stockholm, London, Berlin, Los Angeles or Tokyo publishes an album or a song that can be discovered on the other side of the world the same day. We are building towards a global catalogue of thousands — eventually millions — of songs and albums, across electronic, pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, classical, soundtracks, gaming, meditation and wellness, and genres that do not exist yet.

The company

HIFILOO is operated by HONEYDOG LIMITED (company no. 12186800), registered in England & Wales, at C/O Bareham & Co, 25 Cabot Square, London, United Kingdom, E14 4QZ. It was founded by Cato Crogh, CEO and founder.

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