Sony’s Soneium project debuted its first music NFT collection, featuring Japanese music director NUU$HI’s unreleased tracks.
By Anisha Pandey
Edited by Julia Sakovich
Updated
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On Friday, Sony’s blockchain project Soneium announced the launch of its first music NFT collection, developed in collaboration with Coop Records. The collection features unreleased tracks by Japan-based music producer NUU$HI.
The NFT music collection, now live on Soneium’s marketplace Sonova, offers a 22-minute-long track valued at just 0.000777 Ether (worth around $2.12).
Coop Records is a community-driven onchain label responsible for bringing over 600 songs to blockchain. It has brought over 125 artists onchain in the last year including major acts like Zeds Dead, San Holo, and Barry Can’t Swim.
Coop Records believes that this launch addresses the persistent issue of unfair profit distribution between record labels, streaming services, and artists. The label’s founder Cooper Turley stated on X:
“Crypto is finally entering the era where apps are the main focus, and with tokens at the center — creators and power users will be the biggest winners.”
The crypto community welcomed this idea on X, calling 2025 an “app season”.
As per the announcement, this vision of equitable revenue sharing closely aligns with Soneium’s core mission. The blockchain network aims to offer recognition and fair compensation to creators for their contributions.
Since its mainnet launch in January 2025, Soneium, built on Ethereum Layer 2, has seen rapid growth with over 248,000 accounts. The platform has seen 1.8 million addresses participating in its blockchain activities in the past four weeks.
While Sony Music Group, which oversees legendary labels such as Columbia Records and RCA Records, has yet to integrate fully with Soneium, the blockchain platform’s roadmap already hints at other developments. These include intellectual property protection for creator-generated content and enhanced revenue-sharing models between artists and fans.
Last month, Sony Block Solutions Labs announced a Fan marketing platform that simplifies NFT issuance for brands, creators, and enterprises by providing integrated tools for fan engagement and data analysis.
The company’s crypto asset platform S.BLOX is also preparing an NFT distribution campaign this month.
The latest partnership between Soneium and Coop Records demonstrates the potential of blockchain in redefining music ownership. Soneium’s director Sota Watanabe stated that Soneium is now focusing its focus on music and entertainment. As per the announcement, this is the first in a wider collection of drops on Sonova over the coming months.
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