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How much streaming services pay musicians per stream
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this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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Been thinking about Qobuz. I cancelled Spotify a couple years ago now and have just been relying on physical media and bandcamp, but I have been considering giving this a try. Any good?
Good selection, but their algorithm wasn't great. Ex. I would be listening to a metal song, and it would pull up Rolling Stones next. Yes those are both things I enjoy listening to, but if I'm blasting Korpiklaani, I'm probably not in the mood for Beast of Burden.
Not too much of an issue, since I usually listen to albums, but still annoying. I've had much better luck with Tidal's algorithm.
That's exactly what YouTube Music always did for me. In fact, it would do that after just one or two songs. I tell it to play an artist or a specific album and the 2nd or 3rd song would be completely unrelated, along with everything after it. It was like it never even considered any sort of continuity unless I was playing a specific playlist made ahead of time.
Just started trying Qobuz a few days ago, so it can't possibly be any worse than what I was already dealing with there.
They changed it a while back so that you can't download an album you buy as a whole unless you get their app, you have to do individual tracks. Just a small pain point that makes me annoyed at them. But, I sill end up going there because of the surprisingly high amount of music that I have only found for purchase there, and nowhere else
Oh, it isn’t a steaming service like Spotify? That is what I would be getting it for.
Oh no, it's a regular streaming service, just a little clunky eg, they want you to use their app on your phone and a webpage on your computer.
I switched awhile ago and some minor hassles but it's also been pretty fun. They try a lot of neat themed curated playlists, so today I was listening to a playlist El Sonido New Yorkquino, which was a blast.
Got it. Thanks!
They have a streaming service as well as a store page! I can't speak to it though, I've never tried it