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'Weird Al' Roasts Spotify's Artist Payout System in Year-End Wrapped Video (www.rollingstone.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The post is about what Yankovic said, but you left out that.

It’s my understanding that I had over 80 million streams on Spotify this year,” Yankovic said in his video. “So, if I’m doing the math right that means I earned $12. Enough to get myself a nice sandwich at a restaurant.”

He added, “So from the bottom of my heart, thanks for your support and thanks for the sandwich.”

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If anyone is curious, online estimators put 80 million streams on Spotify at an average payout of ~$190,000. That's to the record label though, not the artist themselves.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't understand how the record labels are wearing that payout for that number of streams from their bigger artists who aren't big enough to warrant an individual deal like Swift or the Beatles. It has to be a huge pay cut from the money they would have been earning pre streaming from physical sales.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been independently releasing my own music on Spotify and other streaming services for almost 4 years and have made $26. And this year has more streams than any previous!

www.linktr.ee/thassodar if you're interested!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yooo, I love Spatial Awakening 😁