Alesso & Katy Perry 'WIG' debuts on Global Spotify

[Teletubby 150,121]

Dec 31:
#125 on Spotify US with 241,518 streams

6 hours of tracking (Dec 29)

 

 

[COOOK 76,406]

"I feel that already"

[TSUNAMI 21,021]

Beginning gives me Avici vibes. 

I like the song. 

 

But I kind of hate it that her voice has been autotuned i na way that we loose her signature tone. 

[FentyGa 14,340]

for the record, this means the song made around $1448. ofc that’s spotify alone, but it’s pennies.

divide it between the writers, producers, katy, the label, and subtract whatever the promo and the single cover art cost…they probably just broke even

of course Katy can afford it, but it really makes you think about just how little small artists make

[Andreu 37,216]

it's not that bad for less than half a day I think

Spoiler

not that I expect the song to take off comercially anyways 

 

[Concertaholic 5,921]

14 minutes ago, FentyGa said:

for the record, this means the song made around $1488. ofc that’s spotify alone, but it’s pennies.

divide it between the writers, producers, katy, the label, and subtract whatever the promo and the single cover art cost…they probably just broke even

of course Katy can afford it, but it really makes you think about just how little small artists make

You think it only costs around $1,500 to produce and put out a single? 

[Spartacus 4,485]

Is this a good sign or bad? Her hair is black on the single cover so I expect this to be a smash.

[FentyGa 14,340]

45 minutes ago, Concertaholic said:

You think it only costs around $1,500 to produce and put out a single? 

never said that

having worked with musicians before i know studio time will be a few hundred (if it’s a nice studio)

 then you have to pay the engineer, the artist who creates the single cover, the vocal producer/mixer, obviously the artist, the label gets a cut, the writers, and if you do any promo (playlisting, billboards, etc) that costs money too.

that’s without considering the fact that the song has a video, which easily costs over a grand.

point is that katy’s taking home pennies for this song. she’s a millionaire regardless, but for small artists, streams make no money

[Lucas 27,164]

2 minutes ago, FentyGa said:

point is that katy’s taking home pennies for this song. she’s a millionaire regardless, but for small artists, streams make no money

But how much do you expect streaming services to pay? There are billions and billions of streams every day. A lot of users have free accounts, some have premium accounts for 9.99/month. Of course 1 person playing your song once is going to pay you basically nothing

[FentyGa 14,340]

14 minutes ago, Lucas said:

But how much do you expect streaming services to pay? There are billions and billions of streams every day. A lot of users have free accounts, some have premium accounts for 9.99/month. Of course 1 person playing your song once is going to pay you basically nothing

i don’t know, i’m not a mathematician, nor am i an expert on economy or finances. i’m just saying that it sucks that it’s so tough for small artists to make money

[Concertaholic 5,921]

28 minutes ago, FentyGa said:

never said that

having worked with musicians before i know studio time will be a few hundred (if it’s a nice studio)

 then you have to pay the engineer, the artist who creates the single cover, the vocal producer/mixer, obviously the artist, the label gets a cut, the writers, and if you do any promo (playlisting, billboards, etc) that costs money too.

that’s without considering the fact that the song has a video, which easily costs over a grand.

point is that katy’s taking home pennies for this song. she’s a millionaire regardless, but for small artists, streams make no money

A Katy Perry single probably costs well over $500,000 to produce and market if not over $1 million since it also has a music video…

Here’s an article for reference: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/07/05/137530847/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-hit-song

[Lucas 27,164]

7 minutes ago, FentyGa said:

i don’t know, i’m not a mathematician, nor am i an expert on economy or finances. i’m just saying that it sucks that it’s so tough for small artists to make money

Yeah of course I agree with that! But I think it has always been hard for small artists and struggling with streaming money is just the next step as streaming services became the popular way to consume music now... If you don't have an audience you'll always have problems making money as a musician

[SevenWonder 4,373]

Is that any good? What's a Gaga comparison?

[Runway 27,876]

3 hours ago, SevenWonder said:

Is that any good? What's a Gaga comparison?

idk stupid love did 5.6 million, but WIG might surpass that with the full 24 hours

[Dojo 19,365]

9 hours ago, FentyGa said:

for the record, this means the song made around $1448. ofc that’s spotify alone, but it’s pennies.

divide it between the writers, producers, katy, the label, and subtract whatever the promo and the single cover art cost…they probably just broke even

of course Katy can afford it, but it really makes you think about just how little small artists make

one of thee most famous pop stars in México was tweeting not long ago that he was paid in a month $15 pesos (less than 1 dollar) from spotify and saying he could make more money singing outside the subway.