Spotify Getting $499M Profits After Lowering Artists Royalty

[lasagna 2,932]

i've made a few musical projects before just as hobbies and i really despise spotify they dont pay well and their algorithm for detecting fake streams is flat out inaccurate

i got 50k streams on an album over the course of 4 years and spotify told my distributor my streams were fraudulent (they werent) and my distributor banned me and removed my music from streaming platforms 🧍‍♂️

its so annoying too cuz the amount i accumulated from 50k streams on spotify was less than 80 dollars i wanna say so like you ruined any potential income i had and also didnt even give me any income in the first place 

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if im being real i kinda dont blame them for thinking the streams were fake tho cuz the music sucked 

 

Edited November 16, 2024 by lasagna

[IWantYourLove 1,413]

6 hours ago, Catnikko said:

I only have like £60 in my account for a song that has 27k spotify streams 

That’s crazy. I think payout per stream should be higher for smaller artists tbh  not like crazily, but it should be like taxing should be. if that makes sense. Like a bigger artist should get 60% of their profits and still make like idk £10 mil, and then a smaller artist should make 80% of their profits and get £100. If you get me. Because otherwise what’s the point for these smaller artists. 
Idk. But then at the same time the reverse makes sense too, because a quality song that people enjoy should in theory make more than some 20 year old guy uploading his off-beat SoundCloud raps about his 16 year old situationship. Idk. Nvm I thought I had a solid point here. Spotify hire me as a music judge and I’ll decide what each artist makes per song per stream 

edit: I suppose everyone making the same amount is the only reasonable solution, all things considered, but it’s too harsh. 

Edited November 16, 2024 by IWantYourLove

[Sunny 12,736]

11 hours ago, River said:

So in some sense at the end, the people who worked on the song earns the least (except artist), even with touring, because the artist gets the majority of the earning while they get royalties if the song is perform, right?

Yup. Also keep in mind that a lot of songwriters / producers don't get paid upfront, only if their song makes it on the album. After their fee, they only get paid from publishing royalties

If the artists doesn't own the masters, they get paid even less, and the other people who worked on the song get paid even more less by proxy