Music Revenue

Leakers make upwards of $60,000 by posting unreleased or fake tracks to Spotify, Apple

A new report details how leakers have managed to infiltrate streaming services and steal royalties.

by Wren Graves

on August 22, 2019, 8:05am

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Musicians only received 12% of the music industry’s $43 billion revenue in 2017

And a majority of that money came thanks to relentless touring.

by Lake Schatz

on August 07, 2018, 3:10pm

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Portishead made just $2,500 off 34 million streams

Geoff Barrow shares rough estimate of a crappy deal.

by Ben Kaye

on April 14, 2015, 8:12pm

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Streaming music services made more money than CD sales for the first time ever

Spotify and the like pulled in a whopping $1.87 billion compared to the compact disc.

by Michelle Geslani

on March 19, 2015, 8:36pm

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This GIF shows 30 years of music industry change

The short story: we keep changing the way we buy music.

by Josh Terry

on August 19, 2014, 5:35pm

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