• @RattlerSix
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    4129 days ago

    Am I missing something? Does it not say she makes an estimated $4000 per DAY from Spotify and $8000 per MONTH from onlyfans?

    • celeste
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      4929 days ago

      https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lily-allen-feet-pictures-make-more-money-spotify-streams-1235811354/

      Allen’s daily stream count on Spotify as of Oct. 17 was about 851,623. Assuming that number is correct, the Music Streaming Royalty Calculator estimates Spotify would’ve paid a total of $4,077 a day, with $3,239 going to sound recording for the copyright owner; $336 of mechanical royalties going to the publisher, who pays the songwriter; and $503 in performance royalties going to performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, etc.).

      Which of these numbers goes to her? I’m just confused, I think.

      • @[email protected]
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        4929 days ago

        Everybody likes to hate Spotify but if they pay out 4000 dollars a day and the artist gets nothing, that doesn’t sound like Spotify is the main problem.

        • @[email protected]
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          2229 days ago

          That’s pretty well known. They cut shitty deals with the record labels so they can have a large library. The record companies are making massive bank on Spotify, unlike pretty much every other party involved, including Spotify.

        • @egrets
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          29 days ago

          There’s a definite industry problem, but that doesn’t excuse Spotify.

          Apple Music pays artists 50-100% more than Spotify do per play, and Tidal pay triple to quadruple. Even Amazon pay artists more than Spotify; only YouTube is worse.

      • @pivot_root
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        2529 days ago

        An unknown and probably pitiful fraction of $336, by the looks of it.

        $336 of mechanical royalties going to the publisher, who pays the songwriter

        • @RattlerSix
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          Ok I did a little searching. She might get some of the $336 to the publisher/songwriter, but only if she is credited as a writer. Not every song is written by the artist. There doesn’t seem to be anything in that breakdown that goes to the artist specifically. The bulk of the money is going to the copyright owner, who is often the record company, and seems to be who owns her songs. It seems like whatever she gets paid would be up to whatever contract she signed with them.

          This pdf file explains that a typical major label artist might make 18% of the $4077 per day.

          https://www.manatt.com/Manatt/media/Media/PDF/US-Streaming-Royalties-Explained.pdf

          If she makes $266 a day from onlyfans, she has to be making around 8% of the $3,239 the record company is getting daily for it to be less than onlyfans.

          • Executive Chimp
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            529 days ago

            $503 in performance royalties going to performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, etc.).

            Performance rights organisations would pay her for performing. She’s get a fraction of that.

      • @dohpaz42
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        1129 days ago

        She’d owe a dollar at the end of each day. Which means she would lose money being on Spotify.

      • @TheEighthDoctor
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        829 days ago

        If those are the numbers I don’t see why people are complaining about Spotify, the problem doesn’t seem to be there

    • @Hellinabucket
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      1929 days ago

      The article is missing the content from the quoted article for the 4,000 a day. It pays out 4,000 a day to the studios and publishers, whatever actually % of that she gets is probably less than 10.

    • @reddig33
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      -2529 days ago

      That’s what the article says. So sounds like Lily is full of it.