royalties
Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform with over 626 million users, generates most of its revenue from ads and subscription fees. But how does this money reach artists? Spotify doesn’t pay artists directly. Instead, roughly two-thirds of its revenue goes to rights holders, including record labels, publishers, and distributors. These entities then pay artists […]
Justin Bieber is joining the club by selling the rights to his entire music catalog. Justin Bieber sold his music catalog for $200 million dollars, that seems to be the average going price. Justin Bieber signed over his publishing and artist royalties to Hipgnosis Songs Capital. Last week Dr. Dre announced he sold his catalog […]
The legendary Detroit-based American singer-songwriter Anita Baker is asking her fans for a small favor after giving them music to score their lives to for over 30 years. She would like her fans to stop buying and streaming her music. Currently, the musical icon is battling for the rights to her master recordings. She says […]
Another story of artists who got bamboozled by their agent. Apparently, Cali Swag District is claiming M.C. Hammer’s brother Louis Burrell stole more than $200,000 from them in royalties. The group who is most known for the song Teach Me How To Dougie said that Burrell may of had someone on the inside at BMI (a […]
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