Spotify says it paid $10 billion in royalties in 2024 — but only 4% of its artists make a living
The music-streaming giant has long been the target of criticism from artists about paltry payments, but said it doled out record royalties last year.
Spotify Paid Over $4.5 Billion to Music Publishers Over the Last Two Years, So Why Are Songwriters Struggling?
Spotify announced earlier this year that it paid out a record $10 billion-plus to the music industry in 2024, bringing its total to nearly $60 billion since its inception in 2006. The company - the world’s largest paid music-subscription service by a wide margin - maintains that it pays out 70% of every dollar it
Spotify paid over $10B US to the music industry last year. How much actually makes it to the artists?
Spotify on Wednesday released further details about its record $10 billion US in royalties in 2024 in its Loud & Clear report. The report comes amid the ongoing debate about how much money artists and songwriters actually receive in royalties and whether it is actually fair.
12m artists uploaded music to Spotify last year. Less than 0.6% generated $10,000 or more in royalties
The proliferation of new artists is a good thing, Spotify says, even if it means it’s harder to be discovered.
Spotify Shares Rise After it Says it Paid $10B in Royalties in 2024
Shares have doubled over the past year. Spotify published a report Tuesday night detailing how much it paid artists last year. The $10 billion in royalties represented a ten-fold increase in payouts since 2014,
Spotify paid out a record £7.7bn in royalties in 2024
Spotify paid the music industry $10bn (£7.7bn) in 2024, which the streaming service said was the highest annual payment from any single retailer in history. But the figures come as a heated debate continues about how much money artists and songwriters receive in royalties.
Spotify paid record $10 billion to artists last year
Spotify said on Wednesday it paid $10 billion in royalties in 2024, the largest payout to the music industry in a single year. Julian Satterthwaite reports. The scientists trying to save the fewer tha
Spotify says it paid $10bn in royalties last year amid artist criticism
Spotify says it paid more than $10bn in royalties to the music industry last year, as it seeks to counter criticism from recording artists that it has failed to share the bounty of the streaming era.
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