platform

artist deal

format

Amazon MP3
Bandcamp
Beats
Deezer
Deezer
DIY CD album sold
DIY direct sale of CD
Google Play
Google Play
Google Play
iTunes
iTunes
iTunes
iTunes (also
Rdio
Rdio
retail album CD
retail album CD
retail album CD (highretail album CD (low
Rhapsody
Rhapsody
Self-distributed
Spotify
Spotify
Tidal (formerly WiMP)
Tidal (formerly WiMP)

with label &

publishing
DIY artist company
DIY artist
DIY artist
with label &
publishing
DIY artist company
DIY artist
with label &
publishing
DIY artist company
with label &
publishing
DIY artist company
with label &
publishing
DIY artist company

Single track download

Album download
stream
stream
stream
Album CD
Album CD
Single track download
stream
stream
Album download
Album download
Single track download
with label &
Single track download
publishing
company
DIY artist
stream
with label &
stream
publishing
with recordcompany
label & with record label &
publishing
with label &company publishing
Album CD company
publishing
with
label &company Album CD
publishing
with label &company Album CD
publishing
DIY artist company stream

YouTube
YouTube

DIY artist
stream
with label &
stream
publishing company

with label &

publishing
DIY artist company
DIY artist
with label &
publishing
with recordcompany
label &
publishing
DIY artist company

stream
Album download
stream
stream
stream
stream

Retail price
before tax

$
$0.99
$10.00
n/a
n/a
$12.00
$12.00
$1.00
n/a
n/a
$9.99
$9.99
$0.99
$0.99
n/a
n/a
$12.00
$12.00
$12.00
$12.00
n/a
n/a
$9.99
n/a
n/a

US minimum wage: approx.

n/a
n/a

To earn min wage:

label cut distributor + artist+writer

sales / plays per

artist revenue

$1,260.00
11,364
148
70,000
94,030
1,044,430
175
105
11,398
27,553
172,206
182
1,126
1,586
11,364
177,465
1,138,006

$
$0.11088000
$8.50000000
$0.01801000
$0.01300000
$0.00100000
$7.20000000
###
$0.11054400
$0.04573000
$0.00731680
$6.93000000
$1.11888000
$0.79433333
$0.11088000
$0.00692000
$0.00110720

1,615
1,050
4,200
104,132
701,872
140
192,308
1,093,750
184,859
29,577
720,000
4,500,000

818

$0.78000000
$1.20000000
$0.30000000
$0.00110000
$0.01122000
$8.99030000
$0.00700000
$0.00112800
$0.00700000
$0.04300000

54%
0
58.80%
0
55%
47%
23%
20%
27%
0
55%
0
0
55%
55%
0

30%
15%
40%
40%
25%
33%
0
30%
40%
25%
40%
30%
20%
30%
40%
25%
30%
18%
17%
18%
40%
25%
0.100070070
40%
25%
25%
40%

11.20%
85.0%
60%
60%
20%
60.0%
100%
11.05%
60%
20%
60.0%
11.2%
80.2%
11.20%
60%
20%
23%
7%
10%
3%
60%
20%
90.0%
60%
20%
20%
60%

$0.00175000
$0.00028000

0
55%

80%
25%

20%
20%

$1.54

58.80%
0
0
0
55%
0
0
58.80%
0
55%

note
streaming site
see 2015 full for working and
Manufacturing and production
Retailer takes 30% approx
Streaming provider takes 30%
Streaming provider takes 30%
Estimates applied to all stream

200,000
16,000,000
16,000,000

value index 2
(subscribers / no. of

2.9
170
15

Retailer takes 30% approx

Streaming provider takes 30% n/a
Estimates applied to all stream n/a
iTunes takes approximately

average of CD Baby,
Retailer takes 30% approx
Streaming provider takes 30%
Estimates applied to all streaming services across the board. Assumes a band where artists are also songwriter
Calculations
Sources:
If it's a major label the label
If it's a major label the label
If it's a major label the label
Streaming provider takes 30%
2,000,000
19
Estimates applied to all stream
2,000,000
2.8
average of iTunes via
60,000,000
312
Streaming provider takes 30%
Estimates applied to all stream
60,000,000
55
Estimates applied to all stream
500000
2.7
Estimates applied to all stream
500,000
17
YouTube takes 45%, Audiam
Estimates applied to all stream

1,000,000,000
1,000,000,000

1389
222

source

. Assumes a band where artists are also songwriters. 17% artists and songwriters, 46% labels, 21% distributors+retailers,1
0.7000

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2014/07/29/rhapsody-tops-2-million-paid-subscribers-globally/

https://press.spotify.com/uk/information/
https://press.spotify.com/uk/information/
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/31/jay-z-spotify-music-streaming-relaunch-tidal-support-artist
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/31/jay-z-spotify-music-streaming-relaunch-tidal-support-artist

21% distributors+retailers,16% is VAT tax. Based on source: SNEP / Ernst and Young February 2015 https://www.techdirt.c

unch-tidal-support-artist
unch-tidal-support-artist

#VALUE!

2015 https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150204/07310329906/yes-major-record-labels-are-keeping-nearly-all-money-the

keeping-nearly-all-money-they-get-spotify-rather-than-giving-it-to-artists.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23840744
http://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2013/jul/15/spotify-musicians-money-thom-

value index 1
(subscribers *

4
208
16

2
22
420
68
4
22
1,750
280

View the visualization:

ow-much-do-music-artists-earn-online2015-remix

platform

artist deal

format

DIY artist
DIY artist
DIY artist
DIY artist
DIY artist
with record label &
publishing
with label &company
publishing
with label &company
publishing
DIY artist company
with label &
publishing
with
label &company
publishing
with
label &company
publishing
with label &company
publishing
with label &company
publishing
DIY artist company

Album CD
Album download
Album download
Album CD
Album download
with record label &
publishing
Album CD company
Album download
Single track download
Album CD
Album CD
Single track download
Single track download
Single track download
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream
stream

US minimum wage: approx.

Self-distributed album
Album download via a
Bandcamp - Album
CD Baby - Album CD
iTunes - Album
retail album CD
retail album CD (highiTunes - Album
iTunes - Single track
retail album CD
retail album CD (low
Amazon MP3
iTunes (also
Google Play
Google Play
Tidal (formerly WiMP)
Beats
Beats
Deezer
Rhapsody
Google Play
Rdio
Tidal (formerly WiMP)
Spotify
Rhapsody
YouTube
Deezer
Spotify
Rdio
YouTube
Apple Music

DIY artist
DIY artist
with label &
publishing
DIY artist company
DIY artist
with label &
publishing
DIY artist company
with record label &
publishing
DIY artist company
with label &
publishing
DIY artist company
with label &
publishing
with
label &company
publishing
with label &company
publishing
with label &company
publishing
with label &company
publishing company

Retail price
before tax

$
$12.00
$9.99
$10.00
$12.00
$9.99
$12.00
$12.00
$9.99
$0.99
$12.00
$12.00
$0.99
$0.99
$0.99
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

To earn min wage:

label cut distributor + artist+writer

sales / plays per

artist revenue

$1,260.00

$
###
$8.99030000
$8.50000000
$7.92000000
$5.99000000

105
140
148
159
210
457
1,050
548
1,826
1,615
4,200
5,478
5,478
5,478
70,391
29,302
70,000
420,000
96,923
104,132
172,206
177,465
180,000
180,000
663,158
700,000
1,260,000
1,117,021
1,138,006
4,200,000
971,323

$2.76

$1.20000000
$2.29770000
$0.69000000
$0.78000000
$0.30000000
$0.22770000
$0.22770000
$0.22770000
$0.01790
$0.04300000
$0.01800000
$0.00300000
$0.01300000
$0.01210000
$0.00731680
$0.00692000
$0.00700000
$0.00700000
$0.00193600
$0.00180000
$0.00100000
$0.00112800
$0.00110720
$0.00030000
$0.00129720

0
0
0
0
47%
20%
47%
0
23%
27%
47%
47%
47%
0
0
0
55%
0
0
55%
0
55%
0
55%
0
55%
55%
55%
55%
55%

0
0.100070070
15%
33%
40%
30%
17%
30%
30%
18%
18%
30%
30%
30%
40%
40%
40%
25%
40%
40%
25%
40%
25%
40%
25%
80%
25%
25%
25%
25%
25%

100%
90.0%
85.0%
66%
60.0%
23%
10%
23.0%
70.0%
7%
3%
23.0%
23.0%
23.0%
60%
60%
60%
20%
60%
60%
20%
60%
20%
60%
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%

note
plays 2nd calc
see 2015 full for working and (plays needed /
Manufacturing and production

streaming site

value index 2
(subscribers / no. of

average of iTunes via

Source:
http://members.cdbaby.com/c
iTunes takes approximately
Calculations
Sources:
If it's a major label the label
Source:
average of CD Baby,
If it's a major label the label
If it's a major label the label
Retailer takes 30% approx
Retailer takes 30% approx.
Retailer takes 30% approx
Streaming provider takes 30%
n/a
Estimates applied to all stream
5.86%
500,000
17
Streaming provider takes 30%
23.33%
300,000
4.3
Beats purchased by Apple, close
140.00%
300,000
Streaming provider takes 30%
0.61%
16,000,000
165
Streaming provider takes 30%
5.21%
2,000,000
19
Estimates applied to all streaming services across n/a
Streaming provider takes 30%
Estimates applied to all stream
36.00%
500000
2.8
June 2015 update: Spotify
0.24%
75,000,000
417
Estimates applied to all stream
33.16%
2,000,000
3.0
YouTube takes 45%, Audiam
0.07%
1,000,000,000
1429
Estimates applied to all stream
7.88%
16,000,000
13
June 2015 update: Spotify annou
1.49%
75,000,000
67
Estimates applied to all streaming services across the board. Assumes a band where artists are also songwriter
Estimates applied to all stream
0.42%
1,000,000,000
238
Latest reports suggest Apple
8.83%
11,000,000
11

source

0.7000

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/31/jay-z-spotify-music-streaming-relaunch-tidal-support-artist
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/12/apples-beats-music-rival-spotify-hits-15-million-paid-subscribers
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/12/apples-beats-music-rival-spotify-hits-15-million-paid-subscribers
http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2014/07/29/rhapsody-tops-2-million-paid-subscribers-globally/

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/31/jay-z-spotify-music-streaming-relaunch-tidal-support-artist
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/10/spotify-apple-music-75m-active-users

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/10/spotify-apple-music-75m-active-users
where artists are also songwriters. 17% artists and songwriters, 46% labels, 21% distributors+retailers,16% is VAT tax. Base
percent-of-streaming-revenue- pay-more-to-music-biz-thanof-streaming-royalties-back-toback-to-artists
spotify-eventually/
indie-artists

#VALUE!

unch-tidal-support-artist

million-paid-subscribers

unch-tidal-support-artist

retailers,16% is VAT tax. Based on source: SNEP / Ernst and Young February 2015 https://www.techdirt.com/articles/201502
itunes-subscribers-streaming- what-does-the-apple-musicple-to-announce-new-musicmusic
launch-mean-for-music-fans
services-1433183201

techdirt.com/articles/20150204/07310329906/yes-major-record-labels-are-keeping-nearly-all-money-they-get-spotify-rathe

money-they-get-spotify-rather-than-giving-it-to-artists.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23840744
http://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2013/jul/15/spotify-musicians-money-thom-

value index 1
(subscribers *

22
5
208
24

4
525
4
1,800
16
85
300

US minimum wage:
Manufacturing and

artist type

format

Retail

before tax

$
DIY
artist
Album
CD
self-pressed CD
$12.00
DIY artist
Album CD
CD Baby
$12.00
with record label &
with record label &
retail album CD
$12.00
publishing
publishing
with recordcompany
label &
with recordcompany
label &
retail album CD
$12.00
publishing
publishing
with recordcompany
label &
Album CD company $12.00
retail album CD
Album CD
with recordcompany
label &
$12.00
retail album CD (low publishing
publishing
company
with
record
label
&
Single
track
Amazon
$0.99
publishing
download
with
recordcompany
label &
Single
track
Google Play
$1.00
publishing
download
with recordcompany
label &
Single track
Xbox Music via
publishing
download
with recordcompany
label &
Single track
iTunes
$0.99
publishing
companyof download
DIY artist [average
Single track
iTunes
$0.99
CD
Baby,
TuneCore,
download
DIY
artist
Single
track
iTunes via CD Baby
$0.99
download
Single track
iTunes via TuneCore DIY artist
$0.99
download
DIY artist
Single
track
iTunes via
$0.99
download
with record label &
Album download
iTunes
$9.99
publishing
company Album download
independent,
DIY artist via
$9.99
average
of
iTunes
via
DIY
artist
Album
download
$9.99
iTunes via
DIY
artist
Album
download
CD Baby
$9.99
DIY artist
Album download
TuneCore
$9.99
DIY artist
Album download
Bandcamp
$10.00
n/a
with record label &
Non-interactive
iTunes Radio via
publishing
stream
n/a
with recordcompany
label &
Non-interactive
Pandora via
publishing
company
stream
with
record
label
&
Non-interactive
n/a
Sirius XM
publishing
company
stream
n/a
with
record
label
&
Non-interactive
Last fm
publishing
company
stream
n/a
DIY
artist
on-demand
stream
CD Baby
n/a
DIY artist
on-demand stream
Rhapsody (older
with record label &
on-demand stream
n/a
Rhapsody (older
publishing
DIY
artist company on-demand stream
n/a
Rhapsody
n/a
with
record
label
&
on-demand
stream
Rhapsody
publishing
company
n/a
with
record
label
&
on-demand
stream
Spotify
publishing
company
DIY artist
on-demand stream
n/a
Spotify
n/a
with record label &
on-demand stream
YouTube
YOUTUBE (based on publishing company on-demand stream ad
YouTube via Audiam with record label & on-demand stream: $6.33
publishing
DIY
artist company Ad Clicks
n/a
Rdio
n/a
with
record
label
&
Rdio
publishing
company
n/a
DIY artist
Deezer
with record label &
n/a
Deezer
publishing
n/a
artist company
Google Play - stream DIY
n/a
with
record
label
&
Google Play - stream
publishing
company
n/a
DIY
artist
Amazon Cloud
n/a
with record label &
Amazon Cloud
publishing
n/a
DIY
artist company
Tidal (formerly
n/a
with record label &
Tidal (formerly
publishing
company
DIY
artist
n/a
Beats
n/a
with
record
label
&
Beats
publishing company

Retailer
content
%
0
33%
30%
30.00%
30%
30.00%
30%
30%
30%
30%
9.00%
0.00%
15.00%
9.00%
-

% to
YouTube
45.00%

revenue

Label

label cut label

$
$4.00

%
0
47%

$
0$
-

$0.30
$0.30
$0.30

58.8%
53.09%
47%

$0.58
$0.53
$0.47

$0.29
$0.29
$3.00

$0.90
$0.00
$1.50
0.001
-

$0.07
$0.06
0.006

YouTube's
revenue
$2.85

Audiam
25%

Audiam'
$1.58

Artist

artist cut artist

%
100%
66%
23%

11.2%
11.05%
23.00%
70%
100%

23%
60%

$
$12.00
$7.92
$2.76000
$0.78
$1.20
$0.36
$0.11
$0.11
$0.11
$0.23
$0.69
$0.99
$0.69
$0.70
$2.30
$5.99
$7.00
$9.99
$9.98
$8.50
$0.07
$0.05
0.288
0.00008
$0.01
$0.01
0.001
$0.01
0.002
0.001
0.007
0.002
Artists'
1.899
0.007
0.001
0.013
0.001
0.018
0.0073
0.0001
0.00002
0.043
0.007
0.018
0.003

Publisher

publisher

Songwriter

what they songwriter

$
n/a
n/a

publishing
money in US is

0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
n/a
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
n/a
0.0046
n/a
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
n/a
0.0011
0.0011
0.0011
0.0011
$0.00065

what they

checksum

$
n/a
n/a

0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
n/a
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
n/a
0.0046
n/a
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
0.0046
n/a
0.0011
0.0011
0.0011
0.0011
$0.00065

100%

To earn min wage: SQRT

To earn min wage:

$1,260.00

$1,260.00
105
159

sales / plays per

105
159
457
1,615
1,050
3,500
5,478
11,398
11,489
5,478
1,818
1,286
1,833
1,850
548
210
185
126
131
148
18,000
25,200
4,375
15,750,000
126,000
138,462
865,385
104,132
630,000
1,117,021
180,000
102,857

YouTube views per

month
663,507

177,465
1,138,006
94,030
1,044,430
70,391
172,206
10,500,000
65,625,000
29,302
180,000
70,000
420,000

10
13
40
32
59
74
107
107
74
43
36
43
43
23
14
14
11
11
12
134
159
66
3,969
355
372
930
323
794
1,057
424

815

sales / plays per

1,046
3,456
11,000
10,948
10,948
5,425
1,286
1,806
1,788
548
180
126
126
148
16,901
23,098
4,307
272,138
138,462
123,360
490,272
95,353
404,624
708,661

YouTube views per

month
663,507

Record

Artist

% of retail
price
-

% of
% of
performance -performance
100%
-

$, paid by
$, paid by
content
provider content
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

$, paid by
content
provider
n/a
n/a

70%
69%
70%

10%
3%
16%
16%
16%
16%

<< of
performance
<< of

n/a
n/a
n/a
$0.70
$0.70
n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
$0.69
$0.69
n/a

0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091

70.00%
47%

100%
100%
100%
23%

n/a
n/a
-

n/a
$0.693
$0.70
n/a

n/a
$0.6839
$0.6909
n/a

n/a
0.0091
0.0091
0.0091

91%
85.00%
88%
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

100%
100%
100%
100%
48%
48%
16.00%
16.00%
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$49 one-off fee to CD Baby per album; revenue = chosen purchase price (for comparison
set at $9.99 here) minus $4 which goes to CD Baby
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23840744
Every contract is different, but the average high-end royalty deal with a record company
will
pay
musicians
$1 for every
$10average
retail album
sale.royalty deal with a record company
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contract
is different,
but the
high-end
will
pay
musicians
$1
for
every
$10
retail
album
sale.
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pay musicians 30 cents for every $10
retail album
sale
anecdotal
evidence
suggests both iTunes & Amazon use a 30/70 split. Assuming
label/artist
of 84/16%
based split
on Rolling
Stones
industry
estimate
(2011)
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label/artist
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for Single
anecdotal
evidence
iTunesDistribution.
& Amazon use a 30/70 split. Assuming
label/artist split of 84/16% based on Rolling Stones industry estimate (2011)
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cost
of using
to sell
singleDistribution
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feeCD
to Baby
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foraSingle
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anecdotal evidence suggests both iTunes & Amazon use a 30/70 split
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$49.99 annual fee to TuneCore for Album distribution
Bandcamp: 'For digital albums of seven tracks or more, most artists will maximize their
earnings
by charging
$7 USD.
pay cents
more per
thanlisten;
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40% of the
Apple iTunes
radio offers
termsfans
of 0.14
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ad
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included)
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per stream.
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royalties in relation to subscription fees (In effect consumer pays royalties directly).
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rate
for minima
royalty fee
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monthlyplayback
subscription.
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a per
amount
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foraeach
complete
to an end
user on the Last.fm subscription radio service. Assuming this is performance royalties
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of
84/16%
based
Rolling
industryvia
estimate
(2011)
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provided
by on
indie
artistStones
anonymously
Music Streaming
Index.
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based on Rollingper
Stones
(2011)
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play industry
to rights estimate
holder. Mean
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cents.
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label/artist
split
of
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on
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Stones fee
industry
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of 9%estimate
per stream
-Data
so 91%
to
artist.
provided to Trichordist anonymously by indie label
rates for the most lucrative, pre-roll video ads that appear right before the featured
video
= $6.33 as
March
2013.
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by of
indie
artist
anonymously via Music Streaming Index.
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label/artist
splitby
ofindie
84/16%
based
on Rollingvia
Stones
estimate
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artist
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ofindie
84/16%
based
on Rollingvia
Stones
estimate
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artist
anonymously
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Streaming
Index.(2011)
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label/artist
splittoofTrichordist
84/16% based
on Rolling
industry
estimate (2011)
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anonymously
byStones
indie label.
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funded
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label/artist
splitby
ofindie
84/16%
based
on Rollingvia
Stones
estimate
Data provided
artist
anonymously
Musicindustry
Streaming
Index.(2011)
Data provided by indie artist anonymously via Music Streaming Index. Assuming
label/artist
splitby
ofindie
84/16%
based
on Rollingvia
Stones
estimate
Data provided
artist
anonymously
Musicindustry
Streaming
Index.(2011)
Data provided by independent artist to Digital Audio Insider

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