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[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

Some years ago, an artist who was not a mega-star but was on all the major music services published an article detailing how well each one paid. I'm now kicking myself for not bookmarking it. I clearly remember Spotify being among the worst, if not the worst.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 19 points 52 minutes ago

The musician I saw last week mentioned that he'll get more money if you buy a CD from him now than if you stream his catalog on spotify for the rest of your life.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 points 58 minutes ago

Fractions of a penny.

[–] Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 28 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Damn, spotify truly is a scourge to artists.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 21 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The entire music industry is built to grift money from musicians and Spotify is a second layer of musician grifting industry built on the first.

[–] Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

You know what, you've convinced. Your specific suggestion of 'guillotine' was particularly compelling.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Holy shit. I have feet. Does anyone want pictures of a guy's feet? They're big and weirdly shaped.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 5 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm positive there is an audience for men's feet, but if you aren't 5 stars on wikifeet, you'll probably have to market yourself. Study the foot fetish community to find out what the dude foot fan needs more of. Etc.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 29 seconds ago

Is there any way I can do this without finding out any more about this fetish?

[–] felykiosa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I think the estimated by billboard is fucked up but yeah the article seems completely broken

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

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

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 6 points 36 minutes 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.

[–] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 5 points 37 minutes 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@lemmy.world -3 points 41 minutes ago

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

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 4 points 44 minutes ago

What's fun is that some people who read this article are probably into feet (good for them!) so it's like an ad and now she'll probably make even more on onlyfans. While still making ludicrously little from spotify.

[–] Sumocat@lemmy.world 2 points 33 minutes ago

It’s worth noting that Allen doesn’t actually claim she earns more money from OnlyFans than Spotify. “imagine being and artist and having nearly 8 million monthly listeners on spotify but earning more money from having 1000 people subscribe to pictures of your feet. don’t hate the player, hate the game.”

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Joe Rogan took all of Spotify's money?