![]() “When the public hears about this, they’re like, ‘Hold on, that doesn’t seem right.’ If we don’t get paid enough to not have to work two jobs, songs don’t get made.” “Spotify can spend $300 million to put their name on FC Barcelona’s jersey, but they’re going to court to stop royalty increases?” Omelio said. He has a growing family to support - he brought his new baby in a stroller to the sidewalk protest. “People get so excited, like, ‘You’ve been in the room with Ariana!’ But it’s not that exciting if you can’t pay your bills.”ĭan Omelio, a 38-year-old writer-producer who works as Robopop, has written for Lana Del Rey and Maroon 5. “People see me and think, ‘Oh, she can definitely pay rent,’ but I can’t.” Tice said her wife, another professional songwriter, had to leave the industry so somebody could afford to put gas in the car. By all accounts, Tice should be at the peak of her songwriting career: She co-wrote Beyoncé’s Grammy-winning song “Black Parade” and has one of the “7 Rings” that Ariana Grande bought her friends after breaking off her engagement. Kaydence Tice, a 30-year-old songwriter, was at the front of the picket line. Other musicians drew attention to the fraction of a penny that the service pays artists per stream, even before Spotify divvies it up with labels, publishers and so on. R&B singer India Arie joined Young and Mitchell after calling out Rogan’s history of using racist slurs on air with little consequence. Legendary artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removed their music from the platform because of the vaccine misinformation spread by the company’s flagship podcaster, Joe Rogan, who is paid a reported $200 million by Spotify. This year, Spotify came into the crosshairs of several different activist movements. Honestly, I liked working at a restaurant in my hometown of 1,000 people better than working for free here.” “I’m not ungrateful, but I can’t live on that. “My last royalty check was $432,” Lykken said. On one of the ritziest blocks in SoCal - the former home to Spotify’s offices - Lykken wondered how long her artistic aspirations can remain sustainable in the streaming era. She was one of about 100 professional musicians who’d gathered on Monday afternoon to protest the payouts and priorities of audio streaming giant Spotify. “I have songwriter friends who sell pics of their feet on OnlyFans,” she said, with a grim laugh, outside of SoHo House West Hollywood. But she’s worried she may need a second, more stable job as well. ![]() In 2022, there were 189,000 artists with at least one ticketed concert or event, demonstrating professional activity outside streaming.īased on these estimates, more than a quarter of these professionally aspiring artists generated more than $10,000 in payouts from Spotify alone last year (suggesting more than $40,000 from total recorded revenue sources, and more when you consider touring, merch, and other business lines).Songwriter Kennedi Lykken, 24, has penned tracks for Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande and Britney Spears and won a Grammy Award. We also see this through our integrations with Songkick, Ticketmaster, and dozens of other live and virtual ticketing partners: There are 213,000 artists who have released at least ten songs all-time (meaning they have a body of work to earn from) and average at least 10,000 monthly listeners (meaning they have been able to attract the beginning of an audience).Of the nine million people who have uploaded any music to Spotify, 5.6 million have published fewer than 10 songs all time - indicating that they may be very early in their journey, approaching music as a hobby, or not leveraging streaming as part of their career path.We estimate that there are around 200,000 professional or professionally aspiring recording acts globally. ![]() **Spotify’s % of recorded music revenue calculated based on IFPI’s 2023 Global Music Report. *$40 billion includes both recording and publishing royalties. Spotify accounts for more than 20% of global recorded music revenue (up from less than 15% in 2017).** For a rough estimate, you can multiply the Spotify revenue by four to approximate how much artists generated from all recorded revenue sources in 2022. ![]() ![]() There are also physical sales, touring, merch, sync, or other sources. Spotify is one of many music streaming services that generate revenue for the music industry, and streaming only makes up a portion of all industry revenues. These figures only represent a part of the picture. To put those numbers in context, click a dollar amount below to see how many artists globally generated at least that amount - across recording and publishing for their catalog - for each of the past six years on Spotify. As of 2022, Spotify’s all-time payouts to the music industry are approaching $40 billion.* ![]()
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