Spotify claims record payout to music industry

Apple Who? Spotify Claims the ‘Highest Annual Payment to the Music Industry’ After Surpassing $10 Billion In 2024, Targets ‘1 Billion Paying Listeners’ Across All Platforms
Just moments after a report indicated that Apple Music pays far better, Spotify is touting the record $10 billion it paid out to the music industry in 2024 – and eyeing a goal of one billion paid subscribers across all on-demand services.
Apple Music still pays artists twice as much as Spotify
Compared to Spotify, Apple Music is one of the better-paying platforms for artists. Here's the payment difference between the streamings.
Spotify claims record payout to music industry after refuting that Apple Music pays artists more
Five days ago, Spotify disputed a report that Apple Music pays artists more than double compared to Spotify’s average rates. In completely unrelated news, Spotify has published a blog post announcing record payouts to the music industry in 2024.
Duetti report says that Apple Music payouts for artists remain strong
Duetti, a music platform dedicated to “democratizing catalog monetization for independent artists, has released its second annual Music Economics Report” — and Apple Music does well. The report utilizes proprietary data and analytics,
Spotify maintains it's paying musicians a lot, actually
Sure, a decent chunk of that did go to the artists—the release states that “well over 10,000 artists generate over $100,000 per year from Spotify alone”—but it seems to suck for most of those beneath the Bad Bunnys and Taylor Swifts of the world.
Apple Music pays artists more than 2x Spotify’s average rates, per report [U]
A new report analyzed artist payouts in 2024 and found that Apple Music paid more than double Spotify’s average rates.
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