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ARTISTS-LABELS-SONGWRITERS-PUBLISHERS
What
you can expect to make
A
Breakdown on Artists, Labels, Songwriters, and Publishers Royalties in today's
marketplace
These
are only averages. Some may make more, some less.
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SONGWRITERS
- PUBLISHERS
ROYALTY
RATES
(approximate
figures)
Terrestrial
Radio: .0168 per play average (based on license fees paid by
all terrestrial stations and when
logged by the PROs)
Internet
/ Web Casts: .00015 per play average
iTunes
Radio: .000045 per play average
Live
365: .0009 per play average
Pandora:
.00005 per stream average
Rhapsody:
.00035 per stream average
Spotify:
.0002 per stream average
Youtube:
.00005 per play average
Average
royalty rate per internet play and streaming services .000091 (less than
1/100 of 1
cent) ea for Publisher & Songwriter
Mechanical
license share paid to Publishers (split with writers): per physical-digital
sale .091 (9.1 cents)
For
an Indie songwriter or publisher to stay in the "Poverty
Stricken" income bracket of $1600.00 per month,
they
will need one of the following monthly totals:
Terrestrial
Radio: 100,000 Spins
Internet
/ Web Casts: 10,700,000 Spins
iTunes
Radio: 35,500,000 Streams
Live
365: 1,700,000 Streams
Pandora:
32,000,000 Streams
Rhapsody:
4,600,000 Streams
Spotify: 8,000,000
Streams
YouTube:
32,000,000 Plays
Average
streams/internet play needed to maintain $1600.00 per month revenue:
17.6 million streams
Physical
or Digital sales needed (based on 100% writer's share): 35,500 Units
Live
song performances needed (ie; BMI Live @.62 per song average ): 2580 song performances
Summary:
As of today, Live performances, Terrestrial Radio airplay, and mechanical-PDD
licensing
are the most lucrative revenue
producers.
ARTISTS
- LABELS
ROYALTY
RATES
(approximate
figures)
Amazon
Cloud: .0003 per stream average (range .00016-.0004)
iTunes
Match: .002 per stream average (range .0001-.0035)
Last
FM: .0005 per stream average (range .0045-.00045)
Media
Net: .0095 per stream
Music
Match: .015 per stream average (range .0091-.020)
Rdio:
.008 per stream average (range .0045-.009)
Rhapsody:
.0091 per stream average
Spotify:
.0009 per stream average (range .00019-.0089)
Pandora:
.002 per stream average (range .0006-.001)
Average
per stream revenue from all streaming sources: .0053 (1/2 of 1
cent)
(Above
figures are based on an average 'per stream' revenue derived from sales
statements 2013-2014)
ALL
above figures represent actual statements from Sound Exchange, Tunecore,
CD Baby, and The Harry Fox Agency.
Sound
Exchange pays the copyright owner and the artist for performances.
For
an Indie artist to stay in the "Poverty Stricken" income
bracket of $1600.00 per month,
they
will need one of the following monthly totals:
Amazon
Cloud: 5,334,000 Streams
iTunes
Match: 800,000 Streams
Media
Net: 168,400 Streams
Music
Match: 106,600 Streams
Rdio:
200,000 Streams
Rhapsody:
176,000 Streams
Spotify:
1,780,000 Streams
Pandora:
800,000 Streams
Average
streams needed to maintain $1600.00 per month revenue: 302,000
streams
CD/Album
sales needed (via distributor @ 8.50): 188 units
CD/Album
Digital Download sales needed(iTunes @ 7.00): 228 units
Single
Track Digital Download sales needed(iTunes @.69): 2300 units
CD/Album
sales via merch needed@ 15.00: 106 units
*All
the above figures are taken from actual Publishing, Songwriter, and Indie Label
statements between 2012-2015.
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