Posted on Mar 17, 2025 at 09:17 by scott truitt
Spotify designed its business model to reward only those at the top.
Spotify likes to tell its story about the democratisation of music and money, but its strategy of rewarding only those at the top hides in plain sight. Last week’s Loud and Clear report noted that 12 million artists uploaded music to Spotify in 2024, but only 0.6% generated more than $10,000 in royalties. Let me be clear: artists who generate $10,000 in royalties do not earn $10,000 in income. They likely receive a tiny fraction of that after all their costs. And even if they did earn $10,000
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