Pandora pays the superstars well and if you aren't getting millions of plays, you aren't making enough to even provide for yourself. In November 2012, the Gram

Pandora pays the superstars well and if you aren't getting millions of plays, you aren't making enough to even provide for yourself. In November 2012, the Grammy-nominated hit song-writer Ellen Shipley reported that one of her most popular tracks got played 3,112,300 times on Pandora. For this, she was paid $39.61 (Source: the somewhat depressing "The Internet is Not The Answer", by Andy Keen)