I read an article many years ago about the music recording industry. According to this article, compilation albums (think NOW! 37 and so on) are not considered

I read an article many years ago about the music recording industry. According to this article, compilation albums (think NOW! 37 and so on) are not considered "final playlists or track listings", and therefore the distributor does not need to pay the artists. I did a bit of googling to find a source but it seems a lot of the recent talk has been about online streaming and creating playlists.