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I use Apple Music, mainly because I'm tied into the Apple ecosystem. But I assumed at least some money got to the bands. Is it really insignificant?
by Angostura 9y ago
I use Apple Music, mainly because I'm tied into the Apple ecosystem. But I assumed at least some money got to the bands. Is it really insignificant?
- wickawic 9y agoWith apple mucic 100% of the money goes to the label. The label then has a contract with the artist for how much online sales get sent their way. This contract may be very complicated so it isn’t necessarily “I pay $1, artist gets $.20”. Artists and labels will have different agreements with each streaming service for how many plays equal one “download”, from ~10 to ~1000.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoIt's the same problem on all the streaming services. The deals are done with the labels, so even if the payment for each playback is reasonable, the label takes a huge cut.