While artists made much more of their money on tour or selling merch, it didn’t take all that many sales of physical releases for an artist to top $12/month. Ye

While artists made much more of their money on tour or selling merch, it didn’t take all that many sales of physical releases for an artist to top $12/month. Yes, the distributor and label took their share, and the royalty paid to the musicians was a minority of the sale price, but they could still make more money than they do now on streaming platforms.