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What Madonna makes is proportional to the number of streams of her songs, so a more successful album will bring her more money.
by danmaz74 6y ago
What Madonna makes is proportional to the number of streams of her songs, so a more successful album will bring her more money.
- imtringued 6y agoI don't know why but self defeating arguments like this are very popular nowadays on HN. "If Madonna has a more successful album, then she will get more money." Now imagine situations in which this statement is true but Madonna does not have a more successful album. There are plenty of situations in which she can earn more money without better albums which is exactly what the entire submission is about. Madonna's revenue increases when more people get a Spotify premium account even when those new users don't listen to Madonna. There are large differences between users. Some users listen to 2000 streams per month, others listen to 200 streams per month. There might be "crazy" people who listen to Madonna songs on loop 24/7.