>> top 20 artists receive ($1,000 * (999/1000)) = $999 dollars This is where your math seems wrong, how come there are 999 plays of pop songs from 99 fans? sho

>> top 20 artists receive ($1,000 * (999/1000)) = $999 dollars This is where your math seems wrong, how come there are 999 plays of pop songs from 99 fans? should be 990, right? However, if the pop fans listen to 10 songs per day, and jazz fan only listens to 1 or 2, then yes, some of jazz fan's money would go to pop artits.