> Spotify spent a long time in negations to get that price, and I'm not aware of any credible claims they pay higher rates to popular artists https://artists.s

> Spotify spent a long time in negations to get that price, and I'm not aware of any credible claims they pay higher rates to popular artists https://artists.spotify.com/en/help/article/royalties https://artists.spotify.com/en/help/article/royalties From there, the rightsholder’s share of net revenue is determined by streamshare. We calculate streamshare by tallying the total number of streams in a given month and determining what proportion of those streams were people listening to music owned or controlled by a particular rightsholder. https://indepentia.com/blog/how-much-does-spotify-pay-per-stream/ https://indepentia.com/blog/how-much-does-spotify-pay-per-st... For example: if Billie Eilish receives 2% of all Spotify streams in a month, she will receive 2% of that month’s available streaming royalties. So the more streams you do, the higher your streamshare, the higher your average pay per steam. Yes it annoys the hell out of me that I support so many underground bands and realise that 60% of my subscription fee is probably going to pop artists.