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They don't break down the distribution of how many artists got paid at all, but it looks like they're probably close to the estimated 15K bands that got non-tri
by hedora 3y ago
They don't break down the distribution of how many artists got paid at all, but it looks like they're probably close to the estimated 15K bands that got non-trivial payments from Spotify this year:
https://bandcamp.com/about https://bandcamp.com/about
> In the past year alone, they’ve spent $194 million on 14.2 million digital albums, 10.4 million tracks, 1.75 million vinyl records, 800,000 CDs, 350,000 cassettes, and 50,000 t-shirts.
Note that $194M is less than 10% of Spotify's revenue.
I'd love to see a breakdown by percentile income per band, but one thing's clear: If I buy something there, then more of my money goes to the artist I'm trying to support than they get from me streaming their album.