calculations
909 billion streams per year $0.0021 per for compositions $0.0023 per for recordings
Spotify has over $12 billion in revenue, 574 million monthly active users with an average of 132 streams per user…
a gold record used to require 500,000 album sales and would earn $8,500,000
now a gold record requires 750,000,000 streams and earns $3,300,000
recording royalty rates
10,000 streams……..$ 21 to $ 26
50,000 streams……..$ 105 to $ 130
100,000 streams……$ 210 to $ 260
250,000 streams……$ 525 to $ 650
500,000 streams……$1,050 to $1,300
1,000,000 streams….$2,100 to $2,600
composition royalty rates
10,000 streams………………..$ 22
50,000 streams………………..$ 111
100,000 streams………………$ 222
250,000 streams………………$ 554
500,000 streams………………$1,108
1,000,000 streams…………….$2,215