You pay 10$ to listen to hundreds of songs a month, how can it possibly be profitable for artists?
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Maria Carey said on The Late Show recently that she makes 1/12th of a cent each time All I want For Christmas Is You is played. Which doesn’t seem like much considering it’s only played for a month each year.
But then you start thinking about how many million times it’s played each day. For each million times it’s played in a day, that’s over $25,000 for the month. So if it’s played 10 million times a day for a a month that’s over $250,000.
Of course, that’s an extreme example (and my maths are likely off by a bit). A normal song would be played through the year but not very often unless it’s a current hit. I guess as an artist you need to have many songs that get played frequently in order to generate any significant revenue.
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