'Weird Al' Roasts Spotify's Artist Payout System in Year-End Wrapped Video

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Post by erellsworth » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:11 PM UTC

'Weird Al' Roasts Spotify's Artist Payout System in Year-End Wrapped Video
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Post by xavxav » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:36 PM UTC

I'm not familiar with the structure of stream payouts on Spotify, but if 80 million streams gives 12 dollars, that means Taylor Swift's 26.1B streams give ~4k?

I knew the rates were bad but damn...

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Post by erellsworth » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:37 PM UTC

xavxav wrote: post #2

I'm not familiar with the structure of stream payouts on Spotify, but if 80 million streams gives 12 dollars, that means Taylor Swift's 26.1B streams give ~4k? I knew the rates were bad but damn...

I'm pretty sure it was hyperbole.

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Post by redundantly » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:37 PM UTC

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Post by randomdata » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:39 PM UTC

xavxav wrote: post #2

I'm not familiar with the structure of stream payouts on Spotify, but if 80 million streams gives 12 dollars, that means Taylor Swift's 26.1B streams give ~4k? I knew the rates were bad but damn...

An artist with clout no doubt negotiates a much higher rate.

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Post by boldslogan » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:40 PM UTC

xavxav wrote: post #2

I'm not familiar with the structure of stream payouts on Spotify, but if 80 million streams gives 12 dollars, that means Taylor Swift's 26.1B streams give ~4k? I knew the rates were bad but damn...

I guess if spotify sues him for libel, then it will be documented the actual payout... which is probably higher than 12$ but lower than 80M$...

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Post by matsemann » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:40 PM UTC

xavxav wrote: post #2

I'm not familiar with the structure of stream payouts on Spotify, but if 80 million streams gives 12 dollars, that means Taylor Swift's 26.1B streams give ~4k? I knew the rates were bad but damn...

Trying different calculators online, 80 million streams estimates to about $200k in royalties paid out. Probably wildly inaccurate based on different deals etc., but probably in that order of magnitude instead of nickels. How that is distributed to the artist I guess is up to the label.

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Post by ikt » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:41 PM UTC

xavxav wrote: post #2

I'm not familiar with the structure of stream payouts on Spotify, but if 80 million streams gives 12 dollars, that means Taylor Swift's 26.1B streams give ~4k? I knew the rates were bad but damn...

From a different article:

Not 3 cents, a third of one penny per stream. By that metric, Weird Al would have earned a little more than $12, more like $350,000 but his point stands.

https://gizmodo.com/weird-al-spotify-wrapped-artist-pay-1851...

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Post by dylan604 » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:41 PM UTC

redundantly wrote: post #4

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When a mediocre artist has a following so much larger than an artist you deem exceptional, you’re going to see mediocrity all the time. See Kardashians. You getting upset about it is something you can control. People talking about something you do not like is not.

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Post by idontknowifican » Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 2:47 PM UTC

redundantly wrote: post #4

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how is mediocre determined? is it local or global?