

Unlike most types of song usage, on-demand streams from services like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, or Deezer earn both a performance royalty (paid to songwriters directly and paid to publishers) and a mechanical royalty (paid to publishers). To be clear, this is the total paid to all rights holders on the song - that includes the master recording owners, whether a label or a self-released artist, as well as the songwriter and any publishers. According to this Hypebot piece, as of August 2020, Spotify was paying rightsholders a total of about $0.003 to $0.005 a stream - that’s about ⅓ to ½ a penny. Payments will fluctuate each month, depending on the amount of subscription revenue generated and how often your music was streamed.What Is the Pay Rate for Spotify Streams? Wondering how much you are paid each time your song is streamed on Spotify? Payouts to songwriters and other rightsholders depend on a number of different factors.Įvery time someone listens to a song on Spotify, it generates royalties. When a subscriber streams your music, you get paid a proportionate share of Apple Music's subscription revenue per month calculated on terms set out in TuneCore's blanket agreement with the store (this usually excludes streams during a subscriber's free trial ).

How Apple Music Sells Your Musicĭoes Apple Music sell your music via?: DOWNLOADS Not all content will be made available in Mainland China. *Content in this territory is editorially selected by iTunes. To view the iTunes Territories, please go here. Apple Music Territories (Where Music Sells)Īpple Music is available in the same territories as iTunes, plus Mainland China*, and Korea. It takes 5 business days for releases to go live on Apple Music. Important: In order to deliver your content to Apple Music, you must distribute to iTunes and opt into the Apple Music service. You can learn more about the different features of Apple Music here.

After an initial 1 -month free trial, which users will only be able to access after providing credit card information, Apple Music will only be available to paying subscribers. Unlike many streaming stores, Apple Music does not include a “free” ad-supported tier, where users do not pay for the service but are instead shown ads. How is Apple Music different from other streaming stores?

Apple Music is a “premium” subscription streaming service with three principal price tiers: $9.99 per month for individual subscriptions and $14.99 for family subscriptions (up to 6 accounts).
