Just how much moolah do musicians earn from online downloads and streams? For the artist to earn the US minimum wage ($1160/month), they need 12,339 iTunes downloads or 849,817 streams on Rhapsody.
Lady Gaga apparently made just $US167 from one million streams of Poker Face on Spotify – to earn minimum wage from that service, an artist needs 4,549,020 streams, according to statistics. Brain-fodder for the aspiring musician, for sure. [Information Is Beautiful]
Johan
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 8:35 AMOh no, not the “Lady-Gaga-makes-$167″ numbers again! They were old the first time around, a couple of months ago, and even older and more obsolete today.
What does Lady Gaga make from a single one million audience radio airing of “Poker Face”? Alot less than $167! And that’s what Spotify is all about: listening to music, not buying it. That’s where the comparisom above fails.
glennc
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 12:39 PMwho the hell is lady gaga?