• Albbi@lemmy.ca
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      2 years ago

      My Spotify wrapped had a special message from Weird Al (I know, I have great taste!) with the following:

      “It’s my understanding that I had over 80 million streams on Spotify this year. So if I’m doing the math right, that means I earned $12, so, you know, enough to get myself a nice sandwich at a restaurant. So from the bottom of my heart, thanks for your support. And, uh, thanks for the sandwich.”

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        2 years ago

        Spotify iirc pays $0.003 per stream, so for 80m streams he’s got $24,000.

        If he’s got less than that then he should be directing ire at his label or publisher.