derived from streaming, but royalties paid to artists by Spotify are usually well below the one cent mark per stream. The majority of digital music revenue in the U.S. On a less positive note, artists have to accumulate hundreds of thousands of streams before they make any real money from Spotify. This is an opportunity which was not available to musicians who made a name for themselves before music streaming became a possibility and is just one of the many ways in which the music industry has changed over the last few decades. Having their music on Spotify can be a lucrative opportunity for popular music artists, allowing them to earn royalties per every song streamed. alone and Post Malone’s ‘Beerbongs & Bentleys’ followed closely behind. In 2018, Drake’s album ‘Scorpion’ was streamed over six billion times in the U.S. Whilst the ranking of most streamed songs changes each week, artists to frequently make the top five include chart-toppers Post Malone and Drake. Other songs to perform well that week were the songs from Bad Bunny's new album 'Un Verano Sin Ti'.Īrtists and streaming: a double-edged sword

was 'First Class' by Jack Harlow with 11.94 million streams by U.S.

In the week ending May 12, 2022, the most streamed track on Spotify in the U.S.

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