Is it really much different to how much artists got from radio?

Most artists never got radio money because it went into a label slush fund and was spent retaining the tent pole artists.

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mukbangpervert 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The overall economics are wildly different.

Radio didn't pay much, but it was promotion for the album.

Spotify doesn't pay much, and it _replaces_ the album.

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jasonlotito 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The big difference was radio wasn't on-demand. You couldn't just listen to a complete album. If you wanted to listen to your favorite artist, you couldn't do that on the radio without listening to a lot of other stuff.

	▲	happymellon 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Most artists didn't make money from album sales. They received some money up front in a contract to record the album, and the label make the money from sales. There is a reason the bands toured and sold teeshirts.