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Here’s how much Spotify paid out to the music industry in 2021

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Spotify has revealed that it paid $7billion (£5.3billion) to artists last year.The news was published via its Loud And Clear website, which aims to “increase transparency” around payments.The streaming giant said that 56,200 musicians received more than $10,000 (£7,500) from Spotify last year and 130 of these were paid more than $5m (£3.8m).However, the figures shared don’t include the final figure the artist receives once labels and publishers have taken their share, which means the money they receive is often much lower.

Songwriters and session musicians receive even less.The service has come under fire previously for its low artist payments, with the likes of David Byrne, producer Tony Visconti and David Crosby all criticising the platform recently.Visconti described the streaming service as “disgusting” over its low payments to artists. “Spotify is disgusting, the money they make out of [artists],” he said. “If you had 12 million streams, you could barely afford lunch for two people.

It’s ridiculous, I don’t know why it’s allowed. Spotify does nothing to support the culture of music.”In 2013 Byrne criticised the “pittance” artists are paid while David Crosby said recently: “I don’t like any of the streamers, because they don’t pay us properly.

Their proportion is wrong. They’re making billions with a ‘b’ and they’re paying out pennies with a ‘p.’” The Music Venue Trust also hit out recently at Spotify‘s huge new sponsorship deal with FC Barcelona, saying the cash could have helped hundreds of struggling music venues instead.After previous rumours, it was confirmed that it had secured a groundbreaking sponsorship deal with the world famous Spanish club, which will see Spotify’s logo appear on match and training kits..

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