The website gave 100% of revenue to artists for one day only Musicians made over $4 million on Bandcamp on Friday (March 20), the website has revealed.
The music platform donated 100% of revenue from sales to the artists for one day only last week. “We want to thank everyone who joined us last Friday in supporting artists and raising awareness about the impact of Covid-19 on the music community,” Bandcamp’s statement began. “The numbers tell a remarkable story: on a typical Friday, fans buy about 47,000 items on Bandcamp, but this past Friday, fans bought nearly 800,000, or $4.3 million worth of music and merch.
That’s more than 15 times our normal Friday, and at the peak, fans were buying 11 items per second.” Last Friday, fans spent $4.3
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