Jessi Alexander: Last News

Spotify has claimed it has paid $10bn (£7.7bn) in royalties in 2024, the largest payout to the music industry in a single year.The streaming service said 1,500 artists earned over $1 million in royalties, marking a 10-fold increase in its yearly payout figure from 2024, where $1 billion was given overall.In a report looking at payments of royalties, Spotify called their 2024 payouts “the largest in music industry history”, and compared itself to Tower Records at the peak of the CD era in the early 2000s.However, this comes as artists and industry figures continue to criticise the streaming service over streaming earnings. Earlier this year, nominees for the Songwriter Of The Year category at this year’s Grammy Awards decided to boycott Spotify‘s party for the ceremony.The likes of Jessi Alexander, Amy Allen, Jessie Jo Dillon and RAYE – who have all been nominated for Songwriter Of The Year have announced they will be skipping the streaming platform’s celebratory bash and will also not be performing at the event.However, Spotify said it pays royalties to rights holders, explaining that it does not have “visibility” on where the money ultimately goes as it is dependent on the artists’ individual contracts with their labels – according to BBC News.A spokesperson said: “Spotify does not pay artists or songwriters directly.

Grammy Awards have decided to boycott Spotify‘s party for the ceremony.The likes of Jessi Alexander, Amy Allen, Jessie Jo Dillon and RAYE – who have all been nominated for Songwriter Of The Year have announced they will be skipping the streaming platform’s celebratory bash and will also not be performing at the event.While speaking to Billboard, Allen (Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Sabrina Carpenter) and Dillon (Jelly Roll, Megan Marooney) confirmed that their absence is due to Spotify’s treatment of songwriters.“After some thought, I couldn’t in good conscience support this initiative given their approach to bundling royalties,” said Dillon in a statement to the publication. “It is very nice to be individually honored, but it is better for me and my entire songwriter community to be paid fairly for our art.

Downtown Music has appointed Molly Neuman as president of its “direct-to-creator” division, CD Baby. Neuman will work to expand CD Baby’s services, succeeding CD Baby’s previous president, Scott Williams, who will remain a consultant to Downtown and CD Baby. In a post shared to LinkedIn, Neuman said, “My ambitions for CD Baby are consistent with things I’ve spoken with many of you about before.

Jessi Alexander never intended to move to Nashville to become a songwriter -- she simply wanted to make a living in the music business anyway she could. The West Tennessee native vividly remembers being enthralled by music as a young girl.