The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Is First Song to Pass 4 Billion Streams on Spotify
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” has become the first song to pass the 4 billion stream mark on Spotify, a rep for the company confirms to Variety.
The song passed Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” as the all-time most-streamed song on the service just over a year ago, and it is one of two Weeknd songs in the top 10: his 2016 song “Starboy” is at No.
6, with nearly 2.5 billion streams. So, what does all of that mean? Between $15.5 million and $17.5 million in royalties for the sound recording, with another $4.5 million or so in publishing, depending on which figures (and which online royalty calculators) one uses.
While some services pay more than others and calculations vary widely, Spotify pays generally pays between $.003 and $.004 per stream.
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