Insight into an Artist’s Spotify Payout Details..

Earlier today (between my Burger grilling and Jameson extravaganza; ongoing) I saw a tweet by @gah650 (George Howard), who had re-tweeted Zoe Keating's (@zoecello) post; quoting:

My Spotify data for the purposes of research and edification > http://t.co/DTsblBAK

I'm a big Bob Lefsetz fan so I took this data to heart and wanted to display it in a matter that lots of people could understand and digest. I completely agree with with what Zoe is going for with releasing this data, and wish more artists would do the same - it might break down some mental barriers (or build them, who knows).

Regardless, this is good stuff - and I hope Zoe Keating, doesn't mind my re-purposing of it (amazing stuff by the way, Zoe). Cheers.

Now I don't know what the "Unit Price" exactly refers to, but its radically different from the payout price. Any Spotify / enlightened peeps feel free to let me know and I'll update it.

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  • David

    May be worth pointing out that Zoe Keating is an unusually independent artist, doing practically everything herself, with no record label, producers, songwriters, supporting musicians, or managers to share the proceeds with.  So her personal ’payout per play’, in terms of money she can actually pocket, is probably much higher than for most artists.

    • http://ryrobes.com/ Ryan Robitaille

      Hey David, thanks for the comment.

      Duly noted, that makes sense. I wasn’t trying to make a statement that it was “a lot” or a very little – just showing what the data says so more people can digest it.