What a propaganda piece to make someone look better.
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METHODOLOGY: Money Makers was compiled with Nielsen Music and Billboard Boxscore, using 2015 U.S. data only. All revenue figures cited are Billboard estimates and may not equal the sum of the subcategories due to rounding.
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It's
numbers estimates from 1 country only
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The following royalty rates, minus a 4 percent producer's fee, were used: album and track sales, 22 percent of retail revenue; streaming revenue, 22 percent for current artists and 50 percent for heritage artists.
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Really? Pocketing 22% of album price? Higher yield contracts give a little bit more than 1.00 dollar per album.
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Touring revenue, after the manager's cut, equals 34 percent of an act's Boxscore.
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There are people out there signed for 10% of touring gross divided by 5 group members => 2% per person.