[Achilles.]

People who think that they're entitled to free music and shouldn't have to pay for it (in any form, including paid-streaming) are the worst! Sorry!

[RobynYoBank]

We Found Love - 117,000
Diamonds - 133,000
FourFiveSeconds - 53,000

High By The Beach - 246,000

[Cherry]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

We Found Love - 117,000
Diamonds - 133,000
FourFiveSeconds - 53,000

High By The Beach - 246,000

Poor Rihfad

[Ramos]

Originally posted by JakeKills

People who think that they're entitled to free music and shouldn't have to pay for it (in any form, including paid-streaming) are the worst! Sorry!

You gotta get up with the times. Now any nobody can set up an online merchandise store and legit get more money from that than from their music royalties if you're not talking about a big artist. Or tour some small gigs.

How do you think Azoo has managed to survive all this time?

[Ecstasy]

Originally posted by JakeKills

People who think that they're entitled to free music and shouldn't have to pay for it (in any form, including paid-streaming) are the worst! Sorry!

This is true as well tho. Music is a product of labor often of many people. It is not meant to be free

[Ecstasy]

I mean I never see anybody taking free food from grocery stores
Free clothes from boutiques
Free games for their consoles

Why should music be free, why do people feel so entitled to have free music

[Robert]

Zayn is clearly on his way towards a breakdown and will probably be in rehab soon if he doesn't OD. Music costs money to make and requires time. You can't just expect it for free and where was Zayn when he was making millions off 1D? He's just pressed that Taylor performed with Little Mix.

[Cherry]

Do you guys remember when Fantasia bought fake red bottoms and bragged about them on Insta?

[Tuxedo]

Lana sells 248K, #7 on Hot 100

lana vs haters 4354352452452:0

[G.U.Y. Gaga]

The days I do things at work something actually happens

[M.R.]

I download music/programs/films illegally since 2004 and will continue to do that.

[Ramos]

Imagine Apple going bankrupt and all the music we "bought" from them vanquishing like that

That's why I don't **** with them and just buy music of my faves to literally support them.

[Kworb]

Free tier Spotify, YouTube, etc. are all great new ways to consume music. They generate plenty of money for the industry.

The main problem is the labels absorbing too much of the revenue and not doing anything in return. The fact that global mainstream music this year is worse than ever (well, maybe the 60s were worse) is their fault, as they still control what is given the chance to get popular.

[johnsuxx]

The industry needs to give in. Streaming won

[RoarRiteNow1]

"Free music" on Spotify isn't actually free technically, it's just that the advertisers pay the money so the consumers get it free. It's not Spotify's fault that labels don't fairly compensate the writers and producers

[Ecstasy]

Originally posted by M.R.

I download music/programs/films illegally since 2004 and will continue to do that.

And you feel proud about that?

[Ramos]

Originally posted by Kworb

Free tier Spotify, YouTube, etc. are all great new ways to consume music. They generate plenty of money for the industry.

The main problem is the labels absorbing too much of the revenue and not doing anything in return. The fact that global mainstream music this year is worse than ever (well, maybe the 60s were worse) is their fault, as they still control what is given the chance to get popular.

These artists being so obsessed thinking that if they have a big "hit song" (which now-a-days is mostly based on pure luck if some random person has a clever idea and makes it viral) they deserve to be millionaires and ****

[Achilles.]

I feel like it's because people don't respect musicians or the work they do. It's basically the only art that's like this.

If you want to see a movie, you buy a theatre ticket, buy/rent a DVD, or stream it on a paid streaming service... If you want to go to a museum or gallery, you almost always pay to enter (the Smithsonians are an exception, but they're publicly funded)... If you want more than basic cable televisions, you pay a higher price... If you go to a theatre production or a stage show, you pay for a ticket.

But if you want a song or album on your iPod playlist, you illegally download it or stream it on a free medium.

It devalues the art (and all music is art, regardless of its quality). It's disrespectful to the songwriters, producers, vocalists, etc who created it. I know most of the money's going to the label or whoever, but that's beside the point. If you're not buying music or using a paid streaming service, you're disrespecting the people who created the music that you listen to.

[Shaliydah88]

Born To Die by Lana SurgeREY is so good.

[Bounce]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

We Found Love - 117,000
Diamonds - 133,000
FourFiveSeconds - 53,000

High By The Beach - 246,000

There were a couple of Rih stans trying to shade in that chart thread and I was cackling at how transparent they are