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Originally posted by castle13
4,000,000 X $14.99 = $59,960,000 in album sales alone. BMR stays collecting
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You forget they get paid on whole sale, not retail. An artist gets paid 22% on an album at wholesale. $14.99 retail - is $7.99 is wholesale. Taylor get's paid $1.64 for each album sold. The record label get's their cut with Walmart, Kmart, Target, etc. getting the bulk of sales.
They say an artist receives $.08 on a single (less than a dime), the record label, producers, I tunes get the bulk of sales.
It's always noted Musicians become rich from touring, not album sales. I remember TLC saying that they sold 10 mil copies of Crazy Sexy Cool. But each of them made only $750k, after they paid back the record label for distribution, music videos, studio time, producers, writers.
Taylor was the highest paid artist in the US almost $40, but 30 mil came from touring the rest came from streaming and albums sold in 2013.
I encourage the haters to view her videos on YOUtube, they don't know they are adding more money in Taylor's pocket. Vevo Certified 100 mil is platinum to an artist.
at your all time fave
) That being said,they started making absolutely horrific single choices after You Belong With Me. 
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