[Dust2]

http://www.spotidj.com/



$34.732 for 4883 streams = $0.00711 per stream.

(it used to be around $0.0055). So it's good news, the royalties rate is going up.....

97 streams at $0.00711 = $0.69 royalties
1 mp3 purchase at $0.99 = $0.69 royalties

[zzmyth]

Originally posted by Dust2

In the USA, Spotify is TINY compare to Itunes. In Europe, it's much closer. In some countries in Europe, Spotify has overtook Itunes. I know 2 for sure. Sweden and Spain where Spotify revenue > Itunes revenue.

Last time I checked BILLBOARD added streaming to Hot100 coz its got quite a power nowadays.... And to have 1.000.000 streamings in a single week I wouldnt call that 'tiny'

Here in Spain... Spotify >>>>> iTunes

[Vulps]

I still won't use tho.

[Dust2]

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...new-disrupter/

AC/DC Joins iTunes, as Spotify Emerges as Music’s New Disrupter

So how will Spotify fill in the gaps of its catalog?

One way would be to prove to artists and labels that they can make good money there. Spotify recently raised money at an eye-opening $3 billion valuation — almost as much as the entire Warner Music Group sold for last year. But the payments from streaming services of all kinds for the right to play music has lately become a hot issue, with artists pointing out their tiny earnings from these growing services’ micropayment systems.

Itunes disrupted the CD selling business.
Now, Spotify is poised to disrupt the Itunes selling business.

[Dust2]

January, 2010:------------ 250,000 paid subscribers
March 17, 2010:----------- 320,000
July 20, 2010: ---------------- 500,000
December 8, 2010: ------ 750,000
March 8, 2011:--------------- 1,000,000
July 14, 2011: -----------------1,600,000
Sept 21, 2011: ---------------- 2,000,000
Nov 23, 2011: ------------------2,500,000
Jan 26, 2012: -------------------3,000,000
July 31, 2012:--------------------4,000,000
Dec 6, 2012: ---------------------5,000,000 paying subscribers



http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/indus...08041672.story
Spotify Now With 5 Million Paying Subs

Ek also disclosed that Spotify now has more than five million paying subscribers, one million of whom are in the U.S., where the four-year-old Swedish service launched just a year ago. He also disclosed that his company had paid out $500 million to artists and labels in royalties, an amount that's rapidly accelerating as the number of users continues to grow. The amount represents roughly 70% of Spotify's revenue, Ek added.