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It Would Take A Songwriter 288 Million Spins To Equal Average Annual Salary Of 1 Spotify Empoyee

Spotify$After Spotify published its annual financials, it was calculated that the music streamer's average annual salary was $168, 747 per employee.

Now, David Lowery has calculated that, using a generally accepted estimated rate of $0.00058 per spin, which  includes both the public performance (BMI/ASCAP) and streaming mechanical payment, then a songwriter would need 288,104,634.15 spins to earn the average annual salary of a single Spotify employee.

And that's assuming that the songwriter has retained all publishing rights to the song.

 

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