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# AFM & SAG-AFTRA IP Rights Distribution Fund paid $7M to non-featured performers last year
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/afm-sag-aftra-ip-rights-distribution-fund-paid-7m-to-non-featured-performers-last-year/
- Published: 2021-05-18T12:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-18T11:48:19.000Z
- Description: Up $10m from the previous year, the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund has handed out a record-breaking $70m to non-featured performers, including many instrumentalists and vocalists who. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/05/afm-sag-aftra-ip-rights-di
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Up $10m from the previous year, the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund has handed out a record-breaking $70m to non-featured performers, including many instrumentalists and vocalists who have struggled financially during the pandemic.

*Guest post by *Emmanuel Legrand* of the [Legrand Network](http://legrandnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-afm-sag-aftra-ip-rights.html?ref=hypebot.com)*

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The **AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund** has made a record-breaking distribution of over $70 million for 2020, up from $60m the previous year.

The Fund collects and distributes royalties to non-featured performers on sound recordings for songs played on satellite radio, non-interactive streaming, and other digital formats domestically and internationally.

“Given the enormous impact the pandemic has had on the ability to earn a living on both instrumentalists and vocalists, we are thrilled to be able to assist non-featured performers by collecting and distributing royalty income they might not know they’re entitled to receive,” says **Sidney Kibodeaux White**, Chief Operating Officer of The Fund.

  
**Pleasant surprises in the mailbox**

The Fund is operated by the **American Federation of Musicians** (AFM) and entertainment union SAG-AFTRA. It does not require membership or registration requirements in order to qualify as long as a musician participates as a non-featured performer on a covered sound recording, that musician is considered a “participant” for distribution purposes.

“If you’ve worked as a vocalist or a musician, the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund may have some funds for you,” explains Grammy Award-winning artist **Alvin Chea** of a cappella group**Take 6**. “I know I’ve worked on a lot of big projects with artists like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Elton John, along with some smaller projects — they find them all. They’ve blessed me and given me many pleasant surprises in my mailbox.”