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# CD Baby Passes $200 Million Paid To Indie Musicians
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/cd-baby-passes-200-million-paid-to-indie-muscians/
- Published: 2011-11-15T10:24:54.000Z
- Updated: 2011-11-15T10:24:54.000Z
- Description: CD Baby, one of the largest distributors of music by independent artists in the world, has now paid over $200 million directly to musicians, according to new stats provided by. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/11/cd-baby-passes-200-million-paid-to-indie-muscians.html]
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****CD Baby, one of the largest distributors of music by independent artists in the world, has now paid over $200 million directly to musicians, according to new stats provided by the company. At the current rate of $40 million a year, CD Baby expects to cross the quarter billion dollar threshold in 2012.**

In another sign of growth, it's **[Music Store for Facebook](http://members.cdbaby.com/sell-music-on-facebook.aspx?ref=hypebot.com)**, a free app that allows CD Baby artists to sell mp3's, CDs and vinyl directly to fans on their Facebook page, has reached 250,000 monthly active users in the 5 weeks since launch.

In the decade since **Derek Sivers** founded the company, CD Baby has helped serve as a launching pad for many musicians including The Fray, Jack Johnson, Ingrid Michaelson and Regina Spektor. Increasingly, CD Baby is also serving **established artists** going indie like Rick Ocasek, John Oates and Martin Balin of Jefferson Airplane.

But digital music distribution is **a crowded space with constant downward price pressure.** CDBaby's major advantage has been warehousing and shipping of physical product, and as that corner of music declines declines, continued innovation will be **essential for survival.**