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# Graphic: How Much Can Musicians Earn Online?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/graphic-how-much-can-musicians-earn-online/
- Published: 2010-04-16T10:39:55.000Z
- Updated: 2010-04-16T10:39:55.000Z
- Description: It's no secret that the amount of money artists are earning from recorded music is declining. But by how much? And as digital sales replace physical and streaming music gains. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/04/graphic-how-much-can-musicians-earn-online.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

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It's no secret that the amount of money artists are earning from recorded music is declining. But by how much? And as digital sales replace physical and streaming music gains traction do the numbers shift in the artist's favor? You can catch a glimpse of the future above, but the big picture becomes much clearer in the much larger and more in depth graphic after the jump below which was created by David McCandless of [Information Is Beautiful](http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/how-much-do-music-artists-earn-online/?ref=hypebot.com) from a [spreadsheet](http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndE9iZHhWc0pMcDlCdmxNdmFRQXRPY3c&hl=en%5FGB&ref=hypebot.com) of data.

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