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# SoundExchange Pays $204.4 Million In Digital Royalties Since Beginning Of 2012
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/soundexchange-pays-2044-million-in-digital-royalties-since-beginning-of-2012/
- Published: 2012-08-23T13:17:04.000Z
- Updated: 2012-08-23T13:17:04.000Z
- Description: SoundExchange announced today that is it has distributed $204.4 million in digital royalty payments to artists and labels in the first two quarters of 2012. In its second quarter alone,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/08/soundexchange-pays-2044-million-in-digital-royalties-si
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[](http://www.soundexchange.com/?ref=hypebot.com)[SoundExchange](http://www.soundexchange.com/?ref=hypebot.com) announced  
[today that is it has distributed $204.4 million in digital royalty payments to artists](http://www.soundexchange.com/?ref=hypebot.com)  
[and labels in the first two quarters of 2012\. In its second quarter alone, the](http://www.soundexchange.com/?ref=hypebot.com)  
[nonprofit PRO distributed $95.8 million, the **second highest quarterly**](http://www.soundexchange.com/?ref=hypebot.com)  
[**distribution** in the organization's history.](http://www.soundexchange.com/?ref=hypebot.com)

  
SoundExchange has  
really been on a mission lately to get musicians and labels paid. After a recent  
[partnership with Bandpage](https://www.hypebot.com/bandpage-and-soundexchange-partner-to-help-claim-2-million-in-unpaid-royalties/),  
and the [releasing of list of unclaimed digital royalties](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/08/soundexchange-releases-a-list-of-artists-and-labels-with-unclaimed-digital-performance-royalties-.html),  
the organization is taking sizeable measures to raise awareness that people are  
owed money and people need to get paid. Since inception, SoundExchange has [paid out](https://www.hypebot.com/soundexchange-pays-out-1-billion-in-digital-royalties/)  
[more than $1 billion](https://www.hypebot.com/soundexchange-pays-out-1-billion-in-digital-royalties/) in digital royalty payouts.

"This quarter's  
distribution adds to what is shaping up to be a record breaking year for  
SoundExchange and reflects the continued growth of digital radio listenership  
and services," said SoundExchange president, Michael Huppe.  
"SoundExchange is proud to be part of this growing revenue stream for the  
creators of music. We will continue to pursue all efforts to ensure that artist  
and labels are properly compensated for their critical contributions to these  
services."

SoundExchange  
represents tens of thousands of artists and labels and works with more than 1,800 digital music platforms that rely on the organization for their digital sound  
recording licensing rights.

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