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# SoundExchange Q2 Payments Up 17.5%
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/soundexchange-q2-payments-up-175/
- Published: 2018-07-30T09:36:17.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-30T09:36:17.000Z
- Description: SoundExchange distributed $208.7 million in sound recording performance royalties in Q2 2018. That's up both 17.5% over the same quarter last year and the $189.9 million paid out in the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/07/soundexchange-q2-payments-up-175.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Tech, Radio & Satellite, Songwriting & Music Publishing, Streaming, DIY, DIY musicians, indie, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Pandora, SiriusXM, SoundExchange, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:00

[![Sound-exchange-logo](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad35ef18b200c-200wi "Sound-exchange-logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2022ad35ef18b200c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)SoundExchange distributed $208.7 million in sound recording performance royalties in Q2 2018\. That's up both 17.5% over the same quarter last year and the $189.9 million paid out in the Q1 of this year. The PRO has paid out a total of $398.6 million so far in 2018\. 

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