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# TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/top-posts-this-weeks-most-read-posts-on-hypebot-1-3/
- Published: 2019-03-09T04:57:21.000Z
- Updated: 2019-03-09T04:57:21.000Z
- Description: Hypebot's most popular and often perused articles this week covered PledgeMusic's ongoing failure to pay artists, why more band and musicians are rejecting traditional record deals in favor of making. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/03/top-posts-this-weeks-most-read-posts-on-h
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- Tags: Music Business, DIY, DIY musicians, indie, music, music industry, musician, musicians, PledgeMusic, streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:00

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Hypebot's most popular and often perused articles this week covered PledgeMusic's ongoing failure to pay artists, why more band and musicians are rejecting traditional record deals in favor of making their own way, a look at just how many people are now paying to stream music, and more!
- [**PledgeMusic Leaving More Artists Unpaid**](https://www.hypebot.com/pledge-music-leaving-more-artists-unpaid/)
- [**Artists Are Increasingly Rejecting Record Deals**](https://www.hypebot.com/artists-increasingly-rejecting-record-deals/)
- ## [Streaming Revenue Impressive, But Can It Ever Make Up For Lost Physical Sales?](https://www.hypebot.com/streaming-revenue-impressive-but-can-it-ever-make-up-for-lost-physical-sales/)
- ## [NoiseTrade Continues Serving Artists As Owner PledgeMusic Struggles, President Exits](https://www.hypebot.com/noisetrade-continues-serving-artists-as-owner-pledgemusic-struggles-co-founder-exits/)
- [**100 Million Use Paid Music Streaming Services** ](https://www.hypebot.com/100-million-use-paid-music-streaming-services-in-us-musicwatch-1/)[**In US \[MusicWatch\]**](https://www.hypebot.com/100-million-use-paid-music-streaming-services-in-us-musicwatch-1/)
- **[Kobalt Is Now A Next Generation Major Label In The Making \[Mark Mulligan\]](https://www.typepad.com/site/lists/6a00d83451b36c69e200e5539383458833/item/6a00d83451b36c69e20240a44390b9200c/edit?ref=hypebot.com "Edit this link")**
- [**Streaming Playlist Innovation: What's Next?**](https://www.hypebot.com/streaming-playlist-innovation-whats-next/)
- [**Playing To Strangers: Why Marketing To People Who Haven't Heard You Is The Most Profitable**](https://www.hypebot.com/playing-to-strangers-why-marketing-to-people-who-havent-heard-you-is-the-most-profitable/)