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# What Does An Indie Get Paid On iTunes?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/what-does-an-indie-get-paid-1-itunes/
- Published: 2013-02-15T08:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-02-15T08:50:00.000Z
- Description: Musicians have various options to sell music, but often they do not get the majority of the income generated from these sales. Companies like iTunes and Amazon take a decent. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/02/what-does-an-indie-get-paid-1-itunes.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Music Think Tank, Income, Independent, indie, iTunes, Levi Weaver, music sales, musician, Natalie Cheng, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

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Musicians have various options to sell music, but often they do not get the majority of the income generated from these sales. Companies like iTunes and Amazon take a decent portion out of sales. (iTunes: around 36% and Amazon: around 34%) On [Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/what-does-an-indie-get-paid-1-itunes.html?ref=hypebot.com), **Levi Weaver** shows what happens to a musician’s income from music sales on various platforms. Where do you sell your music?

“When you buy music on iTunes, even for indies that own their own music, iTunes gets **more than half** as much as the artist.”([Read On](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/what-does-an-indie-get-paid-1-itunes.html?ref=hypebot.com))