Chart: How much does a major artist get paid for an iTunes download? - The Strut

Chart: How much does a major artist get paid for an iTunes download?

Public Enemy member Chuck D is fighting the power known as Universal Music Group. He is claiming they only pay 25% of what they should to arists for digital downloads. So, how much does Chuck D get per 99 cent song on iTunes? About 8 cents.

Thanks to some court documents obtained by digitalmusicnews we can see an even further breakdown below (based on 1,000 songs sold):

And labels wonder why artists are leaving?

1 Comment

  1. Deashacoleman

    March 21, 2012 at 10:33 am

    how much do a artes get pay

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