Royalty Calculator: See What Your Streams Are Worth

 

As part of their continuing efforts to serve the music industry and its creators, Billboard now features a royalty calculator for Spotify and Apple Music for readers.

The calculator below was created by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, a legal and consulting firm that specializes in music industry law; and is based on the firm’s analysis of U.S. data collected from direct source payors.

The calculator is easy to use. Simply plug in the number of streams generated by a song or album, and the app will provide:

  • The total payout for that figure number of streams

  • The sound recording payout to the copyright owner

  • Mechanical royalties paid to the music publisher (which then pays the songwriter)

  • Performance royalties paid to performance rights organizations (PROs) ASCAP, BMI, GMR and SESAC

 
Sneha Mervana