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November 24th, 2009

Lady Earns $167 By Music Streaming On Spotify

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spotify Lady Earns $167 By Music Streaming On SpotifyWith growing number of people interested in music, streaming services are just on lot hype. While piracy is an illegal way, we have great new streaming sites that offer legal way to enjoy free music. While many artists are on the go, there is one lady who have million streaming on Spotify made $167.

This story is been shared by Torrentfreak, who says Lady Gaga, one of the most popular artists on Spotify at the moment, made a whooping $167 (SEK 1150) by having her songs on the service. The sum came from the Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM) as royalties for over one million streams of her hit song “Poker Face.”

Commenting on the story, Douglas Léon, better known as Swedish rapper Dogge Doggelito, said he was dismayed. “It is totally sick. We musicians have no rights, you may not charge [for music] anymore,” adding that Lady Gaga could’ve earned more driving an illegal taxi-cab. On the other hand, Swedish artist, music producer and philosopher Alexander Bard, said that this payment was better than Lady Gaga would have achieved from her music being available via The Pirate Bay, noting that the amount was “…more than zero.”


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