On: How we pay royalties: an overview

[beachstartup]

> 2. Artist’s Spotify streams divided by total Spotify streams

this is quite surprising. does this mean that hypothetically, if there is only 1 band in the spotify universe, it will receive half the revenues it once did if another band joins the service?

[gphil → beachstartup]

Only if the listeners started listening to the new band as often as the existing band. Number of "streams" == number of plays.

[Sniperfish → gphil]

Confirmed in their section 'Wait, I thought Spotify paid per stream?' as "Every time somebody listens to a song on Spotify it generates payments".

[TomJoad → beachstartup]

How I read it is only if that other band take half of Spotify's streams. If no one likes them and they get no plays, the original band still receives all of the revenue.