Recording artist

royalties A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset. Royalties are typically agreed upon as a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset o ...

are a vital part of an artist's income and are gained through the

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and

retail Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and t ...

sale of their music along with the use of their music in

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, and in other forms of media such as

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and

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s. Payments of music royalties vary significantly from platform to platform, where some platforms like

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pay very little, while others contribute more materially to an artists' livelihood.

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