In 2008, Swedish entrepreneurs Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon founded the music streaming serviceSpotifyto combat piracy.
But just how much are artists paid for featuring their music on the app?
In comparison, 1 billion streams of a track would result in $4,370,000 in earnings.
In 2019,Audio Oxidereported that Spotify paid artists an estimated $0.00038 per play.
So much so that she removed her entire discography from the streaming platform in 2014.
This is despite Spotify, Google, Pandora, and Amazon appealing against the decision (viaVariety).
