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Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints by bytefish on Thursday November 28, 2024 @08:40PM (#42270059)
Snoop Dogg made USD 40k for one song, which also has multiple songwriters on it. There’s a good breakdown in [1].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1ba0ggi/...

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Re:Spotify has shut down several API endpoints by robertlagrant on Friday November 29, 2024 @01:08AM (#42271290)
Key phrase from that research:

> I'm not sure how much royalties you can expect when you're one of 17 credited songwriters on one song you don't even own which samples a song that also samples songs...I think $45k is pretty damned good.

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