


While royalties from streaming services are calculated on a stream share basis, a play still has a value. Let fans into your world with Artist Pick, featured playlists, and fundraising links - and by adding looping visuals to your tracks with Canvas.Our average per play rate is $0.01. With our profile tools, you can change your bio and photos whenever inspiration strikes. Spotify boasts more than 10 million paying subscribers, across 58 countries, on top of the 30 million people who access the streaming service for free.Showcasing your artistry goes deeper with Spotify for Artists. This news follows another stream-based success for the group: their single Story of My Life is the most-streamed track on Spotify, with more than 90 million streams worldwide. So what do One Direction stand to make from a billion streams? If Spotify’s public payout guideline of between $.0006 and $0.00084 per stream is anything to go by, plays of One Direction’s music earned the band and their team between $6m (£3.8m) and $8.4m (£5.3m). “And I just don’t agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.” “I’m not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music,” she told Yahoo following the action. However, one notable musical favourite is absent: earlier this month, Taylor Swift removed her back catalogue from the music site. The top 14 is occupied by EDM overlords David Guetta, Avicii and Calvin Harris, pop stars Rihanna, Katy Perry and Beyoncé, solo artists such as Drake, Pitbull and Ed Sheeran, and US bands Imagine Dragons and Maroon 5. That select club is currently governed by Eminem, who holds the position as Spotify’s most-streamed artist.
