This might be a golden age for artists in terms of the likelihood they can make a living from their music, but that doesn’t mean things aren’t tough out there: According to recent stats, Apple Music, the world’s second-largest audio-streaming subscription service, pays artists (and record labels) an average of $0.0056 per play. At Spotify, the biggest audio-streaming service on the planet, this figure is close to half that amount, at $0.0032. At YouTube, it’s as low as $0.0009.

Making these fractions of cents add up to a meaningful
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