The explosion of music-streaming service has made it easier than ever before to listen to all your favourite songs and artists. But, having millions of songs at your fingertips has made it harder for musicians to cut through the noise and has had a massive effect on physical record sales to boot
To see just how hard it is for artists to make a living in the streaming age, broadbandchoices looked at how many streams a musician would need to receive every year in order to earn minimum wage in 15 different countries around the world.
Method and Sources
Minimum wage by country Countryeconomy.com
Minimum wage data was sourced in USD and converted to GBP and EUR (19/02/2020)
Inaccuracies due to rounding
Typical artists revenue per stream: Digitalmusicnews.com
Streams needed calculated using USD figures
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