Spotify has responded with unusual detail to claims that Lady Gaga made just £100 from a million plays on its service. The streaming music company doesn’t usually get specific when talking about what it pays to artists but it’s clear that they’re becoming frustrated with regular criticism coming from certain parts of the industry.
For the record – pardon the pun – Spotify says the Lady Gaga figure is out of date and relates only to money paid in Sweden to the Swedish half of the duo who wrote the song Poker Face. It wasn’t all of the money that Spotify paid out for playing the track and it was paid at a time when Spotify was still a very small service.
But, really, I don’t see why this is Spotify’s problem. Whatever money Spotify paid for the right to play Lady Gaga was negotiated with Universal, her record label. Whatever her record label decides to pass on to her depends on her contract with her lawyer.
For the record – pardon the pun – Spotify says the Lady Gaga figure is out of date and relates only to money paid in Sweden to the Swedish half of the duo who wrote the song Poker Face. It wasn’t all of the money that Spotify paid out for playing the track and it was paid at a time when Spotify was still a very small service.
But, really, I don’t see why this is Spotify’s problem. Whatever money Spotify paid for the right to play Lady Gaga was negotiated with Universal, her record label. Whatever her record label decides to pass on to her depends on her contract with her lawyer.