How much streaming services pay artists per play

June 26

	Streaming services from Nokia, Google and Microsoft pay artists the highest royalty rates per stream, according to a data set obtained by The Trichordest, a website which aims to protect artist rights in the digital age. The information was provided by an anonymous independent label with a catalogue of roughly 1,500 songs, and is based on flat royalties before distribution fees and the like are deducted. The streams occurred between Jan 2012 and February 1, 2014. Nokia lead the pack, paying an average of $0.07411 per stream, following by Google Play, which pays $0.04573. MySpace Music and Amazon Cloud have the lowest rates, with each stream only netting artists $0.00094 and $0.00012 respectively. The numbers are below, in dollar amounts. Nokia: 0.07411 Google Play: 0.04573 Xbox Music: 0.03212 simfy: 0.01626 Napster: 0.01578 MediaNet: 0.01140 Rhapsody: 0.01122 Muve Music: 0.00875 Deezer: 0.00745 Rdio: 0.00692 Spotify: 0.00521 MySpace Music: 0.00094 Amazon Cloud: 0.00012 Source: http://thetrichordist.com/2014/02/20/streaming-price-index-updated-2014-per-stream-pay-rates/