Even on the higher end of Spotify’s floor for being “able to live off of their art,” in its various estimations, these are sums that would be meaningful, in most cases, for individual solo artists, self-releasing their music. Indeed, the tier system, in general, does not seem to account for musicians working with teams—whether that be songwriting collaborators, bandmates, producers, or record labels of any scope, all of which would dramatically impact the profits reaching the actual musicians behind a given artist moniker. This is a crucial distinction: when streaming services issue scraps of
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