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Lily Allen Makes More Money from OnlyFans Than Spotify (consequence.net)

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 28 minutes ago

I'm not a huge Lily Allen fan, but her first album was incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfvOEn3GAo0&list=PLI6kLIhBBwmT_XV_24qMWetSE3tX_gvIF

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 hour ago

I wonder how much her record label makes from her music on Spotify...

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Who?

[–] medusa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

Theon Greyjoy's sister

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago

who’s sister?

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Perhaps this just means people value her feet more than music? I'm not into feet, but I really didn't like her music, so maybe this is reasonable.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 10 points 2 hours ago

Not really. It just means onlyfans pays more than Spotify... which seems obvious to me??? A direct subscription to an artist vs only a few cents per play... yeah, no brainer, the artist is going to make less money in the latter deal.

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 22 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Good for her. If I thought there was a market for my disgusting claws I'd sell feet pics too.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 hour ago

Be the change you want to see in this world.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 23 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Something I've noticed in British media as of late is that OnlyFans makes some serious money - enough so that a creator can essentially use local journalism as an outlet for promoting their page.

I doubt some of the figures, but if you were to dig into them you'd probably see that number after the media have basically told people "look! Lily Allen has OnlyFans!"

Alongside that, funny enough, OnlyFans is probably one of the UK's biggest tech success stories. They make a lot of money, have only a few employees, and are basically leaders in their field. That's probably another weighing towards this being a promo piece.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Do they make that much? I read only top creators do. Especially those who are already famous from other fields.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 12 points 4 hours ago

The previous commenter is saying that the company makes serious money.

[+] Lulzagna@lemmy.world -7 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

This would mean something if anyone knew who she was as an artist

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

People know Weird Al's an artist, and he used his Spotify Wrapped video last year to make a very public statement about how much money Spotify steals from artists: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/weird-al-yankovic-spotify-wrapped-video-criticism-1234905887/

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That's wild, I guess she was only popular in Europe? She had a bunch of big hits around 2010, like "Fuck You" which was about George Bush

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 26 minutes ago)

I'm American and I knew about her. Smile was at least a modest hit.

I said above that the album that was on, Alright, Still, is a really good album.

Edit: from Wikipedia-

Alright, Still debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, with first-week sales of 34,000 copies.[51] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the album a gold certification on 6 December 2007,[52] and by November 2013, it had sold 627,000 copies in the US.

That's a bit less than half of UK sales, which is pretty good for a British artist in the U.S.

[–] justabaldguy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Would it? Another way to word this might be "Platform with 8,000,000 monthly streamers/listeners pays less than platform of 1,000 subscribers to view pictures."

I don't think this individual's identity enters into it at all. That sentiment comes across as a deliberate, mean-spirited attempt to denigrate this person.

Whether or not selling pictures of one's anatomy is a viable career, or a morally questionable career, or any questions along these lines are a separate discussion. This article to me points out the drastic discrepancy in two services, yet again calling attention to the issue of artists and their earnings when utilizing Spotify as a distribution platform.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 56 minutes ago

Another way to word this might be "Platform with 8,000,000 monthly streamers/listeners pays less than platform of 1,000 subscribers to view pictures."

Think about it for a minute and it becomes pretty clear that shouldn't be surprising at all

You subscribe directly to someone on Onlyfans, you subscribe to Spotify as a whole and your listening habits help split the bill. If both are ~10 bucks a month of course one is going to make you more money than the other

Especially if they're a lesser known artist. Even if they're getting listened to, if the same people listen to 3x as much swift or whatever that will impact the lesser known persons earnings

This article is a dog shit way to bring attention to Spotifys issues, simple as

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'm haven't searched yet but I don't know who this is.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Cultural fragmentation is definitely a big thing when it comes to music these days

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (8 children)

Seeing how this thread is full of hate for Spotify by seeming large number of people who are fans of streaming music/podcast services, I'll pos this question here:

What are the better alternatives for someone seeking to get their favored audios, in terms of library selection, able to form custom playlists and how much if any support to the artist/content creator actually gets to them and what is pocketed by the app?

[–] polographer@lemm.ee 0 points 35 minutes ago

Go to their concerts, buy the official merchandise and get CD’s or pay the whole albums like on qobuz (they also have streaming, but they sell hi-res flac)

Streaming is not designed to benefit the artist

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Tidal, or buy albums and self host if you're up for it but I feel like that's not a real option for most.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

There are none.

All of the services steal from artists, so I'd recommend ripping MP3 tracks from Youtube. There are several tools online for this purpose. Yes, the artist gets nothing, but the more important thing is the services stealing from the artists don't get anything either.

Do this and then compensate the artist in other ways. Buy music directly from them if you can, or buy their merch, or something of that ilk.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 11 points 6 hours ago

I don't think there's all-in-one best option

library size

Deezer

how much is paid to the creator

Bandcamp

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