Spending on streaming subscriptions and physical sales hits £2.4bn as industry recovers from piracy and CD slump

It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!

It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!

ALT: a man in a cowboy hat has the words fair enough written below him

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It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!

Music streaming sucks if you’re a non-featured artist like Rachel Bolt Unlike broadcast radio, non-featured artists make £0 from music streaming, while major labels pocket millions If you agree it’s time to #FixStreaming, share this video  🎵 GonBeOkay By Ronnie Price and Justin Williams and Robert Ronci @dewolfemusic *** The Musicians’ Union is the trade union for musicians, with over 36,000 members in the UK. We’re in negotiations with major labels and the government to fix streaming and get a better deal for featured and non-featured artists. Learn more at the link in bio  Video description: A piece to camera by Rachel Bolt. With cutaways to Robbie Williams, Amy Winehouse and Adele music videos. Graphical explainers help depict and breakdown the unfair distribution of money. Further cutaways show MU General Secretary giving a speech at Labour Conference and meeting with MPs and other music industry campaigners. Disclaimers: Exchange rate correct as of January 2025. Number of streams correct as of March 2025. Some estimates calculate Back To Black has generated £5million on Spotify #Musicians #MusiciansOfTikTok #MusiciansUK #AmyWinehouse #RobbieWilliams #Adele #SessionMusician #TradeUnion #MusiciansUnion #UnionStrong

🛑 You wouldn't steal a busker's money! So why do we allow major labels. publishers and streaming platforms to take almost all the revenue away from artists?It's time to #FixStreaming🎵 Featuring the song “When I Give You My Love” by @sherikasherardVideo description: A smartly dressed man approaches a busker and takes the money out of their guitar case. The busker stops him and the crowd starts shouting at him. He comes back to take more. The following text appears on screen: "For every £100 generated by music streaming... The platform takes £30 Major labels take £55 The publisher takes £15 And in most cases, the artist gets next to nothing". A man from the audience marches over, grabs the smartly dressed man’s hand and forces him to put the money back.#Musicians #MusicStreaming #BrokenRecord#MusicIndustry #MusicBusiness #MusiciansUnion

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Discover how much Spotify paid your favorite artist for your streams.

wearethemu“Horrifying!” “Rotten!” “Disgusted!” These are just some of the responses when people realise how little most musicians are actually making from music streaming ✊ Musicians and music creators need a better deal It’s time to #FixStreaming! Sign the petition at theMU.org or the link in bio Video description: voxpops at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. The yellow, black and white Musicians’ Union stand and logo “M U Musicians’ Union” appear in the background of several videos Sources: The Ivors Academy and MU member poll, Musicians’ Census, Music Week #Musician #Streaming #MusicStreaming #LabourParty #MusiciansUnion #Voxpops #FYP