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Brady Snyder

YouTube Music paid out a record $8 billion to the music industry in a year

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What you need to know

  • YouTube Music paid out a record $8 billion to the music industry in a 12-month period.
  • It represents major growth for the platform, as it paid out $6 billion and $4 billion in 2022 and 2021, respectively.
  • YouTube Music still lags behind Spotify in terms of overall payouts, but its per-stream payouts are supposedly higher.
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