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‘There’s absolutely nothing in it.” That was Gary Numan’s withering assessment of music streaming services earlier this month. The British musician, who enjoyed hits with Are ‘Friends’ Electric? and Cars 40 years ago, told Sky News that in return for a million streams of one of his songs on Spotify, he had received the princely sum of £37 (€42).
‘There’s absolutely nothing in it.” That was Gary Numan’s withering assessment of music streaming services earlier this month. The British musician, who enjoyed hits with Are ‘Friends’ Electric? and Cars 40 years ago, told Sky News that in return for a million streams of one of his songs on Spotify, he had received the princely sum of £37 (€42). The question of how much services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music, Soundcloud and Google Play pay artists has become all the more relevant during the pandemic, with revenue from touring having in effect been cut to zer...