Music streaming is huge, but the payouts are small. Here's how Colorado artists are coping. — The Know
150 Shares Colorado artist Laura Brehm, whose music was streamed tens of millions of times in 2020, is for the first time making a living solely from streaming revenues. (Provided by Outerloop Group) Laura Brehm strummed an acoustic guitar as a singer-songwriter before finding success as a featured vocalist on electronic dance-music tracks — a gig that has brought her international work and tens of millions of plays on services such as Spotify and YouTube Music. But even as music-streaming revenues are projected to hit $23 billion this year — an increase of 50% over 2020, or $3.3 b...
Source: denverpost.com