According to the SoundCloud music platform, this is a first.
From April, the service which allows artists to present their pieces to listeners will set up a new remuneration system.
It will be based on the listening times of each artist and no longer on a payment in proportion to the total listenings.
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This is a demand that has been coming back for years in the industry.
We are happy to be the first to bring this innovation to support artists,
”Michael Weissman, director general of the platform, told AFP.
A library of 200 million songs
Founded in 2007 in Stockholm, then moved to Berlin, SoundCloud has a music library of over 200 million songs produced by some 25 million musicians around the world.
Last year, she raised $ 75 million from SiriusXM, a group controlled by US telecoms magnate John Malone that has made several investments in the music industry, including Pandora, the leading online radio station in the United States. United.
