Korean Streaming Royalty Share: how much do your faves make?

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I think it's a mistranslation. They said music producer [company] when they meant record label.

Oh, yeah. I forgot the music producers are not paid by DSP, and they are usually paid by the artists' share (usually in the western industry). Usually 15-20% out of the artists share.

But in the Kpop companies case, typically companies sign their own in-house producers and have their own contract- kinda like the artists. So, at the end it's just the idols % or share.

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The Gaon employee made a video about royalty share in Korean streaming platforms.

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- Record label: 48.25%

- Streaming service (Melon, Genie, etc.): 35%

- Songwriters (lyricists/composers): 10.5%

- Performers (singer/session): 6.25% (3.25% for the singer)

Singers also receive a share of the producer revenue based on their contract. He states that a 6:4 (producer:singer) ratio is common practice.

Considering a 6:4 ratio and deducting the collection fees, this gives the singer a 19.75% revenue share.

For a song with 1B digital points, this means 197.5M KRW (164k USD) goes to the singer.

If they're also a lyricist/composer, then their revenue share will be higher.

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Hi, again! Can you edit the producer part and change the word into music label/label? So, there's no confusion here. Thanks.

Also, I assume the DSP pay the publishing or KOMCA in SK (as they are the one who collects the royalties and distributes it to songwriters/composers/lyricists).

What I'm curious is how the shares for songwriters work in SK or Kpop songs. In the US, all the writers credited in the songs are paid equally, so even if you only contributed 7 words or some melodies you are paid equally to others. That's why you see popular western artists getting credited in every song, so they also get theirs. I wonder if it's the same in SK. I just think it's hard or confusing to pay the writers by gauging their contributions in a song.

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this actually sounds generous compared to spotify and western streaming sites

No. DSP in SK takes 35%, while Spotify takes 33%. This is the usual shares, but music labels/rightsholders can negotiate for more % to DSP. Also, Spotify pay labels/rightsholders 80% of the net after their cut, then 20% to Publishing. I tried computing, but not much difference anyways. At the end of the day, the artists money received on music depends on their contract agreement with their company/label. Some groups profit shares in music can be as low as 20% and can be high as 80%. Ofcourse, it all depends on their contract.

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