T-Pain likes to stir the pot here and there on social media as he doesn’t bite his tongue on specific topics. The latest conversation starter by T-Pain occurred on Tuesday (December 28), when he took to his Twitter with an ominous post regarding streaming services.
In his post, T-Pain shared a picture of various music streaming platforms and the number of streams an artist needs just to make $1 off their music. Now, people already know that artists barely make money off of streaming, but the actual numbers are pretty wild.
Amazon Music came in at the top of the list with 249 streams while Apple Music and TIDAL follow right behind with 128 and 78, respectively. Napster (53), Deezer (156), Pandora (752) and Spotify (315) are next, but the wildest amount went to YouTube Music that requires an artist to get over 1,250 streams just to see a dollar come their way.
Fans were up in the air over the list, but T-Pain reminded them a lot of these artists still don’t see that dollar, and he’s just putting the new artists on the game.
“I see a lot of ‘well I guess I’ll use the best one’ and not ‘we gotta make our own’ keep in mind, most artists don’t even get the whole $1,” T-Pain tweeted. “I’m just letting the up and coming know what the real is. I worked for mine and there are tons of ways around this if you move right.”
With the streaming era dominating music these days, it also opens the door for all types of artists to find overnight success just by adding a song on one of the more popular streaming platforms. Last month, T-Pain shared his thoughts on today’s generation and advised younger artists to consider their futures.
T-Pain Calls Overnight Success For Today's Artists ‘Super Disturbing’
“The way that artists are starting to believe that momentary popularity is better than longevity is super disturbing and [I] really want y’all to think about the future and generational wealth,” he wrote. “It’s bigger than right now. You got a lot of lives in your hands and a generation to start.”
This is why I could never be a musician. Shaq said it best. Music is fun but the payment is wack.
12 million streams to make a million but you flaunting fake cash. Bitch ass niccas
Damn, I have been using YouTube Music for the longest (7 or so years). Seeing that makes me want to switch to Tidal. Seeing that my choice impacts the financial stability of my favorite artist, and that if I am using the service that puts more money in their pocket, then the artists that I listen to are going to be better off and have longer careers. They will also not feel the need as much to chase radio or trends so they can survive. In the end, we will end up with better music and more of it, if we put the dollars more directly to the artists.
Facts! Fuck youtube music, they robbin artists out here
you rip any song off of yotube tho. why you payin?
One of the biggest problems in the equation. FOH, you don’t value other people and the things in the world that add value to you. You don’t care if the person that brings joy to your world thrives, you just assume that they die broke and that they, and what they make for the world, is there to serve you. Crab-ass dude.
T-pain is correct about the industry, but the reason he steps forward is because not one person has streamed his shit for 10 years, he’s mad he hasnt gotten that one dollar from Spotify. But its not Spotifys fault. T-pain should have taken his own advice and focus on longevity and not making auto tuned pop shit, effectively popifying rap, turning it into this gay shit we have today. Thank you t-pain
Regardless of his output today, if he is speaking truth, that is it. Let the truth stand and not look to tear down the person because your don’t like him. Do delegitimize his point, that’s some b@#ch sh!t.
Better switch to Audius