Artist Compensation

How you get paid

We attribute much of Grooveshark's success to our dedication to artists and their relationship with fans. We're all musicians, music fans, and music consumers; and, as such, we understand how hard it can be to make a living doing what you love. Here's how your participation in our service can generate money for you so you can continue doing what you love.

Grooveshark's revenue comes from advertising, premium subscriptions, artist promotions and a mix of other services. Before we do anything with the revenue earned from advertising, we split off a sizable chunk for labels, publishers and performing rights organizations. If you own your work and uploaded it through the Artist Control Panel, then this includes you too. Every Quarter the money is divvied out to artists based on the percentage of the artists' streams out of the total streams.

While this revenue stream can be important to artists, Grooveshark does much more than just pay you for what is played. We provide a wealth of services for the independent artist and major label alike. Our platform is second to none in promotion. We also provide a state of the art artist analytics platform that allows you to track who is listening to you, where and what they actually think of you. Ask us for a case study here. We've been instrumental in finding unique monetization outlets for artists of all levels in all genres. Contact your Grooveshark representative or our Artists and Labels team here.

These are just a few people who think you should milk Grooveshark for all you can:

"Within less than a month, my client Mat Musto hit over 80,000 spins on Grooveshark, helping his fan base grown exponentially. I have been working with Grooveshark for almost 4 years now, and they have never shown anything but professionalism and a commitment to helping the music community. With other companies continuously trying and failing to bring their streaming sites to the USA, Grooveshark has remained constant and try to its form. I recommend Grooveshark campaigns to all of my clients."
Eileen Tilson
VP Tipping Point Entertainment Group
Exec. Director of the Atlanta Chapter of National Assoc. of Record Industry Professionals
"As an artist, Grooveshark has been my most valuable online resource by far. Since I began working with them, my online following and buzz has increased remarkably - I get more plays in a week now than I did in my whole career up to this point. My Facebook fanbase is growing faster than ever, Twitter followers are coming in by the truckload, and my online sales are almost five times what they used to be. The Grooveshark statistic system lets me see which types of listeners like which types of songs. The feedback I get is the next best thing to physically playing live shows and talking with fans. The staff is unparalleled when it comes to service, individual attention, communication (a rarity in the music world), and the fact that I know they genuinely love my music and want to push me to the next level. I love the site as an artist and a listener. Grooveshark is the real thing."

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