singers “do not receive fair remuneration”, deplores Emmanuel Macron

The singers “do not receive fair remuneration” with «les services de streaming musical»estimates Emmanuel Macron in an interview with the American cultural magazine Variety on Wednesday. “Today, with music streaming services, singers do not receive fair compensation. In the case of streaming, (the platforms) decide to pay people who are streamed a lot very well.thus states the President of the Republic.

Today, a subscriber, who pays nearly 12 euros per month on a music streaming platform and does not listen to musicians at the top of the charts, sees most of this sum migrate to other artists much more expensive. “streamed”. This is called the «market centric»in proportion to total listening. “In the music field, for example, they underestimate various artists who have an average audience, while an artist who is suddenly downloaded by a few young people for a few months will be paid quite well”continues the French leader.

Emmanuel Macron would like “maybe see (French) singers like Étienne Daho or Barbara Pravi earn a little money at the same time as Taylor Swift (megastar who earns a lot more, Editor’s note), so that it’s not one-way. The streamer model is today biased”. Opponents of «market centric» campaign for a model called «user centric»theorized by its supporters as one centered on individual subscriber listenings.