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Maarius81 and Rob Banks are Sword of a Giant; a manifestation of the duo's love of raw, meaningful, and sometimes psychedelic rap.

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What a Dollar Is Worth in Streams

An artist earns about as much from one dollar that reaches them as from 623 streams. On a $10 release, $9 reaches them.
623
streams per dollar
A $10 release sends $9 to the artist, worth roughly 5,600 streams. A $30 album, about 16,800.
“A stream” means different things depending on where — and whether anyone chose to hear it.
Source Umbrella Union
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A Major Label Spends It. The Artist Repays It.

A major label pays for recording, marketing and promotion, then deducts all of it from the artist's share rather than its own. At a 25% royalty, each dollar spent takes four dollars of sales to clear.
The label spends $1
Sales required $4
Repayment comes only from the artist's share.
Source committees.parliament.uk