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Discussion on: Spotify recently announced that it paid out over $4.5 billion in 2023 to just indie artists alone

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Jeremy Beckler

I wonder what the definition of indie is here.

There are tons of indie artists that are HUGE names, as many talented artist are opting for owning their masters.

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Ellie Hunter

I wonder as well, I feel like I go by artists I've never seen before and see they have multiple thousands of monthly listeners, and are considered Indie.

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Maven

Yeah, when you put that in perspective, $4.5B is actually quite small in an industry as large as music streaming either way.