"Don't believe me, just watch":Trinidad James To Make At Least $50,000 From "Uptown Funk" Royalties

[JayGatsby]

This is some bullshyt

 

[Commander in Chiefin]

I can't stand this song. It's one of those tracks that you'll hear at every wedding from now on

 

[JayGatsby]

that's more money then any of the :fif:-Unit members been seeing

this was a bad idea

 

[L&HH]

50k seems real low not surprising though just another instance of music money aint always what it's cracked up to be. That song is/was everywhere.

50k seems real low not surprising though just another instance of music money aint always what it's cracked up to be. That song is/was everywhere.

50k is only the first royalty check. This song will be similar in impact to Blurred Lines which did like 17 million overall.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-trial-reveals-how-778884

 

[duncanthetall]

I can't stand this song. It's one of those tracks that you'll hear at every wedding from now on

I feel like I've heard snippets of it from time to time, but after reading this article last night it was the first time I listened to it all the way through.

fukking loved it personally. Bruno got so much swag breh

 

[bouncy]

50k is only the first royalty check. This song will be similar in impact to Blurred Lines which did like 17 million overall.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-trial-reveals-how-778884

Rule #4080
Record company people are shady!

From the article:

"The record companies (Interscope, UMG Distribution and Star Trak) took home the rest, with an executive at Universal Music testifying that overhead costs on the creation of "Blurred Lines" accounted for $6.9 million."

It costs $6.9 million to make a song?

 

[Da King]

Idk..rappers borrow lines all the time

Didn't hear about this until Drake got sewed

 

[Yayo Toure]

So is biggies Estate gonna sue camel?

Camel so flagrant with his biting some Jay fans actually think some of them lines are his own.

 

[Sad Bunny]

I was half sleep

 

[b_low_brown]

That's it? Hahaha, negro pennies, if that was a Bono lyric he would a got 5 m's out of them somehow

This isn't Bono though

 

[Vinny Lupton]

If he really only got 5% he's stupid..if you take it his parts in the song then the song would fall apart. Shoulda held out for 15%

 

[L&HH]

If he really only got 5% he's stupid..if you take it his parts in the song then the song would fall apart. Shoulda held out for 15%

You must be out of your mind. 5% for somebody to repeat 4 words? This ins't a sample, just an interpolation that ppl do all the time. They probably didn't even have to pay or at least this is the first time I've heard of such a thing.

 

[BeetAficionado]

50k is only the first royalty check. This song will be similar in impact to Blurred Lines which did like 17 million overall.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blurred-lines-trial-reveals-how-778884

It will b good 2 c him eat then

 

[Clark Wayne]

Whats crazy is the song only grossed over $840,000 but it sold over 5 million, what the hell? I see why Jay-Z did that spectacle about tidal paying more to artists, because how can you sell over 5 million songs, and just get over $840,000? I'm sure the song got even more spins so the publishing gross should be at least $1.5-$2 million dollars.

Damn, the music game is being pimped by technology companies. I guess the chickens have come home to roost. Labels did it to artists, and now technology companies are doing it to labels, and artists. Artists do need to stop this shyt.

Yeah, labels killing these artist. Most of those 5 million sales most likely came from iTunes and if I'm not mistaken, artist get about 10 cents per download. So that's like $500,000 and then add in streaming revenue and maybe some other publishing deals and it's not surprising to see it hasn't even made over $1million yet.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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