This rant is brought to you by Spotify.
The creator of Spotify is now worth some of the best selling artists of all time combined. Stop for a second and think about that. He is not potentially worth 400 million more than the top 4 richest artist of all time, combined. He has made ‘0’ music on his own, and has written only code.
So what are the top 4 according to his article?
- Jay-Z
- Taylor Swift
- Rihanna
- Bruce Springsteen
Think about those names for a brief moment, and comprehend the album sales these artists have.
Google Says…
- Jay-Z – 140 million worldwide
- Taylor Swift – 114 Millinon worldwide
- Rihanna – 60 million worldwide
- The Boss – >150 million worldwide
460 million album sales worldwide, not to mention the concerts, radio and TV play, movie placements, commercials, merchandise, and then don’t forget streaming. But yet it takes all 4 of them, with all of those income streams, to equal the founder so Spotify.
How?
It would be hard to imagine that you have never heard a song or music from any of these artists. (Sorry, for my Americanism) From the press we only see in the USA, that Taylor Swift should have literally conquered the world by now.
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Waaay more than Shakira. Beyonce already did it as well.
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I did do some research.
- Wikipedia says the top is the Beatles.
- Chartmasters, also say the Beatles
So, Let’s add the Beatles.
How is the founder of Spotify equivalent in wealth to the Beatles, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Bruce Springsteen combined! Meaning it takes all of the wealth of these artists, with all of their income stream, to come equivalent to the founder of Spotify, a person who has only written code, and never something on an instrument….