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Deezer Royalties
A Deezer play can earn recording and songwriting royalties. Notes delivers the recording and registers the composition side. Flat subscription. No royalty cut.
Deezer is a Paris-headquartered streaming service with strong adoption across France, Brazil, Germany, and emerging markets. It offers HiFi tiers and was an early adopter of an artist-centric payout model that pays more for streams of music people actively choose.
Best for Notes. Musicians who release to Deezer and still need the publishing and neighboring-rights sides registered, not only the recording delivery.
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How Notes collects this
Notes ships your sound recordings to Deezer as part of every release, with credits and ISRCs included. Your songwriter credits are registered with PROs and The MLC so the publishing side of every play is paid as well. Recording royalties from Deezer, plus the performance and mechanical royalties behind every play, are reconciled in one place, with no percentage taken. Notes does not take a percentage of royalties.
The two pools
Where this sits on the royalty ring
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
Each arc is a /learn royalty type. The ring is the same chart as the glossary hub.
By platform type
Which royalties a play can earn
| Platform type | Recording | Mechanical | Performance | Neighboring | Sync |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interactive streaming (Spotify, Apple Music) | ● | ● | ● | — | — |
| Non-interactive radio (Pandora, SiriusXM, iHeartRadio) | ● | — | ● | ● | — |
| Download / DJ stores (Bandcamp, Beatport) | ● | ● | — | — | — |
| Short-form & social (TikTok, Meta, Snap) | ● | ● | ● | — | ● |
| Fitness, sync & background (Peloton) | ● | — | ● | — | ● |
| Karaoke & sing-along (Singa, WeSing) | — | ● | ● | — | ● |
Interactive streaming (Spotify, Apple Music) pays recording, mechanical, and performance royalties, not neighboring rights, which come from non-interactive radio via SoundExchange. Karaoke also generates a print (lyric) royalty not shown above. ROXi-style on-demand music-video and karaoke TV is audiovisual, so it leans on sync and master-use licensing rather than the statutory mechanical.
Questions
FAQ
- What are Deezer royalties?
- Deezer is a Paris-headquartered streaming service with strong adoption across France, Brazil, Germany, and emerging markets. It offers HiFi tiers and was an early adopter of an artist-centric payout model that pays more for streams of music people actively choose.
- What does a Deezer stream pay?
- A Deezer play earns recording royalties for the master plus a mechanical and performance royalty on the composition, collected separately through The MLC and the PROs. Deezer uses an artist-centric payout model that weights streams of music people actively choose; the exact value also depends on its revenue and the listener's market.
- Does being on Deezer collect my publishing royalties too?
- No. Delivering to Deezer handles the recording side. The composition's mechanical and performance royalties are collected separately through The MLC and the performing-rights organizations, and only if your songs are registered. Notes registers both sides.
- Does Notes take a percentage of my Deezer royalties?
- No. Notes is a simple $5/month subscription with no percentages and no hidden fees. The royalties from both the recording and publishing sides are paid to you in full.
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Sources
Notes is an independent music distribution and publishing administration service. Named platforms and collection societies are independent organizations. This page is not affiliated with, authorized by, or sponsored by them. Deezer is a trademark of its owner. Notes is not affiliated with, authorized by, or sponsored by Deezer.