Royalties
Digital Performance Royalties
Digital performance royalties (neighboring rights) are paid to recording artists and master owners when a recording plays on non-interactive digital radio.
Where this sits
Digital Performance Royalties
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
A digital-performance royalty is paid on the recording (not the composition) when it plays on US non-interactive digital radio: services like Pandora's radio tier or SiriusXM, where the listener can't pick the next track. It's also called a neighboring right, and it goes to the recording artist and master owner, separate from the songwriter's performance royalty on the composition.
Good to know
Digital Performance Royalties: common questions
- Who collects digital performance royalties in the US?
- SoundExchange collects them for non-interactive digital uses and pays featured artists and master owners directly.
- Are these the same as my Spotify royalties?
- No. Spotify is interactive streaming (recording revenue via your distributor). Digital-performance royalties come from non-interactive radio like Pandora and SiriusXM and are collected separately.
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