LETTERS OF DIRECTION – SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS
A Letter of Direction (or LOD) is a document by which a Featured Artist directs SoundExchange to pay a portion of the Featured Artist’s sound recording performance royalties to a participant in the...
SoundExchange Distributes $241 million in Digital Royalties to Creators in Q2 2025
August 21, 2025 - We are happy to report that SoundExchange distributed $241.5 million in digital royalties to creators in the second quarter of 2025. When combined with the $253.2 million distributed...
SoundExchange Distributes $253 million in Digital Royalties to Creators in Q1 2025
May 29, 2025 – We are happy to report that SoundExchange distributed $253.2 million in digital royalties to creators in the first quarter of 2025.
Boyz II Men, Big Voices, and Bold Moves: 2025 AMFA Recap
May 5, 2025 – The fight for fair compensation for music creators hit the ground running in 2025, with renewed momentum behind the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA). Reintroduced in the new...
SoundExchange Distributes $252 million in Digital Royalties to Creators in Q2 2024
August 5, 2024 – We are happy to report that SoundExchange distributed $252 million in digital royalties to creators in the second quarter of 2022. When combined with the $265 million distributed in...
Justice for American Music Artists in the United Kingdom
When pop icons Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa collaborated to release “Prisoner” in 2020, the hit song immediately topped the charts in their respective homelands of the United States and the United...
Artist Disputes: What Are They & How Are They Resolved?
Artist Disputes happen all the time. Sometimes, they’re caused by misunderstandings or inadvertent actions taken by band members or collaborators. Sometimes they’re something more. In any case,...
SoundExchange Distributes More Than $1 Billion In Digital Royalties To Creators In 2023
January 22, 2024 – We are happy to report that SoundExchange paid out $250M in royalties in the fourth quarter of 2023, bringing total gross distributions in 2023 to $1B, an increase of 4.3% above...
All About ISRCs
December 21, 2023 – If you’re in the music industry, you’ve likely heard about the importance of ISRCs. But what are they? How do they work? And how do they affect you as a creator or music...
SoundExchange Distributes $257M In Digital Royalties To Creators In Q3 2023
October 13, 2023 – We are happy to report that SoundExchange paid out $257M in 2023’s Q3 royalties distributed. When compared to the same period in 2022, this is an increase of 8%. Year-to-date,...
