SOUNDEXCHANGE INTRODUCES STREAMLINED IDENTITY VERIFICATION FOR CREATORS
Getting paid for your work should be simple. A core part of SoundExchange's mission is making sure digital performance royalties reach the right people. That means maintaining a royalty collection and...
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...
SoundExchange Statement on Department of Homeland Security Proposed Fee Changes
Washington, D.C. - March 13, 2023 - SoundExchange is calling on President Biden to intercede on behalf of artists facing a massive visa fee hike when traveling into the U.S. to tour or work.
SoundExchange Direct: Mobile App Release 1.3
December 2, 2022 – In June 2022, SoundExchange unveiled its latest resource for artists and sound recording owners to stay on top of their accounts: our new mobile app, available in the app stores...
SoundExchange Distributes $230.4 million in Digital Royalties to Creators in Q2 2022
August 2, 2022 – We are happy to report that SoundExchange distributed $230.4 million in digital royalties to creators in the second quarter of 2022.
2021 Total Gross Distributions
We closed 2021 by distributing a total of $992.5M in royalties to our creator community – a 4.8% increase compared to 2020.
