Katy Perry - Rise, best song of the year?

[LurkerJ]

axumblade said:

LurkerJ said:

Never been a better time for good musicians, now that streaming is king, it's very important for artists to make GREAT songs. Not just ones that fans can buy off iTunes and listen to once or twice, only for those songs to forgotten when they stop being trendy.

Streaming changed the game, now artists need to make songs that people come back to over and over (every x number of stream counts as a sale), so great music that make people want to listen to regularly will be rewarded on the long-run. 

Ehh. Most artists make more from concerts than streams. Streams only give a small amount of money per stream. Though admittedly they at least get something, its a lot more than they get through piracy or used album sales. 

Check the bolded, and I don't mean a year or two. Don't forget that Spotify isn't available worldwide yet, streaming will only get more popular. I also expect service providers to be pay up more for artists because many seem to be displeased, unless they are on Apple Music. We'll see how it plays out eventually.