[KarlInOhio]

Once the paid service kicks in, Apple will pay 72% of revenue, not net, gross, to the artists — minus what the record companies keep.

So once the record companies take care of holdbacks, promotional expenses, production expenses, above the line costs, below the line costs, and double secret costs that would leave the singers approximately nothing.

[GeronL]

Are singers all broke, most of them seem pretty wealthy, they are definitely getting paid somewhere along the line