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The Temptations’ ‘My Girl’ Hits One Billion Spotify Streams
Udiscovermusic ^ | August 30, 2024 | Sam Armstrong

Posted on 08/30/2024 5:51:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 08/30/2024 5:51:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Sister Act is unwatchable today. Has not aged well.


2 posted on 08/30/2024 5:58:37 PM PDT by nwrep
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And what does Spotify pay in royalties to the copyright holder(s)? $43 bucks?


3 posted on 08/30/2024 6:02:07 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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And they were paid $63.48 in royalties.


4 posted on 08/30/2024 6:02:27 PM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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How do they know “My girl” is about a girl? Are they biologists?


5 posted on 08/30/2024 6:04:03 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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My Girl is a great song, no doubt about it.

But for me, The Temptations greatest achievement is Just My Imagination, which is a work of genius.

6 posted on 08/30/2024 6:04:28 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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That’s what I was hoping they would talk about. These music apps today get away with murder, same with Google and Youtube. They make billions off these songs and they pay a ridiculously low percentage in royalties. I assume they get away with it because of pirating, using the excuse “you can take a fraction of a cent or get nothing through pirating”.


7 posted on 08/30/2024 6:07:32 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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Otis Williams gets all the money. He’s the only one left.


8 posted on 08/30/2024 6:14:08 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The world is driven by envy, not greed.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Whoever owns the distribution channel makes the money.

That’s why Netflix has become a major force in content creation.

That’s why major utility systems have sold off their generating capacity. The hold on to the wires, the transformers and switchgear, and the electric meters that generate the customer bills.

That’s why major food brands pay grocery stores for shelf space.


9 posted on 08/30/2024 6:20:12 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Otis Williams gets all the money. He’s the only one left.

Smokey Robinson gets the money, he wrote the song.

10 posted on 08/30/2024 6:24:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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That’s why Chnina pays the cartels?


11 posted on 08/30/2024 6:25:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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somebody’s making money off of it.


12 posted on 08/30/2024 6:29:52 PM PDT by xoxox
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Oh, that’s right, thanks!


13 posted on 08/30/2024 6:34:43 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The world is driven by envy, not greed.)
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To: nickcarraway

Sam Armstrong must be AI name.....the nuns sing “My God”...to the tune of the song “My Guy”...originally sung by Mary Wells...NOT “My Girl”....a perfect example of today’s brain dead journalists and peeps....


14 posted on 08/30/2024 6:39:28 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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The same man wrote both songs.


15 posted on 08/30/2024 6:48:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Steely Tom

For fun...try “Ball of Confusion”, “Cloud Nine”, and Psychedelic Shack”...by the temps...in their “R&B goes hippie” days...
You are right...just my imagination is great...I do like “poppa was a rolling stone”


16 posted on 08/30/2024 6:50:48 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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That’s why Chnina pays the cartels?

I didn't know that, but if it's true, yes.

One of the things they teach in business school is "always try to be as close as possible to where the money actually changes hands."

The distribution channel includes the step where the money is physically handed over, from the end customer.

17 posted on 08/30/2024 7:48:29 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Getready
I am a big Temps fan.
I liked the Temptations In A Mellow Mood...first big crossover album.
We had their cover of "With These Hands" played at our wedding.
Catholic Church priest wouldn't allow the songstress to sing it.

With These Hands

18 posted on 08/30/2024 7:51:31 PM PDT by stylin19a (A study found that woman who carry a little extra weight, live longer than the men who mention it.)
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To: nickcarraway

There is typically a songwriter’s royalty, a performer’s royalty, a producer royalty.

Sometimes those are the same person, but often not.


19 posted on 08/30/2024 8:21:52 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Depends, but they do get paid per play.

When you look at a report of royalty for a period of time, there are amounts coming in from so many countries it is hard to follow. Various sources including streaming platforms, you tube, etc.


20 posted on 08/30/2024 8:23:23 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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