Hip hop media underestimates Marshall’s income from Spotify streams by at least $5 million.
TheDaily Caller website relied on numbers that downplayed Eminem’s stream this year to count how much he made in 2021. The least we can do is to fix their maths.
Throughout 2021, Em has gained 4.91 billion streams, not 3.6. Nobody knows the exact rate that Spotify pays by track, and most probably, it varies depending on circumstances. So the media just took rumoured brackets ($.0032 or $.0052 per song) to find a median. The simple estimate gives us $15,712,000 as the lowest and $24,550,000 as the highest possible payout from Spotify. The middle ground between then would be $20,131,000.
It is safe to suggest that Eminem made over $20 million from Spotify alone this year. How much he got paid from other streaming services where he enjoys consistent success, such as Apple Music, Deezer or YouTube, is anybody’s guess.
