Does anyone know how much money an artist (either a performer or songwriter) stands to make from a download of a single .99 song off a website such as Itunes? My guess is that it's only a penny or two, but I have a friend who claims it's upwards of .30 to $.40 per song. Anyone out there have the SD?
I would imagine it would vary based on the licensing agreements between the music site and the record company, and the contract between the record company and the artist.
Though I don’t support this site, their figures of .35->Apple, .53->label, .11->artist sound about right.