Spotify now says that 52,600 artists generated over $10,000 on its platform in 2021. Spotify also notes that 15,140 of these 52,600 artists – around 28% – uploaded their own music via the likes of TuneCore, CD Baby and DistroKid. The 52,600 figure (for $10k+ artists) is up by 10,100 versus the equivalent stat from 2020.
