Right, because studio time, publishing CDs, booking tour dates, and promoting it all is free.
Before an artist earns money from album sales, they have to pay for all that stuff. When album sales drop, either the artists get less of all those things, or they have to pay for them from other revenue sources. Either way it's not good for them.
The idea that album revenues never did anything for anyone makes no sense.
Before an artist earns money from album sales, they have to pay for all that stuff. When album sales drop, either the artists get less of all those things, or they have to pay for them from other revenue sources. Either way it's not good for them.
The idea that album revenues never did anything for anyone makes no sense.