Singer-songwriter The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ has turn out to be the primary track to cross the 4 billion stream mark on Spotify.

The track handed Ed Sheeran’s ‘Form of You’ because the all-time most-streamed track on the service simply over a yr in the past, and it’s considered one of two Weeknd songs within the prime 10: his 2016 track ‘Starboy’ is at Quantity 6, with practically 2.5 billion streams, stories Selection.

So, what does all of that imply? Between $15.5 million and $17.5 million in royalties for the sound recording, with one other $4.5 million or so in publishing, relying on which figures (and which on-line royalty calculators) one makes use of. Whereas some companies pay greater than others and calculations fluctuate extensively, Spotify usually pays between $.003 and $.004 per stream.

As per Selection, that’s $20 million-plus for one track on one streaming service (albeit the most important track on the world’s largest paid streaming service). Does The Weeknd pocket all that cash himself? In fact not: He was joined by 4 co-writers on the track — Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Ahmad Balshe and Jason “DaHeala” Quenneville, who every get a share recognized solely to insiders, and two co-producers in Martin and Holter, who presumably obtain “factors” (a proportion) on the track as properly.

It’s potential that others could get a small proportion. Judging by the copyright line on the album, the Weeknd owns the grasp recordings and licences them to Common’s Republic Information, which suggests he collects the lion’s share of these royalties.