In January, Young sold 50 per cent of the publishing rights of his entire catalogue to Hipgnosis, reportedly for around $150 million. It's often easier for artists like Young and Mitchell to take a stand since their careers aren't in any danger, said former music industry executive Allison Outhit. McCann said that before he pulled his music from Spotify, he had 82,000 subscribers, which earned him a total of $640 over a year. "As an artist, it really seems really unfair when unless you have billions of streams, it doesn't translate into anything meaningful," he said. McCann said he pulled his music from Spotify because of how little money the service pays artists for their music.
The boycott against Spotify started with Canadian legend Neil Young.
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