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Know what your music is actually worth.

Estimate a streaming royalty advance, find publishing royalties you may not be collecting, and value your catalog — with transparent math and cited sources. Tools for independent artists, not financial advice.

Royalty advance

Cash up front, recouped from your future streams.

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Why Artist Payout

Sourced, transparent math

Every rate, multiple, and range comes from our documented data layer and carries a source and date. We never invent a number. See the methodology.

Not financial advice

We build tools, not personalized advice. Estimates are for planning and comparison — actual offers come only from providers after they review your real income.

Independent

We're not owned by a distributor, publisher, PRO, or funding company. Some outbound links may be affiliate links, which we disclose openly.

How it works

1

Pick a calculator

Choose the question that matches your situation — an advance, uncollected publishing royalties, or what your catalog is worth.

2

Enter your numbers

Plug in your streams or royalty income. We apply sourced, range-based assumptions — never invented single-point figures.

3

See a transparent range

Get an estimate with the math shown, the sources cited, and links to providers worth comparing. No obligation.

Learn the landscape

Clear guides to getting paid

Royalty advances, unclaimed publishing money, catalog valuation, choosing a PRO — explained without jargon or fabricated numbers. Read these before you sign anything.

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