Pop economics and the rebirth of the cover song

Why are there so many cover versions of hit songs on Spotify , YouTube, and other streaming music services? It’s not just because of searches and the artistic equivalent of SEO , but because there is an economic engine to support them: Every time one of Scofield’s songs is downloaded on iTunes, she makes around 60 cents, after paying a processing fee and, when it’s a cover song, royalties to the original artist. But if one of her songs is streamed on Spotify, she’ll make just a fraction of a cent.

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