Lily Allen Says She Earns More Money From Selling Feet Pictures Than Spotify Streams
A few months after joining OnlyFans to sell photos of her feet, the 39-year-old singer-songwriter said on X Friday (Oct. 25) that her side business has been more lucrative than the streams she earns on one of the world’s biggest music platforms. “imagine being and artist and having nearly 8 million monthly listeners on spotify but earning more money from having 1000 people subscribe to pictures of your feet,” she wrote.
Allen’s remark came in response to someone who’d negatively commented on a post advertising her OnlyFans account. “Imagine being one of the biggest pop stars/musicians in Europe and then being reduced to this,” the fan wrote, to which the “Smile” singer added: “don’t hate the player, hate the game.”
At press time, the monthly subscription cost of Allen’s OnlyFans page is $10. Going off her numbers, Allen is making about $10,000 each month on the site. In 2023, the number of artists who made $10,000 or more in royalties from Spotify streams was about 66,000. And according to kworb.net, which a source close to the situation says is fairly accurate, Allen’s daily stream count on Spotify as of Oct. 17 was about 851,623. Assuming that number is correct, the Music Streaming Royalty Calculator estimates Spotify would’ve paid a total of $4,077 a day, with $3,239 going to sound recording for the copyright owner; $336 of mechanical royalties going to the publisher, who pays the songwriter; and $503 in performance royalties going to performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, etc.).
