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Practical notes for the people whose work is on the air.
The royalty engine does not promise a fixed rate per play. It counts units, measures what the pool actually holds, and divides one by the other at the close of the period. Nothing is owed that was not collected first.
The trail from a broadcast — on radio, on television, on any connected medium — to a payout, explained without the technical internals, because the trail is what matters. In the first rollout markets, the default rail is mobile money; other markets use their local equivalent.
Many active artists already have at least one song in the registry — especially in markets where the platform has begun rolling out. Here is how to check, claim, and prepare for an airplay statement.