How much do producers pay singers?

A2A. As this is a very broad question and no cookie cutter amounts can be thrown around I can only give you a few pointers. The bottom line is that everything is negotiable. First of all it depends on what the whole project's professional background is based upon. read more

I know for a fact that, most artists/producers on Soundcloud don’t pay singers – they both just sign a agreements on a 50/50 split (something along those lines). Also, most producers and singers work together because there is a chemistry – not because a producer pays the singer. read more

The record royalty for a music producer is usually between 3 percent to 4 percent of the record’s sales price or 20 percent to 25 percent of the artist's royalties. On a CD that sells for $10.98, the producer’s royalty would be about 33 cents for each copy sold and for a digital download of an album priced at $9.98 the producer receives 30 cents. read more

Unlike record producers who finance and manage the production of an album, music producers -- also known in the hip-hop world as beat makers -- create music. These types of producers make instrumentals for singers and rappers to record over. They use digital audio workstations, synthesizers, samplers and other digital music equipment to produce instrumentals. Simply Hired puts the average salary for music producers at $89,000 a year, while the most popular producers make upwards of six figures. read more