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On The Table Read Magazine, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, research by Music Perception has discovered the top earning soundtrack songs and how much money they’ve earned.
Music frequently becomes associated with a film or television show’s plot, bringing deeper meaning and emotions to scenes. Music Perception‘s research also shows that soundtracks even help us remember a movie or TV show better for a long time after watching it.
With this in mind, the experts at americancasinoguide.com made the decision to determine which songs from popular movies and TV shows have earned the most royalties for artists. To do this, specialists made a seed rundown of the Network programs and movies with unique soundtracks and singles, then used musicgateway.com to find the amount of royalties earned from YouTube and Spotify plays.
Rank | Artist | Song | Name of Film/TV show | £ Estimated royalty earnings- YouTube | £ Estimated royalty earning- Spotify | £ Total estimated royalties earned |
#1 | Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth | See You Again | Fast and Furious 7 | £8,729,000 | £5,312,144 | £14,041,144 |
#2 | Post Malone, Swae Lee | Sunflowers | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | £3,010,000 | £8,867,542 | £11,877,542 |
#3 | Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper | Shallow | A Star Is Born | £2,107,000 | £7,021,639 | £9,128,639 |
#4 | Eminem | Lose Yourself | 8 Mile | £4,816 | £5,804,090 | £5,808,906 |
#5 | Kendrick Lamar, Sza | All The Stars | Black Panther | £594,475 | £4,144,532 | £4,739,007 |
#6 | Survivor | Eye Of The Tiger | Rocky III | £1,307,845 | £3,426,183 | £4,734,028 |
#7 | Eminem | Venom | Venom | £1,143,800 | £2,193,058 | £3,336,858 |
#8 | Bees Gees | Stayin’ Alive | Saturday Night Fever | £436,450 | £2,706,719 | £3,143,169 |
#9 | Billie Eilish | Bored | 13 Reasons Why | £684,775 | £1,701,697 | £2,386,472 |
#10 | Miley Cyrus | The Climb | Hannah Montana Movie | £793,135 | £1,248,131 | £2,041,266 |
Americancasinoguide.com can exclusively reveal that the sentimental song “See You Again” by Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa has received the most streams on Spotify and YouTube (an estimated total of £14,041,144). The song for the Fast and the Furious 7 movie was written by Puth to remember Paul Walker, the lead actor, who passed away shortly after filming ended. There are a variety of themes in the song, including: friendship, goodbyes, and loss With an expected £5,312,144 Spotify transfers and 5,800,000,000 YouTube sees, obviously the tune hugely affected many individuals.
Post Malone and Swae Lee’s upbeat and melodic song “Sunflowers,” which was written for the movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and reportedly received £11,877,542 in streaming royalties from Spotify and YouTube. The sweet pop song was perfect for the teenage comic book film it was written for. It got 2,577,773,745 Spotify streams and 2,000,000,000 YouTube views.
The romantic ballad “Shallow,” which Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performed for the 2018 musical A Star Is Born, comes in at number three. It not only grossed well at the box office, but it also netted the stars an estimated £9,128,639 in YouTube and Spotify royalties. The raving success accomplished around 2,041,174,193 Spotify transfers and 1,400,000,000 YouTube transfers.
The iconic song “Lose Yourself” by Eminem, which was released for the 2002 film 8 Mile, has received praise from critics and is still one of many of his fans’ favorite songs. The lyrics expressly describe the experiences of Eminem’s character B-Rabbit and have earned an estimated £5,808,906 from YouTube and Spotify. The song continues to be streamed and viewed on YouTube, with 1,687,235,434 Spotify streams and 3,200,000 YouTube streams, respectively.
The song “All The Stars,” written and performed by Kendrick Lamar and Sza for the Marvel film Black Panther, completes the top five. The song has not only earned nearly £5 million in royalties, but it has also continued to gain popularity, with Spotify streams estimated to be 1,204,805,758 and YouTube views estimated to be 395,000,000, respectively.
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