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It's really cool to hear that Adam's music is doing well around the world!!:)

Thanks to all the fans who appreciates him unconditionally!!:)


Canadian

Kudos! Korean fans

cool! I don't think Adam had any writing credit on IIHY and he is not with RCA curious how that works. Yes!! kudos to S.K.

He still sang the song, it's his album as long has his vocal are on it, he certainly has credits on the song. It certainly gets his name and face out there, he already big in Korea. The PSY commercial probably did it. Pretty impressive a four year old song no.1. That song did pretty well in Asia when it came out.it it certainly is Adam music still, I imagine RCA still will get royalties like before they just have no claims on any future music. Very happy for him, he deserves everything good! Max Martin to will get royalties sure Adam gets a bit too, important thing keeps his music out there until some more.this is why album takes so long when the singer writes it, why they do it for bigger royalties. fYI had to get out very quickly from idol. Oh the power if a commercial!

Doesn't Adam get ANY royalties for the success of this song? I would hope so. He is the singer and does have credits for it. I would think he's entitled to some $$$$ from it.

DRG

@DRG
Good question. So I looked for an answer :)) Not cut & dried, but this seems to make sense and agrees with other things I've read:

"When speaking of artist royalties (money coming to the specific performer/band who recorded the song), all monies go to the record label, and the record label distributes those monies according to the deal the label has with the performer/band. Typically, and there is no typical situation, an artist usually only receives a small percentage from the actual sale of a CD or download. Of course there are some other situations that an artist might receive payment (sale of their masters, lease of master to movie sound track, etc.) but depending upon the contract with the record label the artist probably will not see any money until the record label has recouped their cost for producing the recordings and marketing the recording. Artists typically make their money from touring, and if the recording sells over a ton of records and downloads. Industry wide, 5% of the artists on a label actually are making money"

Via Jared Ribble.
www.advantagemusicproduction.com

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070704214422AAouggZ

Also, this article that explores the royalties questions MUCH more in depth: Worthwhile reading if interested...Scroll through all the different aspects of writing, recording, performing....who gets what, who pays what, etc.....9 sections in all:

"How Stuff Works: Music Royalties"

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties.htm