If your music streams in the United States, plays on YouTube, Pandora, Apple Music, or internet radio, you are likely generating U.S. royalties. The challenge is not earning them. The challenge is collecting them properly.
When your music streams on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, or plays on U.S. radio, performance royalties are generated. These are collected through U.S. Performance Rights Organizations.
Many African artists never register properly and lose ongoing revenue.
Every stream in the United States generates mechanical royalties. If you are not registered correctly for U.S. mechanical collection, those earnings remain unmatched.
This is one of the biggest royalty leaks for international artists.
Non-interactive streaming services such as Pandora and internet radio generate separate digital performance royalties.
These are often completely missed by artists outside the U.S.
Distributors only collect part of your revenue. Without full royalty infrastructure, streams in the United States do not automatically mean full payment.
Global Royalty Infrastructure designs and activates U.S. royalty systems specifically for Tanzanian and African artists.
Instead of guessing, we structure: