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noun. Save Word. cov·​er-up | / ˈkə-vər-ˌəp /

[transitive] cover something to lie or spread over the surface of something Snow covered the ground. Much of the country is covered by forest. [transitive] to put or spread a layer of liquid, dust, etc. on someone or something cover somebody/something in something The players were soon covered in mud.

verb (used with object) to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields. to place something over or upon, as for protection, concealment, or warmth. to provide with a covering or top: Cover the pot with a lid.

In popular music, a cover version, remake, cover song, revival, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original performer or composer of a song.

Anyone can cover anyone else’s song, and its creator cannot say no (that’s the compulsory part). But if you do cover a song, you must pay a royalty to the song’s creator (that’s the licensing part).

Using someone else’s hit song has often been a way for a new act to get heard and recognised. Covering someone else’s material or song isn’t so much of a problem when performing live, but if you want to record and distribute that song as a record or a download, you’re going to need permission from the song’s publisher.

Cover Song Licensing Once a musical work has been published, anyone can record a cover version of the song by obtaining a mechanical license. A song is published when copies or recordings are distributed to the public for sale or rent.

Avvo presents an excellent and friendly setting for, “Don’t be afraid to ask a question.” It is not illegal, nor does it require a license from a songwriter with copyright rights, to hum a song in public or sing along to the radio.

PERFORMING A COVER SONG LIVE: The rock band or solo performer does not need a license to perform a cover song live. Sometimes a venue or store will tell you that you cannot play any cover songs. This means they have opted not to buy any music performance licenses from the PROs.

So if you want to legally use copyrighted music on YouTube, you’ll need permission from everyone who is a copyright holder for that specific song. Getting a license for a song means you’ll have to reach out to each person on that “copyright holder” list.

It doesn’t matter if it’s just a short clip. 10 seconds or 30 seconds. You still can’t use it. The only way to legally use music on YouTube is to get permission from the copyright holder (or whoever does actually “own the rights” to the song).

If you want to use a commercial song in your video, you must obtain two licenses – the synchronization license to use the song and the master license to use the recording of that song. Synchronization licenses are administered by the publisher.

Loudr and Easy Song Licensing are independent services that charge a small service fee (about $15 per song) to secure a mechanical license for any song that you’d like to cover.

Using cover artists is often cheaper because their performance rights are cheaper. Instead of $1000 for the master rights and $1000 for the performance rights, it’ll be $500 for the performance rights. Considering this could be 10 songs, that’s a savings of $5k. Doesn’t mean it’s free though.

All songs published in 1922 or earlier are in the public domain, meaning they are no longer protected by copyright and can be used by anyone. For all other songs, you can’t legally perform or distribute them on YouTube unless you obtain a license.

The simple answer is that there is no set cost. In other words, the cost of licensing a famous song can vary quite a bit. If it is a song by a small independent artist, the cost of a license could be between $50 and $150.

The following are top 10 most expensive song royalties in the world:

• Mel Torme- The Christmas Song 1944:
• Sting- Every Breath You Take 1983:
• Haven Gillespie & Fred J Coots- Santa Claus is coming to town 1934:
• John Lennon & Paul McCartney- Yesterday 1965:
• Irving Berlin- White Christmas 1940:

Let’s be real – there’s not really a blueprint to writing a hit record. It’s an extremely tough thing to do. And of the thousands of songs put out every day, an extremely tiny amount manage to rise to the top. To be fair, not everybody wants to make mainstream music that reaches the masses.

An average hit song on the radio today will earn the songwriter $600-800,000 in performance royalties.

Paul McCartney

Below are the 11 top-selling one-hit wonders of all time, ranked by how many times platinum their singles went:

• Tag Team, “Whoomp! ( There It Is)” — 4x platinum.
• Los del Rio, “Macarena” — 4x platinum.
• Far East Movement, “Like A G6 ft.
• Desiigner, “Panda” — 5x platinum.
• Passenger, “Let Her Go” — 6x platinum.

On average, you get 3,222 USD for one million streams in the 18 most important music markets.

Perhaps not surprising, Drake is the current king of Spotify with a take of $52.5 million in earnings generated from his 21.5 billion streams.

According to SongTrust, the average earnings per play on Spotify in 2018 was $. 0038 per song. So based on that number, I should have earned $380 for my 100,000 streams.

“One Dance” became the first song to hit 1 billion streams 12 December 2016, and held the streaming record for almost a year before being surpassed by “Shape of You” on 21 September 2017.

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Ed Sheeran

Probably, but for the sake of it, here are the 10 most popular song inm the world according to YouTube.

• Luis Fonsi – Despacito ft.
• Ed Sheeran – Shape of You – 5.2 billion views.
• Wiz Khalifa – See You Again ft.
• Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk ft.
• PSY – Gangnam Style – 3.9 billion views.
• Justin Bieber – Sorry – 3.4 billion views.