Producer Deal Benchmarks

Aggregate statistics across 222 analyzed producer contracts on SoundDeal. Updated regularly as the corpus grows.

Advance

n=222

Median

$3,750

p10medianp90

222 producer deals

Royalty rate

n=39

Median

4.80%

p10medianp90

39 producer deals

Royalty rate

n=116

Median

2.00%

p10medianp90

116 producer deals

Royalty rate

n=9

Median

3.00%

p10medianp90

9 producer deals

Royalty rate

n=45

Median

2.25%

p10medianp90

45 producer deals

Points %

n=36

Median

3.63%

p10medianp90

36 producer deals

Points %

n=131

Median

2.00%

p10medianp90

131 producer deals

Points %

n=6

Median

4.00%

p10medianp90

6 producer deals

Points %

n=48

Median

2.13%

p10medianp90

48 producer deals

Split %

n=143

Median

22.5%

p10medianp90

143 producer deals

Recoupment threshold

n=124

Median

$3,600

p10medianp90

124 producer deals

Audit window

n=133

Median

36 mo

p10medianp90

133 producer deals

Split basis

n=143

Gross53%

Net46%

Adjusted Gross1%

143 producer deals

Reversion type

n=172

None77%

Time18%

Hybrid4%

Recoupment1%

172 producer deals

Exclusivity

n=147

Exclusive91%

Non Exclusive9%

147 producer deals

About this data

These benchmarks are computed from real contracts uploaded to SoundDeal by songwriters, producers, artists, and managers. Only deals where users explicitly consented to corpus contribution are included. Cohorts with fewer than 3 deals are not displayed.

Percentile values (p10, p25, median, p75, p90) describe the distribution of deal terms. The median is the middle value — half of comparable deals are higher, half are lower. The p25–p75 range (highlighted on the distribution bar) covers the middle 50% of deals — a useful "typical range" for negotiation.

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