Producer Deal Benchmarks

Aggregate statistics across 216 analyzed producer contracts on SoundDeal. Updated regularly as the corpus grows.

Advance

n=216

Median

$3,750

p10medianp90

216 producer deals

Royalty rate

n=212

Median

2.50%

p10medianp90

212 producer deals

Points %

n=215

Median

2.25%

p10medianp90

215 producer deals

Split %

n=143

Median

22.5%

p10medianp90

143 producer deals

Recoupment threshold

n=122

Median

$3,600

p10medianp90

122 producer deals

Audit window

n=131

Median

36 mo

p10medianp90

131 producer deals

Split basis

n=143

Gross53%

Net46%

Adjusted Gross1%

143 producer deals

Reversion type

n=171

None77%

Time18%

Hybrid4%

Recoupment1%

171 producer deals

Exclusivity

n=143

Exclusive93%

Non Exclusive7%

143 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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