Recording Deal Benchmarks

Aggregate statistics across 9 analyzed recording contracts on SoundDeal. Updated regularly as the corpus grows.

Advance

n=4

Median

$41,667

p10medianp90

4 recording deals

Royalty rate

n=8

Median

21.5%

p10medianp90

8 recording deals

Split %

n=4

Median

50.0%

p10medianp90

4 recording deals

Term length

n=3

Median

12 mo

3 recording deals

Audit window

n=3

Median

36 mo

p10medianp90

3 recording deals

Split basis

n=4

Net100%

4 recording deals

Reversion type

n=9

None56%

Time22%

Hybrid11%

Recoupment11%

9 recording deals

Exclusivity

n=6

Exclusive100%

6 recording 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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