Album
Violator
Depeche Mode · 1990-03-19 · Sony Music Entertainment International Ltd
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This page models tracked-song album economics, not a full release-level royalty statement. Why?
Violator groups the songs currently tracked from this release, adds release metadata where available, and separates full-album context from the songs that already have dedicated earnings pages.
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Short Answer
How much money does Violator make?
Violator is modeled at $250K-$830K/year per year across the songs currently tracked from the release, not as a full-album royalty statement.
This page has a matched full tracklist, which makes the album context stronger than a songs-only view.
Violator is one of the stronger album pages on the site because the tracked songs sit inside a matched release frame instead of floating without album context.
- Currently ranks around the top 48% of tracked albums by modeled revenue
- Released in 1990 and still reads as an active catalog asset roughly 36 years later
- 9 total tracks on the matched edition
- 2 tracked song pages currently support this album
- high confidence estimate
Violator sits in the top 48% of tracked albums on the site by modeled revenue.
Last updated: May 25, 2026
How It Compares
These albums are close to Violator by artist overlap, era, or genre context, so the comparison is more useful than a generic ranking table.
Tracked Revenue Breakdown
Bars reflect modeled annual midpoint ranges for the album and its tracked songs.
Why This Album Page Matters
- This page has a matched full tracklist, which improves album-level context.
- Tracked-song revenue has been normalized into a numeric annual range for ranking and comparison.
- Album economics on this site are conservative proxies for catalog strength, not a substitute for a full release-level royalty statement.
Album pages model tracked-song revenue, not full-album royalty statements, and become stronger as tracklists, release metadata, and provider links improve.
More Context
More Questions About Violator
How much does Violator make in a year?
Violator is modeled at $250K-$830K/year per year across the songs currently tracked from the release, not as a full-album royalty statement.
Why does Violator still matter financially?
This page has a matched full tracklist, which improves album-level context.
Is this full-album revenue or just tracked songs?
Album pages on How Much Music model tracked-song revenue and album context. They are not full release-level royalty statements unless every revenue input is explicitly available.
Show tracklists and assumptions
Full Tracklist
This full tracklist comes from the matched release edition used for this page.
Tracked Songs on How Much Music
These are the songs from this album that currently have dedicated earnings pages in the catalog.
High confidence album estimate
Album pages model tracked-song revenue, not full-album royalty statements, and become stronger as tracklists, release metadata, and provider links improve.