Album

Brothers in Arms

Dire Straits · 1985-05-17 · Mercury Records Ltd. (London)

high confidence

This page models tracked-song album economics, not a full release-level royalty statement. Why?

Cover artwork for Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits

Brothers in Arms 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.

Short Answer

How much money does Brothers in Arms make?

Brothers in Arms is modeled at $190K-$610K/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.

Brothers in Arms 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 58% of tracked albums by modeled revenue
  • Released in 1985 and still reads as an active catalog asset roughly 41 years later
  • 9 total tracks on the matched edition
  • 1 tracked song page currently support this album
  • high confidence estimate

Brothers in Arms sits in the top 58% of tracked albums on the site by modeled revenue.

Last updated: May 25, 2026

How It Compares

These albums are close to Brothers in Arms by artist overlap, era, or genre context, so the comparison is more useful than a generic ranking table.

Album Why compare Estimated yearly midpoint
Brothers in Arms Dire Straits $400,000
A Night at the Opera same era $2,750,000
Rumours same era $2,200,000
Hotel California same era $1,805,000

Tracked Revenue Breakdown

Tracked album revenue $190K-$610K/year
100% of the lead revenue lane
Money for Nothing $190K-$610K/year
100% of the lead revenue lane

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

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More Questions About Brothers in Arms

How much does Brothers in Arms make in a year?

Brothers in Arms is modeled at $190K-$610K/year per year across the songs currently tracked from the release, not as a full-album royalty statement.

Why does Brothers in Arms 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
Release Metadata Dire Straits · 1985-05-17 · Mercury Records Ltd. (London) 9 tracks on the matched edition · 1 tracked song on the site
Model Scope Album pages model tracked-song revenue, not full-album royalty statements, and become stronger as tracklists, release metadata, and provider links improve. Full tracklist is available, so the release context is stronger.

Full Tracklist

This full tracklist comes from the matched release edition used for this page.

  • Disc 1 · 1. So Far Away
  • Disc 1 · 2. Money for Nothing
  • Disc 1 · 3. Walk of Life
  • Disc 1 · 4. Your Latest Trick
  • Disc 1 · 5. Why Worry
  • Disc 1 · 6. Ride Across the River
  • Disc 1 · 7. The Man's Too Strong
  • Disc 1 · 8. One World
  • Disc 1 · 9. Brothers In Arms

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.

  • 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.

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