How Much Music

Artist

Burial

Electronic / UK Garage / Ambient · United Kingdom · 2005

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This page models artist-side earnings, not just top-line catalog value. Why?

Artwork for Burial

Burial monetizes through a deep-listening catalog that benefits from loyal streaming audiences, critical stature, and long-tail electronic discovery.

Short Answer

How much money does Burial make?

Burial is modeled at $500K-$2M/year per year from streaming, publishing, licensing, and long-tail catalog demand.

Burial still reads as an earning catalog roughly 21 years after becoming active.

Estimated artist-side annual earnings: $500K-$2M/year.

Did You Know?

  • Currently ranks around the top 85% of tracked artists by modeled artist-side earnings
  • Active since 2005 and still commercially relevant roughly 21 years later
  • 2 tracked top songs currently support this page
  • Electronic / UK Garage / Ambient remains the clearest genre lane for this catalog
  • low confidence estimate

Burial sits in the top 85% of tracked artists on the site by modeled artist-side earnings.

Last updated: April 20, 2026

Burial vs Similar Artists

Artist Why compare Estimated yearly midpoint
Burial Electronic / UK Garage / Ambient · United Kingdom $1,250,000
Gorillaz same country · same era $8,000,000
The Prodigy same country $4,500,000
Fatboy Slim same country · same era $3,250,000

Why This Catalog Still Works

  • Dedicated listener loyalty sustains long-tail streaming.
  • Electronic and ambient playlist use supports catalog discovery.
  • Critical status and catalog depth keep the music commercially durable in niche terms.

Untrue-era songs remain central to Burial's enduring catalog identity and streaming value.

More Questions About Burial

How much does Burial make in a year?

Burial is modeled at $500K-$2M/year per year from streaming, publishing, licensing, and long-tail catalog demand.

Why does Burial still make money?

Dedicated listener loyalty sustains long-tail streaming. Electronic and ambient playlist use supports catalog discovery. Critical status and catalog depth keep the music commercially durable in niche terms.

Who controls Burial's catalog?

Burial's contract splits are not fully public, so the artist-side number on this page should be treated as a directional estimate rather than a royalty-statement equivalent.

Show ownership and assumptions

Burial's contract splits are not fully public, so the artist-side number on this page should be treated as a directional estimate rather than a royalty-statement equivalent.

Modeled top-line estimate

The primary figure is a modeled annual income range because a specific artist-side royalty split is not available yet.

  • Gross catalog revenue is not modeled separately on this page yet, so the lead figure should be treated as a blended estimate.
  • Ownership context is still partial here, so the estimate should be treated as directional rather than contract-accurate.
  • All figures are annual modeled ranges based on streaming scale, catalog age, licensing usefulness, and known ownership context, not audited royalty statements.

Read the full methodology.

Sources

  • Dedicated listener loyalty sustains long-tail streaming.
  • Electronic and ambient playlist use supports catalog discovery.
  • Critical status and catalog depth keep the music commercially durable in niche terms.