Artist

The Cardigans

Alternative Pop / Rock · Sweden · 1992

high confidence

Estimate at a glance

How much money does The Cardigans make?

The Cardigans is estimated at $280K-$990K/year on the artist side, with gross catalog revenue and ownership context separated below.

Takeaway: The Cardigans works as a durable earnings page because the artist-side estimate, ownership context, and gross catalog framing can all be separated cleanly.

Conservative modeled artist-side annual earnings: $280K-$990K/year.

What stands out

  • Currently ranks around the top 91% of reviewed artists by estimated artist-side earnings
  • Active since 1992 and still commercially relevant roughly 34 years later
  • 2 top songs anchor this estimate
  • Alternative Pop / Rock remains the clearest genre lane for this catalog
  • high confidence estimate

Why the catalog still earns

  • Repeat streaming and playlist familiarity help the biggest songs keep earning after release.
  • Broad recognition supports social reuse, rediscovery, and steady catalog listening.
  • Licensing and event-driven playback can create recurring spikes.

The Cardigans lands in the top 91% of tracked artists by estimated artist-side earnings.

The Cardigans still reads as an earning catalog roughly 34 years after becoming active.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

artist-side split is modeled + gross catalog revenue is separated. Why?

The primary figure is the modeled artist-side or estate-side annual cut, not gross catalog revenue.

Modeled artist-side range $280K-$990K/year
Gross catalog revenue $784K-$2.8M/year
Ownership context Included below
Last updated July 15, 2026
Artwork for The Cardigans

The Cardigans keep earning through crossover pop nostalgia, soundtrack association, and continued playlist reuse.

How It Compares

The Cardigans is compared against nearby artists in the catalog based on genre, country, era, and modeled earnings range.

Artist Why compare Estimated yearly midpoint
The Cardigans
selected artist
Alternative Pop / Rock · Sweden $635,000
Linkin Park
same era
same era $9,200,000

Revenue Breakdown

Gross catalog revenue $784K-$2.8M/year
100% of the lead revenue lane
Artist-side share $280K-$990K/year
35% of the lead revenue lane
Label share $266K-$941K/year
34% of the lead revenue lane
Publisher share $78K-$277K/year
18% of the lead revenue lane
Writer share $118K-$416K/year
18% of the lead revenue lane

Bars reflect modeled annual midpoint ranges, not audited royalty statements.

Reader questions about The Cardigans

How much does The Cardigans make in a year?

The Cardigans is estimated at $280K-$990K/year on the artist side, with gross catalog revenue and ownership context separated below.

Why does The Cardigans still make money?

Repeat streaming and playlist familiarity help the biggest songs keep earning after release. Broad recognition supports social reuse, rediscovery, and steady catalog listening. Licensing and event-driven playback can create recurring spikes.

Who controls The Cardigans's catalog?

The Cardigans's page should be read as modeled artist-side annual income, not a public royalty statement. Ownership and label terms can materially change take-home economics.

Show ownership and assumptions

The Cardigans's page should be read as modeled artist-side annual income, not a public royalty statement. Ownership and label terms can materially change take-home economics.

Supporting Revenue Context

Estimated gross catalog revenue$784K-$2.8M/year
Estimated artist or estate cut$280K-$990K/year
Estimated label share$266K-$941K/year
Estimated publisher share$78K-$277K/year
Estimated writer share$118K-$416K/year

Assumptions: Estimate keeps The Cardigans's current headline range as the artist-side figure and models gross catalog, label, publishing, and writer lanes from that conservative annual range.

Ownership and Catalog Status

MastersLikely split across label, distributor, and artist-affiliated rights depending on recording era
PublishingWriter and publisher splits materially affect final artist-side income
Catalog sale statusNo full catalog sale assumption baked into this modeled range

Notes: The Cardigans's page should be read as modeled artist-side annual income, not a public royalty statement. Ownership and label terms can materially change take-home economics.

Split-aware estimate

The primary figure is the modeled artist-side or estate-side annual cut, not gross catalog revenue.

  • Gross catalog revenue is shown separately when enough context exists to distinguish top-line catalog value from artist-side take-home.
  • Ownership notes are available here and can materially change who actually keeps the revenue shown on the page.
  • All figures are conservative annual modeled ranges based on streaming scale, catalog age, licensing usefulness, and known ownership context, not audited royalty statements.

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Key Career Highlights

  • Known for: The Cardigans remains closely associated with Lovefool and My Favourite Game, which still anchor attention around the catalog.
  • Highlight: Songs like Lovefool and My Favourite Game still help define the catalog's long-tail earnings profile.

Editorial Insight

Songs like Lovefool and My Favourite Game still help define the catalog's long-tail earnings profile.