Artist

The Smashing Pumpkins

Alternative Rock · United States · 1988

high confidence

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 $1.1M-$3.9M/year
Gross catalog revenue $3.1M-$11M/year
Ownership context Included below
Last updated May 26, 2026
Artwork for The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins built a high-value alternative-rock catalog whose best-known songs still perform strongly through nostalgia and playlist circulation.

Short Answer

How much money does The Smashing Pumpkins make?

The Smashing Pumpkins is modeled at $1.1M-$3.9M/year per year on the artist side, with gross catalog revenue and ownership context separated below.

Takeaway: The Smashing Pumpkins 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: $1.1M-$3.9M/year.

Did You Know?

  • Currently ranks around the top 63% of tracked artists by modeled artist-side earnings
  • Active since 1988 and still commercially relevant roughly 38 years later
  • 2 tracked top songs currently support this page
  • Alternative Rock remains the clearest genre lane for this catalog
  • high confidence estimate

Why This Catalog Still Works

  • Catalog streaming keeps the best-known songs active well beyond the original release cycle.
  • Generational rediscovery supports durable long-tail listening.
  • Film, television, sports, and trailer use can reactivate familiar recordings.

The Smashing Pumpkins sits in the top 63% of tracked artists on the site by modeled artist-side earnings.

The Smashing Pumpkins still reads as an earning catalog roughly 38 years after becoming active.

Last updated: May 26, 2026

How It Compares

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

Artist Why compare Estimated yearly midpoint
The Smashing Pumpkins
current page
Alternative Rock · United States $2,500,000
No Doubt
same country · same era
same country · same era $3,600,000
R.E.M.
same genre · same country
same genre · same country $3,350,000
Audioslave
same country
same country $1,225,000

Revenue Breakdown

Gross catalog revenue $3.1M-$11M/year
100% of the lead revenue lane
Artist-side share $1.1M-$3.9M/year
35% of the lead revenue lane
Label share $1M-$3.7M/year
33% of the lead revenue lane
Publisher share $308K-$1.1M/year
18% of the lead revenue lane
Writer share $462K-$1.6M/year
18% of the lead revenue lane

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

More Questions About The Smashing Pumpkins

How much does The Smashing Pumpkins make in a year?

The Smashing Pumpkins is modeled at $1.1M-$3.9M/year per year on the artist side, with gross catalog revenue and ownership context separated below.

Why does The Smashing Pumpkins still make money?

Catalog streaming keeps the best-known songs active well beyond the original release cycle. Generational rediscovery supports durable long-tail listening. Film, television, sports, and trailer use can reactivate familiar recordings.

Who controls The Smashing Pumpkins's catalog?

The Smashing Pumpkins'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 Smashing Pumpkins'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$3.1M-$11M/year
Estimated artist or estate cut$1.1M-$3.9M/year
Estimated label share$1M-$3.7M/year
Estimated publisher share$308K-$1.1M/year
Estimated writer share$462K-$1.6M/year

Assumptions: Estimate keeps The Smashing Pumpkins'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 Smashing Pumpkins'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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More Context

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  • Audioslave · Alternative Rock / Hard Rock · United States

Key Career Highlights

  • Known for: The Smashing Pumpkins remains closely associated with 1979 and Tonight, Tonight, which still anchor attention around the catalog.
  • Highlight: Songs like 1979 and Tonight, Tonight still help define the catalog's long-tail earnings profile.

Editorial Insight

Songs like 1979 and Tonight, Tonight still help define the catalog's long-tail earnings profile.