Song

Natural Blues

Artist

Moby

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Meaning

Natural Blues still generates long-tail value because it blends Moby's sample-driven identity with strong emotional clarity and sync potential.

Short Answer

Estimated artist-side annual earnings: $150K-$600K/year.

Estimated Artist-Side Annual Earnings

  • $150K-$600K/year

Revenue Breakdown

  • Estimated gross track revenue: $360K-$1.4M/year
  • Estimated artist-side cut: $150K-$600K/year
  • Estimated label master share: $90K-$380K/year
  • Estimated publishing share: $50K-$180K/year
  • Estimated songwriter share: $60K-$220K/year
  • Assumptions: Estimate infers current annual earnings from continued streaming, sync utility, and stronger-than-average creator-side participation.

Ownership and Catalog Status

  • Masters: Likely split between label-controlled rights and meaningful creator-side participation
  • Publishing: Publishing appears materially tied to writer-side interests
  • Catalog sale status: No song-specific catalog sale adjustment is assumed here
  • Notes: This is an inferred gross-to-net range based on current catalog behavior, not a public royalty statement.

Lifetime Earnings

The strongest catalog songs can continue to earn for many years if they remain easy to place, easy to remember, and easy to replay.

Why It Still Makes Money

  • The Play catalog still drives ongoing streaming and rediscovery.
  • Its emotional framing gives it durable sync and mood-playlist value.
  • Creator-side control likely supports better artist economics than a typical legacy recording.

Insight

Moby benefits when one recording stays useful across streaming, memory, and licensing contexts long after the release campaign ends.

Methodology

These earnings figures are editorial estimates based on streaming scale, ownership context, and long-tail catalog behavior. Read the full methodology.