Song

Porcelain

Artist

Moby

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Meaning

Porcelain remains one of Moby's strongest earners because it still fits streaming, licensing, and cinematic mood listening extremely well.

Short Answer

Estimated artist-side annual earnings: $250K-$900K/year.

Estimated Artist-Side Annual Earnings

  • $250K-$900K/year

Revenue Breakdown

  • Estimated gross track revenue: $600K-$2.1M/year
  • Estimated artist-side cut: $250K-$900K/year
  • Estimated label master share: $150K-$560K/year
  • Estimated publishing share: $80K-$260K/year
  • Estimated songwriter share: $100K-$340K/year
  • Assumptions: Estimate infers current annual earnings from strong long-tail streaming, sync utility, and creator-side participation typical of the Moby catalog.

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

  • Play-era familiarity keeps the song active in downtempo and nostalgia playlists.
  • Its cinematic tone remains highly useful for sync and visual media.
  • The song continues to benefit from the broader recognition of the Play catalog.

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.