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Originally Posted by jayswin
Oh yeah, a cover is 100% to the original writer. Artists do it either because they love a song and want to cover it or because their label wants them to do a cover as loss leader as it can get millions of plays and get their name out there.
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That’s not entirely true. It depends on the country but in the U.S. songwriters get more like 50% of royalties. Someone like troutman could clarify the rules for Canada.