Spotify Responds: Did the 1000 Stream Rule cost Artists $47M? The Spotify 1000 stream rule has stripped artists of $47 million in royalties, according to Disc Makers CEO Tony van Veen. We have published Spotify’s statement in full at end of this articleDid the Spotify 1000 Stream Rule Cost Artists $47 Million? For tracks with 100,000 to a million streams, there are 2.1 million tracks representing roughly 1% of all tracks on Spotify. And you see that for the 0-10 bucket there are a bit over 186 million streams, for 11-100 there are 1.9 billion streams, and for the 101-999 bucket there are 12.1 billion streams.