Album / EP Release Budget Calculator

Plan recording, mixing, mastering, distribution, promotion, artwork and video costs. Add your own net revenue assumption if you want a rough streams-to-recover-cost scenario.

🎵 Music 💰 Budget Planning 📊 Scenario planning
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Project Details
Currency

NGN. Amounts are not converted when country changes.

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Recording & Production
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Visuals & Branding
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Distribution & Marketing
Optional, in the selected local currency after label, distributor and other deductions.
Total Release Budget
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Streams to Recover Entered Cost
Add net revenue
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Budget Breakdown by Phase
PhaseItemCost% of Budget
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Contingency Scenarios
PlanEstimated CostExtra BufferUse
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Revenue assumption
Spotify says it does not pay artists using a fixed per-stream rate. Actual receipts vary by streamshare and agreements with labels, distributors, publishers and collecting societies. Use your own recent statement to estimate net revenue per stream.
Method and source

Use quotes and statements, not platform folklore

All cost fields are user-entered planning amounts. Country selection changes only the currency label; it does not convert or supply market prices. The 10% and 20% scenarios are simple contingencies applied to the entered total.

Spotify's artist support explains that it does not pay a fixed rate per play or stream; receipts vary with streamshare and rightsholder agreements. Read Spotify's royalty explanation. Source reviewed 18 July 2026.

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Album and EP budget questions

Where should the net revenue value come from?

Use an effective value from your own distributor or label statement: divide net recording revenue received by eligible streams for the same period. It is only a scenario input, not a promised platform rate.

Does changing country convert the amounts?

No. It changes the displayed currency only. Review and replace every amount with quotes in that currency.

Does the total include tax, rights clearance or contracts?

Only if you add those amounts to an existing cost field. Confirm tax, licensing, publishing, sample clearance, union, venue and contract obligations separately before spending.