Why Carey is likely getting paid ‘six ways to Sunday’The ecosystem of music royalties is notoriously convoluted. Music royalties are different from those of other works like books or photography. Carey and Afanasieff split their writing credits with publishers including Universal Music, Sony Music and Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, according to ASCAP. Afanasieff, Sony Music and Kobalt Songs Music Publishing didn’t return requests for comment. She made about $1.9 million of the master recording revenue, Billboard estimated, while her label, Sony, kept the other $3.4 million.

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