Beginning April 1st, SoundCloud will implement a system titled “Fan-powered royalties”.

This system will pay the artist that monetize through SoundCloud according to each individual’s listening time.

This system offered by SoundCloud is meant to cater to new artist, in an interview Micheal Weissman, Chief Executive Officer exclaims, “SoundCloud is uniquely positioned to offer this transformative new model due to the powerful connection between artist and fans that takes place on our platform.”