The singer joined Nuala McGovern on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
Rising to fame at the age of 20, British musician and actress Kate Nash became a staple of the British music scene in the late 2000s. Her first album reached number 1 in the UK and she has over one million monthly listeners on Spotify.
But she’s also spoken openly about not being able to afford to tour and choosing to subsidise her income for touring by selling images of her body on OnlyFans.
Kate told Nuala McGovern that she feels musicians aren’t paid fairly for their music, and spoke about why she feels the music industry is excluding artists who aren’t from privileged backgrounds.
A Spotify Spokesperson said: “We’re huge fans of Kate Nash. For streams of her track ‘Foundations’ alone – which was released before Spotify existed – Spotify has paid out around half a million pounds in revenue to Kate Nash’s rightsholders.
“Spotify has no visibility over the deals that Kate signed with her rightsholders; therefore, we have no knowledge of the payment terms that were agreed upon between her and her partners. We do know that British artists generated revenues of over £750m on Spotify alone in 2023 – a number that is on the rise year on year.”
Kate’s currently in the middle of a UK tour for her fifth studio album, 9 Sad Symphonies.
You can listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds – it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 9 April.
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