We become the publisher (admin only, you keep your rights): we register every song, fix the splits and claim what is owed, back to the oldest period still open. No upfront fee — a commission on what comes back.
Check with your own society whether the song is registered as a work, with every writer and their split.
If it is not, register it (title, writers, splits, IPI numbers) or ask your publisher or administrator to do it.
Ask for the ISWC once it is assigned and add it to your distributor's metadata.
In countries where you have no sub-publisher, check the work reached the local society; if not, ask your society to send it or claim it there.
Where your money comes from
Every song earns on two sides
The song (what you wrote) and the recording (what you recorded) are paid separately, by different organisations. Streams are only one source — radio, TV, live and public places matter as much or more for songwriters.
Publishing · the song
Songwriting money
Paid to writers and publishers by authors' societies (SIAE, SACEM, GEMA, PRS…), your publisher, and The MLC in the US.
Streaminga small slice of every stream (mechanical + performance)estimated below
Radio & TVoften the biggest item for songwriterspublic radio plays below
Live showsa share of ticket sales, if the setlist is reportedin the Live tab
Shops, bars, gyms, venuesbackground music licencesnot estimated yet
Syncads, films, series, games — by contractnot estimated yet
Downloads & CDsmechanical royalties on salesfrom your own files
Abroadcollected by local societies, passed back to yoursfrom your own files
Recording · the master
Recording money
Paid to the artist and label by the distributor, and by performers' and producers' societies (NUOVOIMAIE, PPL, GVL…).
Streaming & salesthe bulk of stream money — paid by your distributor, not a society
Unclaimed money lists
5 entries carry your name
Some societies publish the songs and recordings they collected money for but could not pay — and the artists they cannot reach — so rightsholders can come forward.We checked 933,311 entries from STIM (Sweden), OSA (Czechia), SOZA (SK), MESAM (Türkiye), GEMA (Germany), GVL (Germany), Gramex (Finland), SAYCO (CO).
Likely yours
0
same ISRC, your name with one of your titles, or with a real co-writer of yours
To check
5
same full name on a list from a country you're linked to — may be someone else
15. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN 3Same name — check
Gramex (Finland) — Other uses in Finland (TV, streaming services, venues) that Gramex could not match · ref 1959232
Matched: same name (RUFUS WAINWRIGHT)
How to claim: Register the recording with Gramex (or ask your neighbouring-rights society to) quoting the Gramex ID. Official list ↗
17. WINGS, THESame name — check
Gramex (Finland) — Other uses in Finland (TV, streaming services, venues) that Gramex could not match · ref 1957930
Matched: same name (RUFUS WAINWRIGHT)
How to claim: Register the recording with Gramex (or ask your neighbouring-rights society to) quoting the Gramex ID. Official list ↗
INTRODUCTIONSame name — check
SOZA (SK) — Works used in Slovakia that SOZA could not identify (the last three collection years, each claimable for 3 years) · ref 2216433
✕Not foundNo composition linked to this recording · publishing
?To checkRecording has no ISRC in public databases · neighbouring rights
✓DocumentedLikely eligible for neighbouring rights as performer · neighbouring rights
ISRC
not found
Composition
not linked
ISWC
not found
Writers
not documented
Production
not documented
Performers
Rufus Wainwright, Ampersounds
Listening
2 listens on ListenBrainz
Credits
Production & session credits
150 as vocal · 52 as instrument · 21 as producer · 12 as phonographic copyright · 7 as performer · 3 as instrument arranger · 1 as arranger · 1 as recording
Don't Forgetarranger, vocal
April Foolsinstrument, vocal
Babyinstrument, vocal
Barcelonainstrument, vocal
Beauty Markinstrument, vocal
Damned Ladiesinstrument, vocal
Danny Boyinstrument, vocal
Foolish Loveinstrument, vocal
Imaginary Loveinstrument, vocal
Matinee Idolinstrument, vocal
Millbrookinstrument, vocal
Sally Anninstrument, vocal
Producers and session players are often missing from platform credits and from neighbouring-rights registrations.
iAbout these signals
Signals come from public databases and can be wrong or incomplete; a missing code here does not prove a song is unregistered.
Two lines from the map above: the songwriting slice of your streams, and an estimate of neighbouring rights for the recordings you play on. The recording money your distributor pays for streams is not here — it is already in your distributor statements.
iHow this is calculated
Calculated automatically from 9,596 listens on ListenBrainz, an open listening panel that is much stronger in the UK and US than in most other countries — so elsewhere it is often an underestimate.
Plays are scaled to all services, then multiplied by a per-play rate and by your share of the songwriting.
Make it precise with your own numbers— optional, stays in your browser
Expected · public estimate · every 6 months€50 – €450
Songwriting · from streams
€50 – €450
Recording · neighbouring rights
€3 – €40
On the radio
Rufus Wainwright was not found on the public stations we track
iWhat we searched: 16 public stations
Playlists published by public broadcasters, loaded every night (back to 4 Apr 2026): BBC Radio 2 (United Kingdom), Sveriges Radio P3 Din gata (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P1 (Sweden), triple j Unearthed (Australia), BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom), Sveriges Radio P2 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 (Sweden), KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle (United States), Sveriges Radio P4 Stockholm (Sweden), BBC Radio 6 Music (United Kingdom), ABC Jazz (Australia), ABC Classic (Australia), triple j (Australia), BBC Radio 1Xtra (United Kingdom), Double J (Australia), BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom).
Commercial radio, TV and most countries don't publish playlists, so a song missing here can still be played elsewhere. These plays are what authors' and performers' societies pay on — compare them with your statements.
Have your distributor report?
Drop it in and the figures come from your real streams, country by country — it never leaves your browser.
Technopera (edit) · Solitude of Heart · When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Sonnet 29) · Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40) · A Woman’s Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20) · Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23) · Th’Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129) · Farewell (Sonnet 87) · All dessen müd (Sonnet 66) · Dream Requiem: Darkness I · Dream Requiem: Requiem aeternam · Dream Requiem: Lux perpetua · Dream Requiem: Darkness IV · Dream Requiem: Sequentia II. Mors stupebit · Dream Requiem: Offertorium · Dream Requiem: Darkness II · Dream Requiem: Darkness III · Dream Requiem: Sanctus · Dream Requiem: Kyrie eleison · Dream Requiem: Sequentia I. Dies irae · +11 more
How to claim: Contact SOZA through the page above, or ask your own society to claim it, within 3 years of the collection year. Official list ↗
LONELIEST TIMESame name — check
OSA (Czechia) — Titles reported by music users that OSA could not match to a registered work · ref P004434568
Matched: same name (WAINWRIGHT RUFUS)
How to claim: Email nositele.prav@osa.cz with the title and code, or ask your own society to claim it from OSA. Official list ↗
THE LONELIEST TIMESame name — check
Gramex (Finland) — Other uses in Finland (TV, streaming services, venues) that Gramex could not match · ref 2124594
Matched: same name (RUFUS WAINWRIGHT)
How to claim: Register the recording with Gramex (or ask your neighbouring-rights society to) quoting the Gramex ID. Official list ↗
Live shows
What your concerts should pay you
Estimated · a typical show of yours in CanadaCA$40 – CA$478for you per show, once the setlist is reported to SOCAN
iHow this is estimated
Assumed 100–500 paid tickets per show (from how much your music is listened to) at a typical local price (e.g. €15–40), × each society's published concert tariff, × the share of the set that is your own songs, × your share of the writing (61%).
Put your real ticket numbers on the shows page for a precise figure. Countries without a published tariff (e.g. the US) aren't counted.
Technopera (edit) · Solitude of Heart · When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Sonnet 29) · Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40) · A Woman’s Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20) · Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23) · Th’Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129) · Farewell (Sonnet 87) · All dessen müd (Sonnet 66) · Dream Requiem: Darkness I · Dream Requiem: Requiem aeternam · Dream Requiem: Lux perpetua · Dream Requiem: Darkness IV · Dream Requiem: Sequentia II. Mors stupebit · Dream Requiem: Offertorium · Dream Requiem: Darkness II · Dream Requiem: Darkness III · Dream Requiem: Sanctus · Dream Requiem: Kyrie eleison · Dream Requiem: Sequentia I. Dies irae · +7 more
Technopera (edit) · Solitude of Heart · When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Sonnet 29) · Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40) · A Woman’s Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20) · Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23) · Th’Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129) · Farewell (Sonnet 87) · All dessen müd (Sonnet 66) · Dream Requiem: Darkness I · Dream Requiem: Requiem aeternam · Dream Requiem: Lux perpetua · Dream Requiem: Darkness IV · Dream Requiem: Sequentia II. Mors stupebit · Dream Requiem: Offertorium · Dream Requiem: Darkness II · Dream Requiem: Darkness III · Dream Requiem: Sanctus · Dream Requiem: Kyrie eleison · Dream Requiem: Sequentia I. Dies irae · +7 more
Technopera (edit) · Solitude of Heart · When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Sonnet 29) · Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40) · A Woman’s Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20) · Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23) · Th’Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129) · Farewell (Sonnet 87) · All dessen müd (Sonnet 66) · Dream Requiem: Darkness I · Dream Requiem: Requiem aeternam · Dream Requiem: Lux perpetua · Dream Requiem: Darkness IV · Dream Requiem: Sequentia II. Mors stupebit · Dream Requiem: Offertorium · Dream Requiem: Darkness II · Dream Requiem: Darkness III · Dream Requiem: Sanctus · Dream Requiem: Kyrie eleison · Dream Requiem: Sequentia I. Dies irae · +7 more
Technopera (edit) · Solitude of Heart · When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Sonnet 29) · Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40) · A Woman’s Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20) · Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23) · Th’Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129) · Farewell (Sonnet 87) · All dessen müd (Sonnet 66) · Dream Requiem: Darkness I · Dream Requiem: Requiem aeternam · Dream Requiem: Lux perpetua · Dream Requiem: Darkness IV · Dream Requiem: Sequentia II. Mors stupebit · Dream Requiem: Offertorium · Dream Requiem: Darkness II · Dream Requiem: Darkness III · Dream Requiem: Sanctus · Dream Requiem: Kyrie eleison · Dream Requiem: Sequentia I. Dies irae · +7 more
