ROYALTY ACCOUNTING

Music royalty accounting software calculates what each artist, label, and contributor earns from streaming and download royalties, then reports it. As record label accounting software, it also carries the label-side ledger: expenses, recoupment, and reporting by label. LabelGrid handles that accounting: incoming DSP payments are processed, your configured splits and recoupment are applied, and the per-artist statements you generate come out transparent and already reconciled. No more spreadsheets, no more guessing. It is built for labels and distributors running a whole roster.

CONFIGURABLE SPLITS

It takes the money DSPs pay and turns it into accurate statements and balances for everyone owed a share. You configure royalty splits once, per release or per track. When DSP payments arrive, LabelGrid calculates each party’s share automatically and your label keeps the remainder, and the same configuration handles every cycle with no manual recalculation. Automated splits are included on all standard plans and cover your LabelGrid distribution earnings. Direct-deal (SOBO) and hybrid catalogs can feed the same statements once per-feed reporting access is set up.

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TRANSPARENT REPORTING

Yes. Every statement shows DSP-level detail: which platform, how many streams, what rate, and what each party earned, broken down by release and track. Royalties are calculated in each platform’s own currency, then converted to your payout currency. Multi-currency earnings stay accurate. Export a statement as a PDF to send to the artist, or pull transactions as CSV for your books. Artist statements come with Artist Payouts, on Basic and above. White-label reporting carrying your own label’s identity is available on Pro plans and above. No black boxes, no guessing.

EXPENSE TRACKING

Log recording, mixing, mastering, and marketing spend against the specific release it belongs to. Earnings are credited to each artist by their split, then those costs reduce the artist’s balance, and recoupment runs every payment cycle until it clears. Your artists see exactly where they stand: what was spent, what was earned, and what they’re still owed. That transparency is what builds trust on a roster. Automated splits are on every standard plan. The expense ledger and artist statements come with Artist Payouts on Basic and above, from $199 per year with no per-release fees.

PAYOUTS & ANALYTICS

LabelGrid pays your own cleared royalties out monthly by bank transfer or wire. There is no minimum payout threshold today. Paying your roster is a separate flow, and LabelGrid does not move that money for you: it builds the payment request from the approved statement, you send the payment through your own bank, then you mark it paid so the ledger and the artist’s balance stay right. Retention depends on your plan and deal type: 85% on Solo and Basic, 90% on Pro, up to 100% on Custom. If your label holds its own Merlin Network membership or its own direct DSP feed contracts, LabelGrid delivers under your agreements via SOBO on Custom and API plans, and you keep 100% on that catalog. Your LabelGrid-feed earnings are tracked with per-DSP breakdowns, and direct (SOBO) and hybrid catalogs are tracked alongside them once per-feed reporting access is in place. The dashboard updates earnings by DSP, release and track. Advanced analytics comes with every standard plan, and white-label reporting starts at Pro. Accounting reads straight from your catalog, and the same processing runs through the white-label REST API for distributors. The artist payouts guide walks through setting up accounts and the payment workflow.