I'm American and I knew about her. Smile was at least a modest hit.

I said above that the album that was on, Alright, Still, is a really good album.

Edit: from Wikipedia-

Alright, Still debuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, with first-week sales of 34,000 copies.[51] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the album a gold certification on 6 December 2007,[52] and by November 2013, it had sold 627,000 copies in the US.

That's a bit less than half of UK sales, which is pretty good for a British artist in the U.S.

Another way to word this might be "Platform with 8,000,000 monthly streamers/listeners pays less than platform of 1,000 subscribers to view pictures."

Think about it for a minute and it becomes pretty clear that shouldn't be surprising at all

You subscribe directly to someone on Onlyfans, you subscribe to Spotify as a whole and your listening habits help split the bill. If both are ~10 bucks a month of course one is going to make you more money than the other

Especially if they're a lesser known artist. Even if they're getting listened to, if the same people listen to 3x as much swift or whatever that will impact the lesser known persons earnings

This article is a dog shit way to bring attention to Spotifys issues, simple as

Cultural fragmentation is definitely a big thing when it comes to music these days