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Pascal Kerouche
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RAF Camora (35) talks to “DB Mobil” about his sources of income.
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Pascal Kerouche
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“As an artist, I have three sources of income: live performances, merchandise and sound carrier licenses,” says the Viennese.
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RAF Camora’s songs have been streamed over a billion times on Spotify alone.
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The rapper even created his own vodka called “Carnival”.
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RAF Camora (35), real name Raphael Ragucci, has had an impressive career. In November last year he released his last album “Zenit”. in the LOOK Interview he revealed what plans he now has. The music will definitely continue to accompany him.
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But RAF Camora doesn’t just rely on music. Born in Switzerland, he runs several fashion brands, and together with his rapper colleague Bonez MC (34) created his own vodka – and soon his own tattoo and barber shop in Vienna.
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RAF speaks about three sources of revenue
Compared to the “DB MOBIL magazine” the Viennese speaks openly about his sources of income. “As an artist, I have three sources of revenue: live performances, merchandise and sound carrier licenses, which includes streaming, CDs and fan boxes, with streaming accounting for around 80 percent of this.”
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The artist also gives an insight into the quantities sold. «I sold the box from my album Zenit 40,000 times in the first few weeks, for around 60 euros each. That means sales of more than two million euros. So far we have sold 100,000 bottles of our carnival vodka. » You can get a bottle of carnival for just under 25 francs.
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RAF Camora earns the most with its live performances. On Instagram, the rapper announced that the «Palms made of plastic 2» tour a total of 300,000 people showed up. With a ticket price of around CHF 65 per card, this translates into sales of almost CHF 20 million. How much of it goes into the rapper’s pocket, however, he does not reveal.
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Because of the total amount, the costs for the huge halls, the elaborate set design and the employees had to be covered. Nevertheless, one can assume that Raphael Ragucci alone received a medium seven-figure amount with his concerts in 2019.
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That’s how much you earn from a streamed song
A few years ago, the musicians made their money selling CDs. That time is over. Nowadays, streaming earns you a golden nose. «For a million streamed songs on Spotify, you earn around 3000 euros. On a million streamed YouTube videos 1000 euros, »reveals the rapper.
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RAF Camora tops the streaming list. In the fall of 2018, he even made history. His songs have been streamed on Spotify over a billion times. No German-speaking artist has been able to do this before. With Spotify alone, the Viennese earned over three million euros.
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RAF Camora is an Austrian hip hop musician and producer. He was born Raphael Ragucci in Vevey on June 4, 1984. His father comes from Austria, his mother is Italian. He came to Vienna at the age of 6 and grew up in the Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district. His first solo album was released in 2009. In 2016 he published “Palmen aus Plastik”, a collaboration album with rapper Bonez MC (33). It has been sold over 200,000 times. Together they sold out the largest halls in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On November 1, 2019, «Zenit» was RAF Camora’s last solo album.
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