The Richest Songs in the World (2012)

Directed by

Guy Evans

Genre

documentary film

Runtime

1h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A BBC documentary that explains how royalty payments work for popular songs. It lists the top 10 most profitable songs of all time and discusses why they made so much money, often because many different artists recorded cover versions around the world.

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What happens

The Richest Songs in the World (As Canções Mais Lucrativas do Mundo) é um documentário de 2012 da BBC 4, que explica todo o processo de pagamento de royalties pelo qual algumas das composições passaram, listando as 10 canções mais lucrativas de sempre. Dirigido por Guy Evans, o documentário revela que a maioria das músicas são lucrativas porque ganharam variadas versões, além de terem sido regravadas ao redor do mundo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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