"Apple Music Boosts Artist Royalties for Spatial Audio Tracks"

Apple Music will now pay up to 10% higher royalties to artists for tracks where a spatial version is available, regardless of whether users listen in Spatial Audio. The bonus is calculated based on the proportion of Spatial Available to Non-Spatial Available plays, and aims to incentivize artists to make their music available in Spatial Audio. Apple reports a significant increase in Spatial Audio plays and sees the bonus as a reward for artists delivering higher quality content and a form of compensation for the additional time and effort required to mix in Dolby Atmos.