What is Kate Bush's net worth? Singer is making whopping $200k A WEEK from 'Running Up That Hill' song
The success of 'Stranger Things' Season 4 has worked wonders for Kate Bush, with her classic song 'Running Up That Hill' playing a big role in the plot and earning her a large sum of money. ‘Stranger Things,’ a popular Netflix series, featured the song as a crucial story aspect. In the series, Hawkins' kids quickly found that hearing their favorite song is one of the keys to surviving an encounter with Vecna, the monster enemy from the fourth season. When Vecna went after kid Max, he was spared from his fatal clutches by listening to the Kate Bush song she had been playing all season.
Since then, 'Running Up That Hill' has grown in popularity as new audiences have been introduced to the song. It has become so successful that 37 years after its first release in 1985, the track has finally reached the top of the UK music charts, according to Billboard. The song is also topping the charts in a number of nations, including Ireland, Australia, Germany, Canada, and New Zealand, and is being found and enjoyed by new listeners every day. All of this success has been phenomenal for Kate Bush, especially since the song's recording rights are owned by her company, Noble & Brite. On Spotify, the song had 57 million global streams. According to Music Business Worldwide, this translates to the artist owning more than $200,000 in recorded music royalties from a single platform, on a single streaming platform, in a single week.
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As of 2020, every time someone streams a song on Spotify, the rights holders will receive $0.03 to $0.05, according to a Twitter user. When the number of streams for 'Running Up That Hill' was multiplied by $0.05, the result was over $200,000 in just a week. When we factor in physical sales, streaming, and downloads on other platforms, it's safe to say Bush has made a huge profit from her song's sudden popularity thanks to ‘Stranger Things.’
Running Up That Hill was streamed 56,000,000 times last week pic.twitter.com/NhIa8uRJ3X
— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) June 18, 2022
And it has subsequently been revealed that the artist gave permission for her song to be used in ‘Stranger Things’ because she is a fan of the Netflix show. She recently made a statement in which she described the newfound affection for her song as "utterly brilliant" and thanked everyone who loved it, including the Duffer Brothers "for creating something with such heart".
What is Kate Bush's net worth?
Meanwhile, Celebrity Net Worth has recorded Bush’s value as over $60 million. Throughout her career, Bush has been nominated for 13 Brit Awards. In 1987, she was named Best British Female Artist. The artist was also nominated for three Grammy Awards. In 2002, Bush was honored with the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. In the 2013 New Year Honors, she was awarded a CBE for services to music. The singer has been nominated for admission into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame three times, most recently in 2018.