In addition to global exposure and fame, the biggest reason for signing a recording contract is to get paid for your music. The record company will record your act, master it, produce the recording or «album» refers to CDstapes. You get paid a percentage of each album sold. This percentage is known as a royalty. There are other ways for musicians to make money see How Music Royalties Work for detailsbut mkae on the sales of albums is the main source of money coming from a recording contract. A royalty deal seems simple. What’s not to like about that? The first thing to keep in mind is reasonable expectations mujsch the sale eoes an album. The music industry publishes tens of thousands of new albums every year, and only a small percentage of them are going to go goldrecords sold or platinum 1, records sold.