As seen through Taylor Swift's idea to pull her music off Spotify and Jay-Z's ownership of Tidal, it's clear that artists on major labels feel like they are not being compensated properly for their talents. While this is a fair argument for them to make, their loss from music streaming is practically nothing compared to what they make annually. Swift made $55 million dollars last year alone, and Jay-Z earned $95 million dollars. Both of them have spoken out saying to them, this isn't about the money: Swift saying: “We never wanted to embarrass a fan... If this fan went and purchased the record, CD, iTunes, wherever, and then their friends go, ‘Why did you pay for it? It’s free on Spotify.’ We’re being completely disrespectful to that superfan who wants to invest.” Jay-Z has also stated that: “For someone like me, I can go on tour... But what about the people working on the record, the content creators and not just the artists? If they’re not being compensated properly, then I think we’ll lose some writers and producers and people like that who depend on fair trade.” These two quotes show that even though the two artists are claiming that they're trying to get around streaming for different reasons, they still want how the public streams to be put back in their hands. Swift wants to be able to control how her fans listen to her music, thus making them go purchase the actual CD because her label and her will see the direct result of that purchase. Jay-Z, however, would rather just be able to choose the content people are able to stream on his service that he owns. Neither of these artists, or any artist on a major label can feel the true effects of music streaming because their fan bases are so large that they will still be able to sell out arenas and sell products that will generate enough revenue that they will still be able to make more than enough to be financially stable.