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title: Does TuneCore collect songwriter performance royalties?
publisher: RapCanon
canonical: https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/tunecore-pro_perf/
license: CC-BY-4.0
retrieved: 2026-09-21
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> Partial. Publisher share only, stated in plain text in TuneCore's own documentation. The writer share continues to be paid to you by your PRO.

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# Does TuneCore collect songwriter performance royalties?

 
 
Partly

 
Publisher share only, stated in plain text in TuneCore's own documentation. The writer share continues to be paid to you by your PRO.

 
 
What this stream is. Paid when the composition is performed or broadcast. Split into a writer share and a publisher share, and those two halves can be collected by different parties.

 
Nothing specific to this stream, but TuneCore carries 2 documented traps on other royalty streams. See them on the matrix.

 
Read from TuneCore's own documentation on 2026-08-13. Check it yourself, and if it has changed, tell us.

 
See the full matrix for all 16 organisations →

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## How to cite this page

**APA**
RapCanon. (2026). Does TuneCore collect songwriter performance royalties?. Retrieved from https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/tunecore-pro_perf/

**BibTeX**
```bibtex
@misc{rapcanon-tools-royalty-coverage-tunecore-pro-perf,
  title  = {Does TuneCore collect songwriter performance royalties?},
  author = {{RapCanon}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://rapcanon.com/tools/royalty-coverage/tunecore-pro_perf/},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-09-21}
}
```

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