Tones And I earns a whopping $12million in 2020 thanks to Dance Monkey online streams – as she becomes one of Australia’s richest musicians
Christmas has certainly come early for Tones And I.
The Australian singer, real name Toni Watson, has officially scored one of most-played songs of 2020 on Spotify as well as a staggeringly large paycheck to match.
Tones And I’s breakout single Dance Monkey has been streamed almost 2 billion times on the platform since its relaese in May 2019, earning the musician an estimated $12million in royalties.
Cha-ching! Tones And I earns a whopping $12million in 2020 thanks to Dance Monkey online streams on Spotify
Astonishingly, the amount of time Spotify users have listened to Dance Monkey totals a whopping 13,012 years.
Dance Monkey has skyrocketed through the charts since its release, reaching number one in more than 30 countries last year, and placed second in Triple J’s Hottest 100.
A far cry from her days busking on the streets of Byron Bay, Tones And I is now regarded as one of Australia’s richest musicians. ns,
Popular: Astonishingly, the amount of time Spotify users have listened to Dance Monkey totals a whopping 13,012 years
Despite her success, Tones And I has dealt with plenty of personal personal struggles coping with fame.
‘I came to a point where I felt I wasn’t good enough, I’m not good enough to play a festival, I’m a busker,’ she told News Corp in May.
‘Then I started to realise I am good enough because who the f**k would deal with that? So at the end of last year I decided I wasn’t going to let anything bother me,’ she insisted.
From busking to chart-topping! Tones and I started out busking on the streets of Byron Bay, NSW, back in 2017
‘It’s easy for people to keep holding on to this ‘Tones is upset’ thing that happened in November, when I was just trying to speak out and be honest, but I want people to know I’m fine and I’m not upset. That was last year, let’s move on.’
She concluded by saying she wants young fans to know she’s a ‘tough person’ and they can look up to her because she’s ‘strong’ and not afraid of being vulnerable.
Tones and I started out busking on the streets of Byron Bay, NSW, back in 2017.
It was there that she met her manager, prompting her to quit her retail job and move to the Gold Coast to focus on her music.
She was soon featured on Triple J’s Unearthed rotation, but it was her catchy single Dance Monkey that skyrocketed her career.
Success story: She was soon featured on Triple J’s Unearthed rotation, but it was her catchy single Dance Monkey that skyrocketed her career