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April 23, 2020

Have Erykah Badu and Angel Olsen found a way to make money on live streams?

Erykah Badu's Quarantine Concert Series saw the singer and her band perform live from her Dallas home, playing a different set each time in the interactive live stream, Variety reports. Badu charged viewers directly - $1 for the first concert, $2 for the second, $3 for the third. The first two live streams together drew more than 100,000 viewers, which would put her gross in the low- to lower-middle six figures. Angel Olsen did a different thing - she performed a solo set from home to benefit her band and touring crew as well as a charity, MusiCares’ COVID-19 relief fund. The show had a mandatory $12 fee ($15 on the day of the show), filling her set with rarities and some new material.