Rebecca Black to Bank $1M from iTunes 'Friday' Hit?

Rebecca Black to Bank $1M from iTunes 'Friday' Hit?


Does Rebecca Black stand to bank $1M from iTunes downloads with her "Friday" YouTube viral hit? With 30+ views, the Ark Music Factory hit eclipses Lady Gaga's smash single. The projections are that Black could earn that figure over time.

Compared to veteran lyrical geniuses, like Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, and Lady Gaga, Rebecca Black's "Friday" iTunes hit doesn't come close. But if one is using another litmus test for success, no other artist comes close.

Cha-ching is all that the 13-year-old Black is hearing. Forbes has current estimates of her Ark Music Factory release at over 30M YouTube views and counting.

Consider that iTunes pays about $.70 per download. After the math is all done, Rebecca Black stands to collect about a hefty sum. Whether or not she amasses $1M is anyone's guess since the contract details have not been released.

A website created a post, made the projections earlier today, and had the Internet buzzing with curiosity. But now the iTunes downloads are being called into question. Rapper "Flo-Rida" reportedly holds the record for iTunes downloads with 636K in a single week.

Because Rebecca Black's "Friday" never made the Top-15, it is highly probable that the 2M downloads reported by Good Morning America, where Black did her only interview, is in error.

As a commenter to the post pointed out, Andrea Canning, the source of the $1M rumor, was probably referring to views on YouTube instead. That would be an easier sell.

Whether or not Rebecca Black earns a cool $1M or more is irrelevant; she will probably earn more than the average 13-year-old at her school.