SoundExchange is the US non-profit that collects digital performance royalties for non-interactive digital audio transmissions — such as satellite radio (SiriusXM), internet radio (Pandora's non-interactive tier), and webcasts — and pays them to recording artists, master rights holders, and featured performers. Unlike PRO royalties (which go to songwriters), SoundExchange royalties go to recording-side rights holders.

SoundExchange royalties typically split 50/50 between the master copyright owner (often a label) and the featured performer(s). Background performers get 5%, the AFM Trust Fund gets 2.5%, and the SAG-AFTRA Trust gets 2.5%.

Registration is free at soundexchange.com. Only recording-side participants (performers + label/master owners) should register. Pure songwriters who do not perform on releases skip SoundExchange — their digital performance income flows through their PRO instead.

Producer Tour includes SoundExchange in its bundled royalty collection scope for approved writers who are also performers.