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Mark Holden Streams $2,000, Far Below Gold-Record Earnings

7/4/2026

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Mark Holden says streaming now yields about $2,000, far less than the gold-record earnings that bought his grandparents’ house.
A 2010 thyroid cancer diagnosis altered his voice, prompting him to practice law until he retired two years ago.
He returned to Australia in 1998 after a U.S. music career and completed law school.
His album Now and Then and Shirley MacLaine features Larry Dunn and Melbourne Savage Club collaborators.

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Story summary

Mark Holden says streaming now yields about $2,000, far less than the gold-record earnings that bought his grandparents’ house.
A 2010 thyroid cancer diagnosis altered his voice, prompting him to practice law until he retired two years ago.
He returned to Australia in 1998 after a U.S. music career and completed law school.
His album Now and Then and Shirley MacLaine features Larry Dunn and Melbourne Savage Club collaborators.