> Billions of listens vs. thousands (?) of shirts.

how much of the revenue derived from those listens turn into commission to the musicians?

Those t-shirt sales came about because of those listens, so even tho the music wasn't as revenue generating, it acts as the biggest funnel.

> commission to the musicians

To the original Ramones you say? Might be hard to deliver.

But how much of traditional broadcast radio license fees accrue to musicians? Zero, unless they happen to be the songwriters (but good news for Max Martin et al.) Record companies also got no royalties from radio airplay (in fact they got in trouble for paying radio stations to play their music.)

I mean I sort of believe that most Ramones t-shirt sales came along because of the listens, but then again I see lots of Misfits t-shirts on kids born this century and considering it's in Denmark it seems unlikely it's because their parents were big Misfits fans.

Of course Misfits had a much more impressive visual aesthetic, so that might explain their continuing design relevance.