- Diamond shared a screengrab on Instagram showing how much money he made from the famous hit Waah!, featuring Koffi Olomide
- The singer noted he earned €32k (KSh 4.2 million) from 39 million views on YouTube
- The Bongo star said views on Youtube are not necessarily for bragging rights but to make money
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Singer Diamond Platnumz is clearly making good money from his music, and a recent revelation has shown just how much money he's getting.
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From the reveal, it is clear the Bongo star can actually pay most of his employee's salaries from just one song, showing the wealth he makes from his business and music deals.
On Wednesday, April 21, The singer shared a screengrab on Instagram displaying the amount he made from the famous hit Waah, featuring Koffi Olomide.
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Diamond noted he earned €32k (KSh 4.2 million) from only 39 million views on YouTube.
It should be noted that the song is currently at 60 million views, which means the singer continues to make a fortune from it.
He said views on YouTube were not for bragging but for making good money.
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He urged other content creators to learn something from him going forward.
Diamond could actually pay his monthly tax from one song if his previous reveal about how much tax he pays is anything to go by.
In a series of Instagram status updates seen by TUKO.co.ke a few months back, the father of four posted videos of himself showing off tax papers for his business entities, Wasafi Media and record label, WCB.
The videos made it clear that the megastar pays a whopping KSh 5 million for his two businesses.
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For Wasafi Media, Diamond coughs out about KSh 2.5 million while WCB takes away a similar amount from his pockets in the form of taxes.
This, however, did not come as a surprise since the musician makes lots of money from both ventures.
The musician also recently put pen to paper on a KSh 500 million music distribution deal.
On Friday, April 9, the artiste signed the multi-million deal with a distribution company dubbed Mziiki for himself and fellow musicians in his label, WCB.
The deal will see Mziiki distribute WCB artistes's music worldwide for profit.
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