Understanding the Music Industry: Record Labels, A&Rs, Distribution ... Major labels often have specific pluggers on a recurring retainer fee, as they are constantly pushing their material. For one-off projects, fees range from a $1.000-3.000 starting fee, with additional costs whenever a song gets spin (say $500 per spin on a major station) or is included in a chart, up to a specific cap (somewhere between $5.000 ...