Why does it take 35-45 days to receive payment?

The reason it takes 30-45 days to pay record labels is because many retailers deliver the royalty statements 30+ days after a quarter thus, we need time to organize the data to appropriately format it for labels to claim. In addition, many retailers do not pay us until 45-60 days after a quarter ends making the royalty payouts slightly delayed at times. Many other distributors deal with the same time frame and some even take longer!.