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Ghost artists on Spotify

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556 points greenie_beans | 1 comments | 19 Dec 24 14:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.237s | source
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DoingIsLearning ◴[20 Dec 24 06:42 UTC] No.42468831[source]▶
If you are a Spotify user please make an active effort to seek and listen to artists _albums_. Playlist are a worse experience (unless you make them) and only play into Spotify's pocket.

A few key points with albums:

- You are listening to the artists vision/journey. The songs are not played in isolation but as part of a collective arrangement.

- Artists get payed more per play than individual songs.

- Albums don't degrade like playlists which can be changed by users or spotify to inject some newer commercial push.

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1. sailfast ◴[20 Dec 24 16:16 UTC] No.42472351[source]▶
Do they really get paid more “per play” on an album vs. a playlist? That seems quite tricky to figure out the accounting.

Is it as simple as per play? I only know what’s posted on the loud and clear website but stream share isn’t quite the same thing from what they’re saying in the FAQ.