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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: 0.203s | source
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aggieNick02 ◴[20 Dec 24 17:12 UTC] No.42472830[source]▶
I wonder if the same kind of thing is at play when I ask my Google Home Mini to play a song (on Spotify) and it plays a version by a cover band instead of the real thing, despite my stating the song and band name.

For example, I'll say: "OK Google, Play 'Hey Jude' by 'The Beatles'". Sometimes I'll get that song. But many others I'll get "Hey Jude" by a Beatles tribute band... I wouldn't be surprised if the version by the tribute band is cheaper to play.

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1. danudey ◴[20 Dec 24 17:17 UTC] No.42472880[source]▶
Someone in another comment said that artists don't even get paid if they have <1000 streams. I wonder if Spotify does anything to spread things around to try to keep as many artists as possible under that 1000 streams cap so that they don't have to pay for them.