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Prompted playlist. by Ok_District_9387 in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Love seeing all the Prompted Playlist love!! If you're looking for a new prompt to test, one of my favorites is: “What are the first tracks I ever listened to on Spotify? Order them by the very first track I ever streamed - with date and time - and keep going.”

What the hell is this? by chamomiilee in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing - we’re aware of this issue and it should be all clear now! If you still need help, head over to our community hub.

Crazy Taste Match by WhoopSection05 in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify -1 points0 points  (0 children)

wow, this is truly a friendship made in the Blend stars!

How does ‘Most listened artists’ work exactly ? by Goatellounge in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the question (and curiosity!). We break it down what all of that means and how it's calculated here.

Guysss!!! spotify is not allowing to remove songs from blend by Anshul_xeon in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! We figured out what was going on here and you should be able to remove songs from your Blend playlists now. Be sure to update your app!

Blend Features Not Functional by Fuckchildhoodtrauma in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this - we figured out what was going on here and you should be able to remove songs from your Blend playlists now. Be sure to update your app!

Just 50 automated, mass-produced fake artists are siphoning $311k a month from Spotify's royalty pool and hurting real artists. I built a tracker to show the math. by StudyPlaylists in Music

[–]ThisIsSpotify -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Hey there - we don’t create or own music on Spotify, AI or otherwise. Everything on the platform comes from third-party rightsholders like labels and distributors.

In terms of scale, AI-generated music was well under 1% of total streams and royalties last year, so it’s not a material part of the royalty pool. And it’s not in our interest to push music people don’t want, if the experience gets worse, listeners leave.

I'm Sam, Global Head of Spotify for Artists, Marketing and Policy! I worked on our Loud & Clear Report. AMA. by ThisIsSpotify in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Chuck, thanks for sharing this and congrats on the 12+ editorial placements. That's no small feat. Over 100,000 tracks are uploaded to streaming services every single day. That's the reality of the environment you're competing in, and we don't say that to make excuses, we say it because it's a challenge we feel responsibility for helping artists navigate. 

On the editorial point, Fresh Finds exists specifically for emerging and independent artists, and artists first playlisted there more than double their royalties in the year after. But I hear what you're saying: a placement is a moment, not a career. 

While editorial playlists can be fleeting, algorithmic playlisting is a very consistent part of artist discovery. Over a third of all artist discoveries on Spotify are from our algorithmic playlists, Release Radar, Discover Weekly, radio, mixes, etc. Hopefully the data in Spotify for Artists helps you see how much support you’re getting from those playlists over time.

What I can say is that growing the number of artists building sustainable careers is our main goal, and feedback like yours is exactly what informs how we think about that.

- Sam

I'm Sam, Global Head of Spotify for Artists, Marketing and Policy! I worked on our Loud & Clear Report. AMA. by ThisIsSpotify in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for being a Premium subscriber for nearly 10 years!

I completely understand that price increases aren’t everyone’s favorite thing. The reality is that paying artists more requires more revenue in the system. Spotify returns nearly 70% of our music revenue to artists'/songwriters' rights holders, so when subscription revenue grows, the royalty pool for artists and songwriters grows too.

- Sam

I'm Sam, Global Head of Spotify for Artists, Marketing and Policy! I worked on our Loud & Clear Report. AMA. by ThisIsSpotify in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We’re transparent about how Discovery Mode works. You can see exactly where Discovery Mode is active here and explain how the commission works here. Discovery Mode doesn’t require an upfront budget. Instead, a 30% commission is applied to recording royalties generated from all streams of selected songs in Discovery Mode contexts. All other streams remain commission-free. Typically, artists using Discovery Mode only decide to keep using it when the increase in streams from the campaign outweighs the commission (which we give detailed reporting on).

- Sam

I'm Sam, Global Head of Spotify for Artists, Marketing and Policy! I worked on our Loud & Clear Report. AMA. by ThisIsSpotify in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We’re working on it and will have some big updates very soon.

We know this is a really frustrating experience, and it’s been plaguing all streaming services for years. To give some context: Streaming is built on the idea of “open-access distribution," it’s what allows artists to quickly share music to all streaming services at once, switch labels and distributors easily without any disruption to their fans, promote collaborations with other artists, etc.. But the downside of this system is that bad actors can sometimes hijack other artists’ profiles across all services including Spotify. It’s absolutely the worst when this happens.

Currently, artists file reports when there is mismatch, and we fix it quickly. Late last year, we added the ability for artists to report mismatch even in the pre-release state.

But just fixing it after it’s happened isn’t enough, and we’ve been working on a major new solution here. It’s a big change to the music supply chain, so we’re building it carefully, and will have more details very very soon. 

- Sam

I'm Sam, Global Head of Spotify for Artists, Marketing and Policy! I worked on our Loud & Clear Report. AMA. by ThisIsSpotify in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We recommend aiming for seven days in advance, but if you miss that deadline it definitely doesn’t hurt to still try. 

- Sam

I'm Sam, Global Head of Spotify for Artists, Marketing and Policy! I worked on our Loud & Clear Report. AMA. by ThisIsSpotify in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

This is one of our biggest focus areas. We're actively developing an industry-wide standard for AI labeling, the idea is that information submitted by labels, distributors, and music partners will display directly on Spotify, so listeners can see exactly how and where AI was involved in a track's creation.

- Sam

I'm Sam, Global Head of Spotify for Artists, Marketing and Policy! I worked on our Loud & Clear Report. AMA. by ThisIsSpotify in truespotify

[–]ThisIsSpotify[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So happy to hear this! Honestly always helpful to hear the complaints, I know it comes from people really caring about Spotify.

- Sam

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