Analysis News From the ‘secret’ composer behind 650 fake artists to BandLab’s 100m users… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up This week's biggest stories...
Analysis News This ‘secret’ composer is behind 650 fake artists on Spotify. His music has been streamed 15bn times on the platform (report) Revealed in a Dagens Nyheter expose: the musician 'behind the world's most listened to network of fake artists on Spotify'
Analysis News An MBW reader just blew open the Spotify fake artists story. Here’s what they have to say. This is an email you're gonna want to read
Analysis News Remember Spotify’s fake artists? They’re still going strong – and still attracting scandal. Have you heard of Firefly or Chillmi? Two of the biggest indie labels going, with so many artists on their books!
News Spotify fake artists return – but who’s faking plays within user accounts? MBW reveals that plays were being falsely attributed to users as far back as March last year
News Fake artists still dominate Spotify ‘chill’ playlists. Now Universal is fighting back… with Apple Music. Nothing has changed on Ambient Chill, Sleep and Music For Concentration
Analysis Why Spotify’s ‘fake artists’ issue, like so much in streaming, comes back to transparency BASCA's Vick Bain on why Swedish service should make 'everything clearer' for songwriters - and for listeners
Analysis News Forget about fake artists – it’s time to talk about fake streams. We just bought 10,000 Spotify plays on the internet. It was easy.
Analysis Why Spotify’s fake artists problem is an Epidemic. Literally. The tall tale of three Swedish companies, with their own economic interests
News So… who’s actually behind Spotify’s fake artists? One production duo in Stockholm is responsible for quite a lot of these songs
News Spotify denies it’s playlisting fake artists. So why are all these fake artists on its playlists? If Daniel Ek's company isn't adding fake artists to playlists, how come we've found 50 of them?
News Amid rise of AI deepfakes, Spotify to let artists vet releases before they appear on their profiles Artist Profile Protection offers artists a proactive layer of control on top of existing reporting tools.
News Sony Music has targeted 135,000+ deepfakes of its artists’ music for removal from streaming platforms The target artists include Beyoncé, Queen and Harry Styles, the BBC reported, citing Dennis Kooker, president of Sony's global digital business.
News HYBE deepfake crackdown sees eight arrested in South Korea, as company’s CEO pledges ‘zero-tolerance and no-settlement policy’ over alleged crimes against its artists 'We will continue to monitor and take legal action to eradicate such serious crimes,' said HYBE CEO Jason Jaesang Lee
News HYBE partners with South Korean police to combat deepfake crimes against K-Pop artists Deal includes expedited investigation processes and the establishment of a reporting hotline in South Korea