fake artists

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.

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'

How artists are exploiting lax metadata protections by streaming services

What if tagging the wrong artist pages on DSPs wasn't just a headache to resolve, but also a money-making scheme?

Having turned over $27m in 2018, Epidemic Sound is roasted by songwriter group for buy-out deals

Epidemic responds by suggesting traditional industry is bothered by its "disruptive" model

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

So… who’s actually behind Spotify’s fake artists?

One production duo in Stockholm is responsible for quite a lot of these songs