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Spotify Removing Artists' Music for Streaming Fraud They Didn't Commit

Streaming fraud is one of the industry's biggest challenges — but some artists are having their music removed from DSPs for fraud they didn't commit.

On Feb. 9, the electronic artist Benn Jordan, who performs under the alias the Flashbulb, was attempting to reference one of his songs during a recording session but couldn’t access his music on Spotify or Tidal. TuneCore CEO Andreea Gleason and VP of Artist Support Erica Clayton revealed the pressure they were under from streaming services, which led them to implement these admittedly aggressive policies. “Playlisters apply to join SubmitHub and then go through a review process where we try to identify anything that might compromise an artist on Spotify, and part of that is checking whether they charge for placement.

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