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  • Spotify is against Kanye West’s anti-Semitic comments, but won’t pull down his music

    Spotify is against Kanye West’s anti-Semitic comments, but won’t pull down his music

    Spotify CEO says it’s up to Ye’s label whether to delete his music or not

    In the wake of major companies abandoning business relations with Kanye West, Spotify denounces the rapper’s anti-Jewish statements but will not remove his recorded works from the platform.

    While speaking to Reuters, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek condemned Ye’s “just awful comments” but explained that the company has no power to remove his music, though his label does.

    “It’s really just his music, and his music doesn’t violate our policy,” Ek stated, before adding, “It’s up to his label, if they want to take action or not.”

    Streaming services have been under pressure including from entrepreneur Ari Emmanuel to drop Ye from their business deals. Ye’s music, which entails an acclaimed catalog, can still be found on Apple Music and YouTube.


  • Spotify’s CEO Daniel EK was deposed by a federal Judge in Eminem’s copyright lawsuit

    Spotify’s CEO Daniel EK was deposed by a federal Judge in Eminem’s copyright lawsuit

    Spotify’s CEO Daniel EK has been deposed by a federal judge in a lawsuit concerning Eminem’s music copyrights.

    As Billboard reports, Magistrate Judge Jeffery S. Frensley said despite being busy, Daniel should create time and attention to address the issue. This is after the company previously claimed Daniel was too occupied to address the issue.

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    “Undoubtedly Mr. Ek has a full schedule [and] the Court credits Spotify’s assertion that he is very busy indeed,” Judge Frensley’s report read. “Yet, the issue of proper licensing relationships with the artists whose work comprises the entirety of Spotify’s business and its sole product is surely also a matter of importance to Spotify, worthy of some of Mr. Ek’s time and attention.”

    Eminem’s Eight Mile company sued Spotify in 2019 claiming the platform had streamed the rapper’s music ‘’billions of times’’ devoid of proper licensing, which is against 2018’s Music Modernization Act.

  • Drake’s “One Dance” was the first song on Spotify’s to reach a Billion Streams

    Drake’s “One Dance” was the first song on Spotify’s to reach a Billion Streams

    Drake‘s Views single “One Dance” became the first song on Spotify’s to reach one Billion Streams on December 12, 2016. One Dance dethroned Major Lazer’s “Lean On” record (880 million streams then) and held the streaming record for almost a year before being surpassed by “Shape of You” on September 21, 2017.

    One Dance featured Wizkid and Kyla, the record was released on April 5, 2016 and racked up those 1.001 billion streams in less than nine months.

    “One Dance” was also No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 10 consecutive weeks.

    Read: Drake’s “Find Your Love” was originally written for Rihanna

    Read: Drake’s ‘Views’ was the highest selling rap album of 2016

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