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Taylor Swift, Drake and More Musicians Who've Called Out Streaming Services
Taylor Swift, Drake, Neil Young and many other artists have openly criticized Spotify and other streaming services for their business practices over the years
Getty Images (3)In an era where streaming dominates the way people listen to music, some of the world’s most famous artists have publicly criticized services like Spotify for unfair payouts and exploitative business models. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for JNSQ WinesProgressive folk artist Joanna Newsom was an early and ardent critic of Spotify in 2015 when she likened the streamer to “a villainous cabal of major labels” in an interview with The Los Angeles Times. Spotify responded in a statement by suggesting the singer had “misunderstandings about how [it] works to support artists” and credited its business model as “the single biggest driver of growth in music” at the time.
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