Still, it is the most popular audio streaming service in the world. Many musical artists are unhappy with Spotify for a variety of reasons - not least of which is that Spotify pays what many musicians believe is an infamously stingy royalty rate.
I am speaking my own truth."Ĭovers of Neil Young songs by other artists remain available on Spotify.Īs of Wednesday evening, no other prominent musicians had followed in Young's footsteps. I did this because I had no choice in my heart. He continued: "I sincerely hope that other artists can make a move, but I can't really expect that to happen. Misinformation about COVID is over the line." "Losing 60% of worldwide streaming income by leaving Spotify is a very big deal," Young wrote, "a costly move, but worth it for our integrity and our beliefs. In his second open letter posted late Wednesday, Young thanked those partners and acknowledged the financial hit they are taking, and said that 60% of the streaming income on his material came via Spotify. Most of the recordings in Young's discography are distributed by Warner Music Group, though a handful are distributed by Universal Music Group. investment company Hipgnosis Songs, which was founded by music industry veteran Merck Mercuriadis. We regret Neil's decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon."Įarlier this month, Young sold 50% of his songwriting copyrights to the U.K. We have detailed content policies in place and we've removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to COVID since the start of the pandemic. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators. In a statement sent to NPR Wednesday afternoon, a Spotify spokesperson wrote: "We want all the world's music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. His removal from the streaming platform makes him one of the most popular musical artists not to appear on Spotify, where his songs have garnered hundreds of millions of streams. Spotify's scrubbing of Young from its service was first reported on Wednesday afternoon by The Wall Street Journal. Not both." The letter was quickly removed from Young's website. Untangling Disinformation What the Joe Rogan podcast controversy says about the online misinformation ecosystemĪccording to Rolling Stone, Young's original request on Monday, which was addressed to his manager and an executive at Warner Music Group, read in part: "I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them. These young people believe Spotify would never present grossly unfactual information. Most of the listeners hearing the unfactual, misleading and false COVID information of Spotify are 24 years old, impressionable and easy to swing to the wrong side of the truth. In the first, he wrote in part: "I first learned of this problem by reading that 200-plus doctors had joined forces, taking on the dangerous life-threatening COVID falsehoods found in Spotify programming. Late Wednesday, the musician posted two lengthy statements on his website, one addressing the catalyst of his request and the other thanking his industry partners. Rogan has been widely criticized for spreading misinformation about coronavirus vaccines on his podcast, which is now distributed exclusively on Spotify. On Monday, Young had briefly posted an open letter on his own website, asking his management and record label to remove his music from the streaming giant, as a protest against the platform's distribution of podcaster Joe Rogan. Spotify has removed famed singer-songwriter Neil Young's recordings from its streaming platform. Neil Young, performing in Lake Hughes, Calif.
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