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He accused them of using bots to create "the false impression that the song was more popular than it was"

"It is better for me and my entire songwriter community to be paid fairly for our art. There are no songs without songwriters"

The overall intake from music publishing, copyright and royalties now outstrips cinema box office by 38 per cent

Popular playlists ranging from jazz and classical to lo-fi hip-hop are reportedly being padded out with material by ghost artists

“This would be my Spotify Wrapped if I didn’t share my account with my kids,” he later said

“When I first saw mine, my initial reaction was, “Oh damn”

They aimed to call the company out for "its predatory treatment of artists"

The pop singer's 'The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess' was the seventh most-streamed album in the UK on the streaming platform

Four of the top five indie songs for this year were also Arctic Monkeys tracks

The star has described reaching the milestone as "cuckoo loco"

The Music Radar report also estimates there are over 75 million music creators in the world, with the number expected to more than double by 2030

“Don’t hate the player, hate the game”