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Trending: Mystery Music ‘Forced’ onto Streamers

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Mystery Music ‘Forced’ onto Streamers

11/01/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, Mystery Music ‘Forced’ onto Streamers

Why are many Spotify users claiming the music was forced onto them?

Many Spotify users claim music from artists with no digital footprint was streamed to their account against their wishes.

At the start of October some users of a music-streaming platform found that their accounts were playing songs against their wishes. Artists like the Bergenulo Five and DJ Bruej were streamed thousands of times, with Spotify users claiming the music was forced onto them. 
 
Apart from the listings on the streaming platforms, the musicians had next to no digital footprint on the rest of the internet - no fan pages, no concert listings and no photos of the actual band members. So who was behind the streaming and why?

Reporter: Jonathan Griffin
Producer: Ant Adeane

(Photo: A woman with an unhappy expression wearing headphones whilst placing her hands over her ears. Credit: Getty Images)

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