

“When we look at promotion, we look at issues around hateful conduct, where you have an artist or another creator who has done something off-platform that is so particularly out of line with our values, egregious, in a way that it becomes something that we don’t want to associate ourselves with. Jonathan Prince, Spotify’s VP/Head of Content and Marketplace Policy has also told Billboard: When an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful, it may affect the ways we work with or support that artist or creator.” “We don’t censor content because of an artist’s or creator’s behavior, but we want our editorial decisions - what we choose to program - to reflect our values. In a statement shared alongside the new policy, Spotify shares why it will no longer actively promote specific artists’ music: Despite the removal, both artist’s albums will still be available on the streaming service’s platform. 8 on Spotify’s well-known “RapCaviar” playlist. However, the playlist ban didn’t’ last long and after an outcry from the public and some industry insiders, the streaming service withdrew part of the policy, stating that the rollout had been “flawed.The new sanctions completely removed both artist’s featured tracks like XXXTentacion’s “SAD!” which was No. XXXTentacion was facing multiple criminal charges in Florida, including allegations that he physically assaulted his pregnant girlfriend. Spotify generated controversy earlier this year when they removed XXXTentacion from their playlists, both automatically generated and curated as part of a new policy on hate content. His albums sales enjoyed a posthumous bump as well, with Nielsen Music reporting that he went went from 2,000 copies sold on June 17th to 33,000 just one day later. In the 24 hours after his death (Calculated for June 19th), “Jocelyn Flores” was played 7.9 million times, “Moonlight” picked up 6.9 million spins and “changes” generated 6.1 million listens. UPDATE: Arrest Made In Shooting Death Of XXXTentacionĪnd it wasn’t just “Sad!” - the seven of the top ten streamed songs in the past 24 hours were XXXTentacion tracks. That puts him ahead of Swift’s streaming record of 10.1 million streams for her 2017 hit “Look What You Made Me Do’”


Streams for XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” a meditation on his struggle with abandonment and depression, topped more than 10.4 million streams in 24 hours, according to data compiled by.
