The hashtags #SPOTIFYCORRUPT, #HYBECORRUPT, and #GEFFENRECORDSCORRUPT are all trending on X / Twitter after obvious errors and modifications by Spotify.
HYBE is the Korean music firm behind BTS, Blackpink, and different Ok-pop stars, and Geffen releases their music within the U.S.
The controversy started when “Gradual Dancing,” the primary observe of BTS member Kim Tae-hyung’s solo debut album “Layover,” all of the sudden fell from #1 to completely off the chart on September 14th.
Why is SPOTIFY CORRUPT trending on Twitter? Followers enraged at HYBE as Kim Tae-hyung’s ‘Gradual Dancing’ knowledge will get deleted from the music platform https://t.co/hCnmwUvQKy
— SK POP (@SKPopCulture) September 17, 2023
Followers of different Ok-pop artists additionally accused the streamer of different chart and knowledge errors and manipulations.
Fan outrage intensified after BTS member Jungkook, who had been probably the most streamed Ok-pop soloist on Spotify globally in 2022, all of the sudden fell to #2 after Spotify adjusted its rating and put Blackpink member Lisa at #1.
Spotify doesn’t share its standards for the rating on a lot of its charts, however apparently, it didn’t embrace counts from a number of songs and Jungkook collabs, together with one with Charlie Puth on the track “Left and Proper,” which has 400+ million streams. Fan speculated that the Puth observe had been neglected of the calculation as a result of Spotify didn’t view it as a Ok-pop track and/or it was a characteristic/collab with Charlie Puth as the first artist for the track.
After intense fan strain, Spotify returned Jungkook to the #1 place with out giving a lot element on what knowledge we now included main followers to accuse the streamer and HYPE of behind-the-scenes knowledge manipulation.
(1/2) Yearly, we endeavor to precisely mirror consumption all over the world. In reference to our High Ok-Pop Artists of 2022 playlist, a number of style tags led to barely totally different high ten lists, and so they weren’t correctly merged. This error has been corrected.
— Spotify ❤️ Ok-Pop (@SpotifyKpop) December 2, 2022
The incident leaves open questions on how Spotify calculates a lot of its charts. As can be anticipated, followers have been ecstatic, for now no less than.
