The Scoop and Blender

The Streaming Problem: How Spammers, Superstars, and Tech Giants Gamed the Music Industry

By September 12, 2017 No Comments

A few weeks after the release of Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble,” the hard-charging lead single on his fourth album Damn., the song landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s streaming chart. It’s been on the chart ever since, never falling below No.

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