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Sienna Rose AI Artist Spotify

Despite Being Exposed as AI Slop, Sienna Rose’s Monthly Listeners on Spotify Keeps Growing — Now Even Beating Paramore’s Hayley Williams

It has now been over a month since many Spotify users pointed out that “Sienna Rose” is reportedly an AI-generated project, and many news outlets, including Rolling Stone, reported on the same. But despite the growing backlash, Spotify has yet to take any visible action. It’s not only a sham that this thing’s artist page […]

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Bad Bunny’s ‘DtMF’ Beats Taylor Swift’s ‘Opalite’ to Take No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Bad Bunny has scored his second Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 — and his first as a solo artist — as “DtMF” goes from No. 10 to the top spot following his blockbuster Super Bowl LX halftime performance. The Spanish anthem, which was the biggest hit of the singer’s latest album, closed his Feb. 8

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Taylor Swift Opalite Music Video Chart Hack

Taylor Swift’s Latest Chart Manipulation Hack: Withholding Music Videos From YouTube, And Then Later Flooding Spotify With Multiple Extended Versions

Taylor Swift’s release strategies have hardly ever been subtle or accidental, and have always prioritized charting, and the release strategy surrounding her latest music video is in a similar vein. When the Love Story singer debuted the self-directed music video for her new single “Opalite,” she made an unusual choice: the clip premiered exclusively on

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Bad Bunny Halftime Show

Bad Bunny Was a Grocery Store Bagger, Now His Super Bowl Show is the Third Most-Watched Halftime Performance Ever

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show, which fans have been affectionately dubbing as the “Benito Bowl”, averaged 128.2 million viewers on Sunday, according to Nielsen. That figure for Benito’s halftime show tops the game’s overall average U.S. audience of 124.9 million, and is the second-most-watched halftime show of the 21st century, only falling short

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AI Artist S

An AI Artist Has Three Songs in Spotify’s Top 50, and Even Selena Gomez Used One of Its Songs for Her Golden Globes Post

As if we all have not been so sick and tired of seeing AI everywhere, an AI-generated artist named Sienna Rose has quietly slipped into the mainstream, with not one but three of its songs featuring on Spotify’s Top 50. Sienna Rose remains virtually invisible as an artist, with no online presence whatsoever. It does

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Pop Stars Like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Are Hoarding the Vinyl Ecosystem

Pop Stars Like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Are Hoarding the Vinyl Ecosystem for Charting Glory and Squeezing Out Independent Artists

A few years ago, the violinist Tasmin Little tweeted that she had earned £12.34 from Spotify for 6 months for around 5-6 million streams. For artists like her and smaller bands, if a record sells for about £20, they receive 10-15 percent of the sale price, which is often the difference between making a profit

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Olivia Rodrigo on Speaking Out About MAGA

Olivia Rodrigo on Speaking Out About Reproductive Rights and MAGA: “It’s Our Job as Artists to Reflect the World”

Olivia Rodrigo is not shying away from being vocal about why she feels it is important for her to use her platform as an artist to speak out on world issues. Appearing on the latest episode of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Music Makes Us podcast with host Kathleen Hanna, Olivia Rodrigo explained why

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Taylor Swift and Capitalism

Taylor Swift’s Capitalist Masterclass: One Album, 38 Variants, And a Total Cost of $741

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has been breaking all kinds of records since it was released. The album sold 2.7 million copies on its release day alone, instantly becoming the best-selling album of 2025. Within five days, it amassed 3.5 million album-equivalent units (3.2 million traditional sales and another 300,000 from streaming), surpassing Adele’s 25 for the largest debut week by total units since

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