Fan bases looping streams to game the charts is getting obvious

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Why do streaming services pay per stream instead of per actual listener? A song hitting number one on the charts does not mean it made any money Streaming royalties favor huge catalogs and quietly punish niche musicians Country-specific charts miss regional hits that never break out globally Streaming has made the charts flip over far faster than the radio era ever did Is the all-you-can-stream subscription model sustainable for the music industry? How much of my monthly subscription actually reaches the artists I stream? How does Billboard's Hot 100 weight streams vs sales vs radio these days? Requesting a refund for an accidental Amazon Music Unlimited charge took weeks Ad-supported free tiers are slowly becoming unusable with the ad load

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