Oh, please. Yes, 'SPOTIFY' now has a bigger base than ever before and is now seen as a legitimate digital/music selling platform (2014 onward) but I specifically remember various outlets questioning its credibility in 2012 including 'Forbes' and 'New York Times'. Of course, as its a company/service not built and owned by Black representatives they got away far easier and have become premier in the industry.

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Record companies have been amplifying and inflating their artists sales since before the 1980's and all bounds of tricks and gimmicks have been used to justify that. It's only today we have multiple tracking sites where we are able to truly see what an artist is selling and so forth.

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There is nothing to see here.