French Montana is facing accusations of the digital persuasion.
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Montana’s camp is accused of trying to cheat the chart system to propel his single ‘Writing on the Wall’ to glory because it failing to fly commercially.
The single enjoyed a short run on the Billboard Hot 100 after peaking at #56 following its release on September 27th 2019.
Last week, the song managed to find its way back into the Spotify charts much to the delight of fans who feared its best days were behind it.
Alas, some consumers suspect something suspicious is afoot as Spotify is the only platform is faring well on.
the song was released on sept 27, 2019 and it wasn’t very successful despite having two popular rappers featured on it. it charted for 5 weeks & left the top 200 on spotify, then re-entered 3 weeks later & even reached a new peak on spotify US today & this is where it gets weird pic.twitter.com/kuokWO1NZ5
— karl (@karlamagne) January 2, 2020
apparently the reason why it’s charting again is because it’s currently popular on tiktok…then why is it only rising on spotify? i mean when you look at the pics the difference between spotify and apple music is astounding.
#21 (+27) on spotify
#1192 (-105) on apple music??? pic.twitter.com/7JKYN7rrDn— karl (@karlamagne) January 2, 2020
The theory? French’s team is hacking Spotify accounts and using them to spin the song.
so i decided to search on twitter to see if anyone was actually listening to the song since its popular on tiktok and i found some very interesting tweets of people saying their spotify was hacked and it was playing…french montana. pic.twitter.com/XPQvSPoeD6
— karl (@karlamagne) January 2, 2020
look carefully at the dates most of those tweets were sent, between 18-25 december 2019. now look at the date “writing on the wall” re-entered spotify US. december 22. y’all see where i’m going with this? pic.twitter.com/ilkxKBW9sY
— karl (@karlamagne) January 2, 2020
in conclusion its really easy to get a hit song nowadays, all you need is a fraudulent label who’s willing to spend money on you. so if you see writing on the wall by french montana in the top 10 on billboard next month don’t forget to come back to this thread. that’s all for now pic.twitter.com/jBmM0Vs7we
— karl (@karlamagne) January 2, 2020
He isn’t the first musician accused of using tech wizards to game the system.
Back in 2013, Tamar Braxton was accused of doing the same when her single ‘Love & War’ peaked at #1 on iTunes but failed to impact the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 days later. Worrying, as iTunes was the biggest music retailer at the time.
French is yet to respond.
Chile this is where it gets really interesting and I’ve BEEN told y’all about Streaming Farms. But anyways chile there are people Tweeting about people hacking into their Spotify to play French Montana’s Music. And here are the receipts.
— TSB (@ThatsSoBold) January 3, 2020
Songs start being added to my library and a playlist starts getting added too. Who in the absolute FUCK who are you? CHRIS BROWN? FRENCH MONTANA?? HOT RHYTHMIC? I don’t know who the hell yall are but I hope you rot in hell for hacking into my sacred Spotify and listening to TRASH
— o negative (@ShiShuEmmily) December 12, 2019
One by one these fake a$$ artist getting exposed.
He is the lamest rapper in the world
I was wondering, why is this song rebounding on spotify? Who is streaming this song?
Frauds.
He faked that hospital emergency visit bullshìt.
Lmfao Careful who you call a fraud. I wouldn’t be surprised if Camila is doing the same damn thing
My queen can not relate.
My Oh My – Spotify Streams
1st Week: 12.225.492
2nd Week: 14.622.266
3rd Week: 14.991.231
4th Week: 16.778.424
?????
Top 5 most listened to artists in the world on Spotify:
#1 – @edsheeran
#2 – @ArianaGrande
#3 – @Camila_Cabello
#4 – @PostMalone
#5 – @justinbieber
??????
They hate to see it.
Camila can never relate.
Top 10 most streamed songs by female artists on spotify:
1. Havana (1.362B)
2. New Rules (1.265B)
3. Señorita (1.100B)
4. Cheap Trills (1.097B)
5. bad guy (1.057B)
6. 7 rings (990M)
7. thank u, next (985M)
8. Hello (976M)
9. Work From Home (975M)
10. I Like It (973M)
#54 Love Lies — 629M
#63 Dancing with a Stranger — 572M
???????
Normani at the bottom, while queen Camila at the top, 2 songs in the top 3.
Yall still think normani gonna have longevity? I think the f**** NOT.
They hate to see it.
U cant fake this shìt
Everybody knows the words to Havana and senorita.
My oh my is coming.
???
a mess.
Epic records is known for buying streams (I.e. Havana). Epic has a terrible 2019 as none of their artists achieved much success on the charts. 2020 isn’t looking good for Epic either (see: Camila and Meghan Trainor)
Oooooops Watch ‘My Oh My’ get exposed as being part of a streaming farm ?? I mean how is a non album track going to commercially outperform 5 other lead singles from a sophomore album? Pray tell. ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️
#Wewanttoonknowit ??♂️??♂️
This lame rapper picking a beef with petty a** fifty cents and got expose as a fraud???