Singer Magixx has claimed that streaming farms are accountable for the decline within the variety of breakout artists within the Nigerian music trade lately.
He alleged that a lot of the spots on music charts and streaming platforms have been “purchased”, making it tough for upcoming artists to realize consideration on charts.
On his X deal with, he wrote, “Simply so y’all know, the rationale why we don’t have sufficient breakout artists nowadays is as a result of virtually each spot on Apple Music is purchased!”
DAILY POST experiences that allegations of some artists inflating the variety of performs their songs or albums obtain on streaming platforms utilizing bots or automated programs have continued to dominate discourse within the music trade, regardless of some distinguished trade figures denying the existence of streaming farms.
Final 12 months, Magixx’s boss and CEO of Mavin Data, Don Jazzy, shut down the allegations that he makes use of streaming farms to control the streams of his artists.
He additionally claimed that streaming farms don’t exist, stressing that even when they do, he doesn’t use them.