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Spotify?s newly announced policy against hate content and hateful conduct went wrong in multiple ways after it was first announced on May 10 ? and on top of all that, the overall streaming numbers of R. Kelly, the first artist targeted by the new policy, actually went up in the days after the announcement, according to data provided by Nielsen Music. The news was first reported by the Associated Press.
Looking at Kelly?s rounded daily numbers for the seven days including and following the May 10 announcement, he totaled 6,676,000 streams, nearly 100,000 more than his weekly average of 6,584,000. Much of that increase can actually be attributed to a seemingly defiant spike on the day after the announcement, which saw a bump of around 117,000 on the first day before settling into approximately average streaming numbers for the year to date. On-demand video numbers followed a similar pattern.
http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/r-kellys-streaming-numbers-actually-went-up-after-spotify-playlist-ban-1202819051/
