Spotify removes all R Kelly songs from its playlists amid sexual assault allegations
While his songs will remain available to stream, the R&B singer will no longer appear in Spotify-curated playlists as part of new ‘hateful conduct’ policyMusic streaming service Spotify has removed all R Kelly songs from its own playlists, as pressure continues to build on the R&B star amid sexual assault allegations against him.His songs can still be streamed on Spotify, and users can add them to their playlists, but they no longer feature in Spotify’s own mood-based playlis...
New York Post — Spotify said it will no longer promote R. Kelly’s music as accusations continue to pile up that the R&B singer ran a violent “sex cult.” The Swedish music streamer ... more info
Stereogum — Beginning today (May 10), Spotify users will no longer be able to find R. Kelly's music on any of the streaming service's editorial or algorithmic playlists. Under the t... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Spotify has a new Hate Content & Hateful Conduct policy, which states, 'When an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful (for example, viole... more info
NME —
Streaming service will no longer "actively promote" controversial star's music
R Kelly
Spotify has announced that it is removing R Kelly‘s music from its editoria... more info
Guardian Music — While his songs will remain available to stream, the R&B singer will no longer appear in Spotify-curated playlists as part of new ‘hateful conduct’ policyMus... more info
411 Mania — According to Billboard, Spotify is removing R. Kelly’s music from its algorithmic and curated playlists under its new hate content and hateful conduct policy. They[....... more info
NME —
"Spotify is wrong"
50 Cent and R Kelly
50 Cent has publicly defended R.Kelly after Spotify confirmed plans to stop promoting the singer’s music. Yesterday, Spotify... more info
Guardian Music — R&B star’s representatives hit out at ‘smear campaign waged by enemies’ in wake of streaming service’s new ‘hateful conduct’ polic... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Yesterday, Spotify removed R Kelly and XXXTentacion from its playlists as it rolled out a new Hate Content & Hateful Conduct policy. Today, Apple Music and Pandora have a... more info
NME —
They follow Spotify in stopping promoting the musician's music amid sexual misconduct allegations
R. Kelly
Apple and Pandora have also removed R. Kelly‘s music fro... more info
Consequence of Sound — Spotify says Kelly's allegations of sexual misconduct violate the company's new "public hate content and hateful conduct policy." more info
Sky News — R&B singer R Kelly's music will no longer feature on Spotify's curated playlists under the streaming service's new policy on hate content and hateful conduct. more info
Reuters — (Reuters) - Spotify Technologies SA said on Thursday it is removing rhythm and blues singer R. Kelly's music from its playlists and algorithmic recommendations, reflectin... more info
The Quietus — R. Kelly's music has been removed from all official Spotify playlists and will no longer be promoted by the music streaming service more info
Reuters — (Reuters) - American R&B singer R. Kelly's music was removed from playlists and recommendations on Spotify, the streaming service said on Thursday, following a campaign t... more info
TMZ — R. Kelly is calling out Spotify for what he calls its hypocritical move to yank his tunes from all playlists. Kelly's team fired back at Spotify's decision to stop promot... more info
Perez Hilton — Spotify is taking an unprecedented stand, and they're starting with R. Kelly.
In a statement to Billboard, Spotify revealed:
"We are removing R. Kelly's music from all S... more info
Sky News — R&B artist R Kelly has hit back at Spotify after the music streaming service dropped his music from its curated playlists, accusing it of promoting others who are in fact... more info
Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Kelly's music is no longer available on the streaming service's owned and operated playlists and algorithmic recommendations, Spotify says. more info
USA Today Music — Representatives for the streaming service announced Thursday that R. Kelly's music would no longer appear in any of the playlists under Spotify's name, like the... more info
Topix — Spotify won't promote any songs by R. Kelly moving forward amid a wave of disturbing allegations against the singer. The streaming service is taking Kelly's music... more info
L.A. Times - Entertainment — Embattled R&B star R. Kelly and controversial rapper XXXTentacion became the first causalities of music streamer Spotify’s just-launched Hate Content and Hateful C... more info
USA Today Music — Although it didn't announce the move, Apple's music-streaming service also has stopped promoting Kelly's music on some of the featured playlists that it sh... more info
Chorus.fm — Spotify has a “Hate Content & Hateful Conduct Policy” that states: We don’t censor content because of an artist’s or creator’s behavior, but we want our editori... more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Embattled R&B star R. Kelly and controversial rapper XXXTentacion became the first causalities of music streamer Spotify’s just-launched Hate Content and Hateful C... more info