Song clone issue on Spotify: "Colt Garfield" Radio

[SquareRadiation]

Hi all,

On Spotify I've found the same song 20 times, each time with a different track name, artist name and album cover.

Disclaimer: This is not music promotion. This is an example of a sneaky tactic that is being used by someone or a group of people to promote generic-sounding music.

Highly recommend my explanation video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eej4QS_Xdk

Playlist for all the clones:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5g6E3oL3XhYV1NxoUZBXm2?si=455d14c721234e4e

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/zx7ngb/song_clone_issue_on_spotify_colt_garfield_radio/

Have you seen this before?
What are your thoughts and theories?

How can we inform Spotify of this?

[geovanebento]

HI! Welcome to our community and thanks for all the info, it will help with investigations.

I'll try to explain to you how songs are published on Spotify.

Until now, to publish a song on Spotify, the creators of the work must have a partnership with an aggregator, they are the companies that publish the songs on the platforms. What may have happened is that the author, artist or publisher published the same song several times. Each version with a different ISRC. The ISRC is a unique identification number for each work, and the system recognizes duplicity through this unique number. When there is the same song with different names and artists, it means that the developers have registered ISRC several times with different numbers.

I already sent your question to support, but you can also report these errors via this link:

Thank you and have a peaceful and successful 2023!

https://support.spotify.com/br/contact-spotify-support/?nosignup=true