Release Radar includes wrong artist with same name as desired artist

[abcdefgabcdefg]

I constantly find my Release Radar recommending songs by an artist (say A) with the same name as an artist (say A') that I might actually wanna listen to. This is extremely dumb as an issue because these two artists are listed as genuinely different artists in Spotify and the newly recommended song by a wrong artist is listed as a song of A' in the system. A reasonable conclusion is that at least Release Radar does not look into the artist IDs but just merely refers to their names. This happens to like 5 different artists to me and my Release Radar is contaminated by songs which I have absolutely no interest in. I believe this is a very basic bug that can be fixed in like 5 minutes.

[abcdefgabcdefg]

Here's an as short as possible version of a previous post in this thread, explaining the behavior of the Release Radar.

• I receive tracks from artists I don't follow at all in my Release Radar - This is intended and we don't plan on changing this. The Release Radar doesn't only help you keep track of artists you follow, but is meant to allow you to discover new music from others we think you might enjoy. It is also one way for Spotify to help artists get their music noticed.

• I get music that I don't enjoy at all in my Release Radar - This means our algorithm doesn't know your music taste so well. There can be many reasons behind this, but the rule of thumb to improve the music you receive in the automatically generated playlists for you is to listen to music without a private session, use the like and hide features, have more intentional music listening habits rather than opportunity based and when you discover something new that you enjoy, listen to it proportionally more than other content. Following these guidelines should give you better recommendations in time. It will still not be perfect and it can vary from person to person, but we're constantly improving these as we go.

• I get tracks from artists that are named exactly the same as ones I follow and enjoy, but it turns out the track is unrelated to that artist and they only have the same name. - This happens if a track initially gets erroneously uploaded to the artist you follow. It can be that the error is already corrected by the time your Release Radar updates, but it already captured the track on its upload. It can happen with featured artists as well. Currently, there's no technical solution in place than can prevent errors like this happening, as we rely on submitted metadata. If you spot an incorrect content, it's best to report it as described here. Make sure your report is clear. If you can't find an artist profile with the same name as the one you follow, it probably hasn't been created yet and is part of the reason the error occurred. Point that out in your report to ensure it can be processed efficiently.

[Turnpike72]

Today I found the following song in my Release Radar. It's a crappy instrumental which has nothing to do with the mentioned bands The Cribs, Futureheads and We are Scientists.

When I click on the names of those bands I end up at their pages, but I don't see this song. That should be a sign they did not contribute, right?

[roterkoenig]

hey there

another example, it is ok that I got this in my Release Radar, it is fine music and all the best to piano player Luther Allison and honour to the late guitar player Luther Allison.
What it is annoying, you just can’t say: hey Spotify fellows, I think you made a mistake, can you check it? Instead you have to Report a violation and there is no click box for content error. Same wtth wrong release dates, 

[ThomWim]

The album "Smasher" is listed on the profile of the Argentinian punk rock band Bulldog.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6d6C3XJyYFftKrxPv5ZEEP

It is by an American rock band from the 1970s. Here is the correct profile.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6OCT8yan0isgAm74VrOL9p

[Bluxgore]

Release radar should only contain artists I follow but it frequently contains other artists with the same text name as artists I follow. Examples include WMD and SALEM. They are always partnering artists.

Example track: https://open.spotify.com/track/39099O93qpuJjMu3h4nnnr?si=JJt-cdGFRbW9_2S8QtAmDA

The artist I follow:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/09CJcG6ndtL82D8x9VxaeT?si=aLI64Jc8TGCbzGyV49N1SQ

[osmangenc]

Hi all,

This is also what I'm seeing in Release Radar,

This is not Death, but the artist is shown as Death.

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[neelonrokk]

I encountered the same one as osmanhenc above, as well as one from the wrong "Pestilence".

https://open.spotify.com/track/3RvgqpnHgnBM9lDhu4azwX?si=73d3f50d930f498f

[markbult-9]

This is not about Release Radar, but I'm reporting this here since another forum post directs us to post here about Artist disambiguation. This is about the band Sugar, and an unrelated artist by the same name:

[10gq4-vj6_m00]

Following up on this 2020 thread, I’m still regularly encountering the same issue in my Release Radar: unknown artists with very few listeners or plays are abusing tags of more well-known artists to artificially boost their visibility and piggyback on someone else's fame.

I reached out to Spotify support about this (as the top answer is suggesting), and although I received a response within two hours, I was simply told that no action would be taken. So, what are we supposed to do?!

This is problematic on multiple levels: it’s unfair to established artists whose name and brand are being exploited without consent, and frustrating for users who end up with a personalized feed cluttered with tracks that don’t match their taste or expectations.

The author of the top answer claims that it can be a mistake during the upload, but we all know that's not the case. It's a deliberate exploitation of the platform's features to abusively promote music to a much broader audience. This behavior should be monitored and punished by the platform itself. Moderation should not be the responsibility of paying users who expect a quality service.

How is this issue still present on the platform five years after it was first reported?

I got not only one, but three rows this week in my playlist : 

1. "Machine Audios" tagging Two Steps From H ell
   https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/1IoQy5aorQ114SdfPnqk73?si=b2be217d170840ea
2. "ScarLid Vibez" tagging Dark Tranquillity
   https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/1mlFMaBwlIFdWYg8FOhZey?si=c10888f7012a4c99
3. "Angelsnow" tagging Wintersun
   https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/track/5ZYfs4jErqdlFl7MJmpUV4?si=9258f603f674442d

That’s three potential new releases I’m missing out on—replaced instead by poorly produced, AI-generated weirdness in my feed every week. It’s incredibly frustrating.