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It may take an artist with the current popularity of someone like The Weeknd to make a difference in Spotify's decisions. Here, The Weeknd accepts the Song of the Year award for Blinding Lights at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
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The era of the political-protest artist may not be dead, but the ones protesting will need to be bigger now than Neil Young if they're going to spur Spotify to cancel Joe Rogan.
Last week, singer-songwriter Young, who rose to fame in the 1960s and '70s, pulled his music from
Protest versus profit
Even when headliners pull out of Spotify, it hasn't slowed Spotify's momentum for long.