Popular Bollywood songs are being removed from Spotify

A host of popular Bollywood songs has been removed from Spotify after a licensing dispute with a top label.

As Independent Fans are reportedly sharing their anger after hundreds of songs from Indian label Zee Music Company disappeared from playlists.

Claiming to be India’s second most popular label, the label claims more than 50% of Bollywood’s new music is here.

Includes soundtracks from currently very popular movies Bajirao Mastani, Ram Leela and gully boy Everything was removed from the service while the song ‘Apna Bana Le’ was removed from the new movie Bediyahwas removed despite being India’s most streamed song on Spotify in recent weeks.

In a statement to billboardSpotify said:

“Through these negotiations, Spotify seeks to find creative ways to reach an agreement with Zee Music and will continue negotiations in good faith in the hope that a mutually agreeable solution will be found soon. increase.”

Elsewhere, Spotify executives spent only 10% of their $100m (£81.75m) budget on a new fund to promote music and audio content by members of ‘historically marginalized groups’. It has recently become clear that this is not the case.

The Creator Equity Fund was launched last year following the controversy surrounding Joe Rogan’s exclusive Spotify podcast. Joe Rogan Experience, Due to the use of the N-word and the misinformation of the COVID-19 vaccine.

However, over a year later, bloomberg I noticed that the initiative got off to a slow start. Spotify was found to have taken months to hire staff and deal with “shifting priorities,” Bloomberg also said earlier this year that they were still finalizing the fund’s budget, I got a memo stating that they are sorting out priority projects.

Many outlets point out that the Creator Equity Fund’s budget is the same as Rogan’s deal with Spotify (although some estimate his deal is worth twice as much).

Following last year’s Logan controversy, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, Nils Lofgren and others removed their catalogs from their streaming platforms as a means of protest.