Artist hijacking: new singles incorrectly attributed to Yelle

[gustavkj]

Country

Sweden

My Question or Issue

I got a notification in Spotify that Yelle had released a new single. When checking it out it appears to be another artist hijack (I heard about it from Swedish news that it had started happening on Spotify) where a random label incorrectly attributes music to a well-known artist in order to piggyback on their reach on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

As fars far as I can see, it seems that both of the following singles are incorrectly listed on Yelle's artist page:

• Aalis Ka Pala
• Ipo Ipo (Sarap!)

Links:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0WbqAlM1WvfUD6dF7omThd

https://open.spotify.com/album/7M40JsrrNYhyNGV4Gwi2Zd

https://open.spotify.com/album/3Fm7WyfQLZe9nG37IkGiw9

[Maria]

Hey there @gustavkj,

Thanks for raising this on the Community!

In this case, we recommend that you head over to this page and follow the steps under Report content that violates Spotify’s Platform Rules to report the tracks. While we can't give you an exact time frame for when it'll be looked into, this will get your report to the right folks so that they can have a closer look.

Let us know if you need anything else. Cheers!

[gustavkj]

Thanks for the answer!

Unfortunately, it was not that straight forward. I asked in the chat what option in the form to choose, and they suggested the "Report infringing or illegal content" option. But that assumes you are representing the artist or company, which I am not.

So, then I thought "Deceptive content" is kind of correct in this situation. But that form did not allow me to submit an album or track, and asked me to email Spotify support instead.

Instead of going this route, I managed to find an email address to the management team working with the artist and told them about the situation. They answered that they've reached out to their distributor, which hopefully can get this sorted with Spotify.