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# No, you can’t make $1200 monthly playing a song on repeat, says Spotify CEO
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/no-you-cant-make-1200-monthly-putting-a-song-on-repeat-says-spotify-ceo/
- Published: 2023-09-12T15:28:50.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-12T15:30:19.000Z
- Description: A new analysis by JP Morgan showed that an artist could earn $1,200 a month in royalties if they upload a 30-second or longer track and then play it on. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/09/no-you-cant-make-1200-monthly-putting-a-song-on-repeat-says-spotify-ceo.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

A new analysis by JP Morgan showed that an artist could earn $1,200 a month in royalties if they upload a 30-second or longer track and then play it on constant repeat.

This latest tale of streaming manipulation comes at a time when criminal gangs involved in shootings and bombings in Sweden are reportedly [using fake ](https://www.hypebot.com/criminal-gangs-use-fake-spotify-streams-to-launder-money-says-swedish-newspaper-investigation/)[S](https://www.hypebot.com/criminal-gangs-use-fake-spotify-streams-to-launder-money-says-swedish-newspaper-investigation/)[potify streams to launder money](https://www.hypebot.com/criminal-gangs-use-fake-spotify-streams-to-launder-money-says-swedish-newspaper-investigation/).

Aside from the possibility that Spotify could flag it as unusual and banned activity, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek quickly took to X / Twitter to debunk the story – though he did not offer an alternative calculation.

**Bruce Houghton* is the Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/), a Senior Advisor at [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com), President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com), and a [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com) professor.*