It sounds like the Fake Artists thing which is designed to make sure Spotify gets all the money and does not have to pay royalties. They basically either have

It sounds like the Fake Artists thing which is designed to make sure Spotify gets all the money and does not have to pay royalties. They basically either have salaried/contracted musicians or pay a one time fee without royalties to make passable songs in every genre. Then they push their own songs in lists so people will listen to them more than "real" artists. https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/fake-artists-have-billions-of-streams-on-spotify-is-sony-now-playing-the-service-at-its-own-game-834746/ https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/fake-artists-have-...