Why Isn’t Garth Brooks on Spotify

Spotify is the biggest digital music and podcast app but it still lacks some of the biggest artists.

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Some artists just don’t like Spotify, mainly because of their artist compensation policies.

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Garth Brooks is one of them.

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Until 2016, Amazon somehow convinced Garth Brook to release his album on Amazon Music Unlimited.

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Garth Brooks values radio play which even helped him in his early career. Garth has mainly 2 objections to the music streaming services:

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He believes that these services don’t pay enough to those who create content.

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See what Garth Brooks Says About Spotify!

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