If the songs resonate with listeners, they'll be tried in similar sessions, but if they don't perform well, Spotify said it will pull the songs back from the experiment. “We believe our recommendations should also be informed by artists-their priorities and what they have to say about their music,” the company wrote in its blog post. Spotify hasn't mentioned how much lower the rate will be. Instead, labels or right holders will be required to agree to be paid a promotional recording royalty rate for streams in the personalised listening sessions where this service is provided. The music streaming platform won't charge a fee for this service, as it wrote in a blog post that it wants the tool to be accessible to artists at any stage of their career. Spotify will apply this service on Radio and Autoplay initially, after which it will expand it to other sections, depending on feedback.

In this experiment, artists and labels can identify music that's a priority for them and Spotify's system will add that signal to the algorithm that determines personalised listening sessions.

Spotify will soon test giving artists more of a say in how their music is discovered.

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