Spotify Lets Artists Block AI Tracks From Profiles

Spotify is beta-testing Artist Profile Protection, a tool that lets musicians review and approve releases before they appear on their official profiles. If an artist rejects a track, it won't show up in their discography, won't count toward stats, and won't feed into recommendation algorithms. The scale of the problem is real - Sony Music reported over 135,000 AI-generated tracks impersonating its artists across streaming platforms. Spotify has called artist identity protection a top priority for 2026. The timing is notable given that Google just launched Lyria 3 Pro with licensed training data and SynthID watermarking, while Suno and Udio remain in active copyright litigation. Platforms are being forced to build attribution infrastructure they never needed before AI music generators existed.