'We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis,' the royal couple added. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a statement that denounced the 'global misinformation crisis' and revealed that they contacted Spotify last year 'about the all too real consequences of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform.' But none of that speculation has come to fruition yet. The mounting opposition to Spotify has also sparked rumors that various big names - from Foo Fighters and Barry Manilow to Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle - will be the next to walk. Others have since followed the 'Heart of Gold' hitmaker's lead - most notably singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, 78, who belongs to the same label as Young, 76, and entered the folk-rock scene around the same time as her contemporary.

Yet my stood with me, recognizing the threat the COVID misinformation on SPOTIFY posed to the world - particularly for our young people who think everything they hear on SPOTIFY is true,' Young declared on his website. “Spotify represents 60% of the streaming of my music to listeners around the world.

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