{"id":11943,"date":"2026-04-30T19:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=11943"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:11:28","slug":"why-your-favorite-artist-has-a-green-check-on-their-spotify-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=11943","title":{"rendered":"Why your favorite artist has a green check on their Spotify profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>When browsing social media it is sometimes hard to discern reality from AI. Is a video of bunnies jumping on a trampoline at night real-life? <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/bunnies-jumping-trampoline-viral-video-ai-concern-rcna223637\">Probably not<\/a>. But while some of us are stuck trying to figure out the authenticity of visual content, Spotify is jumping ahead to help users know if who they are listening to is actually human.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>The streaming giant\u2019s newest feature, Verified by Spotify, gives artists who have been reviewed by Spotify a mint-green check beside their profile. The company evaluates robust criteria to determine a profile\u2019s authenticity and trust, including data related to listener activity, engagement over time, and an identifiable artist presence in and outside of Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll pair these standards with human review and judgment to identify real artists behaving in good-faith, not just filtering out bad actors, giving you a more reliable signal of the authentic artistry behind the music,\u201d Spotify said of the announcement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">[Image: Spotify]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They added, \u201cIn today\u2019s music landscape, the concept of artist authenticity is complex and quickly evolving, and we\u2019ll continue to develop our approach over time.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"content-chunk\">\n<p>Users will be able to see the badges in the coming weeks, with the company claiming they ensured that \u201cmore than 99% of the artists Spotify listeners actively search for will be verified,\u201d at its launch on April 30.<\/p>\n<p>The new feature follows a series of added safeguards for listeners as AI scams proliferate in the music industry. <\/p>\n<p>Take a recently published song by country singer Blaze Foley on Spotify which turns out was <em>not<\/em> by the singer\u2014he\u2019s been dead for over two decades\u2014and was instead generated and published using AI. This practice has become increasingly common for scammers who seek to claim royalties from streaming services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91534913\/what-is-the-green-check-on-spotify-verification\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When browsing social media it is sometimes hard to discern reality from AI. Is a video of bunnies jumping on a trampoline at night real-life? Probably not. But while some of us are stuck trying to figure out the authenticity of visual content, Spotify is jumping ahead to help users know if who they are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand-spotlights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}