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title: 'Weird Al' Yankovic Roasts Spotify in Year-End Wrapped Video
url: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/weird-al-yankovic-spotify-wrapped-video-criticism-1234905887/
hash_url: 1ac69ff7b6913bfc4298d9ec0365ca5b

<p class="article-excerpt larva // lrv-a-font-body-xl lrv-u-padding-b-075 u-letter-spacing-n006@mobile-max u-width-90p@tablet u-width-85p@desktop u-width-80p@desktop-xl">"If I’m doing the math right that means I earned $12"</p>

<p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   "><span class="lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-012">The holiday season</span>  is upon us again, which can only mean one thing: an onslaught of <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/spotify/" id="auto-tag_spotify" data-tag="spotify">Spotify</a> Wrapped posts on social media. But not everyone is a proponent of the streaming service, which is notoriously bad at paying musicians. </p>


<p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   ">This year, many popular artists recorded videos for their top fans, including <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/taylor-swift/" id="auto-tag_taylor-swift" data-tag="taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a>, <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/bad-bunny/" id="auto-tag_bad-bunny" data-tag="bad-bunny">Bad Bunny</a>, and “Weird Al” Yankovic. Yankovic had some choice words in his message, which was shared by amused fans on X, formerly Twitter. </p>


<p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   ">It’s my understanding that I had over 80 million streams on Spotify this year,” Yankovic said in his video. “So, if I’m doing the math right that means I earned $12. Enough to get myself a nice sandwich at a restaurant.”</p>


<p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   ">He added, “So from the bottom of my heart, thanks for your support and thanks for the sandwich.” 
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<p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   ">Earlier this week, Spotify <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-top-artist-spotify-2023-1234902602/">unveiled</a> its end-of-year<a rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" href="https://www.spotify.com/us/wrapped/?destination=datastories" target="_blank"> Spotify Wrapped data</a>, which placed Taylor Swift at the top of the list of the most-streamed artists both globally and in the United States. It marked the first time Swift has topped the year-end artist global chart in her career.
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<p class="paragraph larva // lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   ">Worldwide, the singer tallied more than 26.1 billion streams, dethroning last year’s chart leader Bad Bunny, who landed in second place this year after finishing atop the chart the previous three years. Also making an appearance on the ranking is Lana Del Rey, who collaborated with Swift on <em><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-midnights-1234611211/">Midnights</a></em>‘ “<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-taylor-swift-snow-on-the-beach-interview-1234892236/">Snow on the Beach</a>” and released her album <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/lana-del-rey-did-you-know-theres-a-tunnel-under-ocean-blvd-2-1234702893/"><em>Did You Know There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd</em></a> in March.

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