Spotify Confirms Streaming Fraud on Malcolm Todd's #1 Song After Kalshi Trader Flags Irregularities
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Danielle Chelosky
4h ago· 2 min readenNews
Summary
A Kalshi prediction market trader, Caleb Davies, flagged suspicious streaming numbers for Malcolm Todd's song "Earrings" on Spotify, which had briefly hit #1 on the Global Daily chart with 4.165 million streams. After Davies brought the anomaly to Spotify's attention, the streaming service confirmed fraud and deleted over 500,000 streams, dropping the song to #4. Davies has previously been covered by Rolling Stone and The New York Times for his success with prediction markets.
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StereogumSpotify Confirms Streaming Fraud on Malcolm Todd's #1 Song After Kalshi Trader Flags Irregularitiesstereogum.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledMalcolm Todd — the Steve Lacy-esque alt-pop artist and brother to fellow rising star Audrey Hobert — was awarded his first #1 song on Spotify when 'Earrings' topped the Global Daily singles chart with 4.165 million streams.
After a Kalshi trader noticed something suspicious about the numbers, he brought up the matter with the streaming service, who confirmed fraud and deleted more than 500,000 of the song's streams, leaving it at #4.
The Kalshi trader, Caleb Davies, has been covered in outlets like Rolling Stone and The New York Times for his success with prediction markets.
Tuesday, Malcolm Todd — the Steve Lacy-esque alt-pop artist and brother to fellow rising star Audrey Hobert — was awarded his first #1 song on Spotify when “Earrings” topped the Global Daily singles chart with 4.165 million streams. However, after a Kalsh
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