Artists Busted for Trying to Manipulate Hype Machine's Charts
Published Jul 06, 2009
Oh, the things some people will do for money, or a bit of fleeting digitized fame. MP3 blog aggregator Hype Machine has discovered that several artists, or those involved with the artists, have been creating fake accounts and favoring their tracks in an attempt to get higher visibility on the website, and perhaps a place on the site's "popular" page. But, as Hypebot.com reports [via The Daily Swarm], it didn't work out so well for the bands and the good folks at Hype Machine have not only nipped this problem in the bud but they've released a list of the guilty artists. And, of course, being the train-wreck lovers that we are, we cannot wait one second more to unveil said list. So, here it is.
Artists named by Hype Machine for abusing the site to get higher ratings:
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Alexander Technique / Princess Superstar
Audiofun
Big Dope P
Burns
Caroline Reese
Death to the Throne
Decimals
Destructo
Disco Ruido
Emil & Friends
Flapsandwich
fragglerock
Foulhouse
Gareth Pearson
Girl Problems
Hot Knives
John Roman
Kid Legit
Kids at the Bar
La Zebra
Master Shortie
Meech
Messkid
Mustard Pimp
Religion
Richie Jamz
Sikki Kidz
Sonic Truth
Star Guitar
Streetlab
Super Milkmen
The Constellations
The Grenade
The Knocks
The Muscle Club
The Pragmatic
The Vanish
Three Fingers
VIKING
Weekend Warriors
Sonic Truth? Mustard Pimp? Either the joke's on all of us or attempting to boost their visibility really, really didn't work.