I Paid $1,000 Dollars for Spotify Promotion.. this is what happened

Everyone in the music industry wants to know how to get playlisted on spotify. How to get on Spotify official playlists. Should I pay for playlisting on spotify? How important are spotify playlists? Is paying for Spotify playlisting illegal? How can I grow my spotify? Well I have wondered these questions myself. Although I am not an artist I wanted to run a little experiment to see if buying Spotify promotion would be worth it. I spent $1,000 on spotify playlisting and the results were actually way better than my gut expected. I did the same thing for Tik Tok and it was a total failure. I was hoping to have more luck on Spotify and I did significantly better! If you need music promotion tips, or music marketing tips, or spotify marketing tips, or a spotify promotion strategy: this video just may help you!
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[@marcellewis2969]

This dude is literally starting careers out here

[@eljay2983]

Him and tommy craze

[@eyadtamer7399]

@@eljay2983 factsss look lil loaded now

[@nomoregoodlife1255]

godda give a little to get a little

[@mr.donercrafthd2005]

It has 160k noe

[@acharich]

🔥🔥🔥

[@quadecaX8]

Dope idea!

[@PatrickCc]

Quadeca next video "I made Patrick Cc into a VIRAL RAPPER in 24 hours!"

[@XeroxZR]

oh hi quad

[@benparmele1621]

quadeca and frosty like what

[@apnoxu.]

@@PatrickCc lmao

[@7vndayz924]

Patrick Cc: bruh make that shit happen

[@bobbyfrog2137]

Current streams after 3 months of this vid Cursed: 37,428 Backend baby: 110,582 In my head: 329, 963

[@cokecl]

In my head Nov. 20 Update: 403,382 plays

[@drchopsticks]

December 4th Update: 430,313 plays

[@elitetv1735]

December 16th Update: 461,701 Plays

[@sylfix2680]

Best way to blow up is on Patrica KZbin lmao

[@matthewostrand617]

In my head Dec 29 Update: 510,471 plays

[@tensa-]

It’s at 128,000 now if anyone’s curious

[@acharich]

Dang..! 💣

[@CheerCaptain]

200+ now

[@No-Pressure-Only-Results]

@@CheerCaptain 🤯🤯🤯

[@goddamnit7257]

Reached 250k

[@ricogaras9613]

Now at 240,000

[@eugenetherapper4374]

He gave you permission, in other words, he said OKWE

[@PatrickCc]

I see what you did there 🥴

[@rek1472]

Underrated comment xD

[@Max-zl6up]

Patrick Cc: there was this guy that did this but instead of playlist advertisement he did it on Snapchat ads. I think his name was ert and the song name was “mental” he has 150k streams already but I don’t know how much he paid for the advertisement and how long it has been advertising. If you try this again what ert did would maybe be worth exploring

[@OniBass]

@@PatrickCc Can you make a video about how to reach out the big labels and how to make deals with them? For example I’m promoting music on my channel and I do that for free and for sure don’t earn money with this. How can I contact them to ask them for permission to upload their songs without copyright issues? I would be glad if you have any idea for this. Best regards Max

[@whitneyandrews2438]

@@OniBass Why would big labels make deals with small promoters that promote music as a hobby, what typa deal do you want? With all due respect, I really want to know

[@EllisLost]

We need more people like Patrick cc. Patrick is spending so much money to help smaller artists and is expecting nothing in return. The future will treat you well bro, keep it up!

[@PlatinumBeats]

Ayo Ellis lost, caught you!

[@dallaradrums]

expecting youtube ad revenue... lol

[@groovekingdom6552]

Yeah .....Imagine Artist blows up His life would change positively forever......

[@_bofu]

nothing in return? hes making money off of making this video

[@flipdip2133]

This is such a brilliant video. He analyzes how you can get publicity on Spotify, explaining the best ways to do it and what to aim for. Then he does the experiment on a small creator and gives him a ton of publicity in the process. On top of that he structures it in a digestible way and makes a fairly successful video out of it. Fucking props

[@4LIVEOFFICIAL]

"In My Head" is at 874K plays now - almost 1M in less than a year!

[@clementinelives]

@@ralissedarysv2497 fucking W

[@rga7099]

1,5 mil rn and another song whit over 2,1 mil

[@tecesphere]

@@rga7099 400000 monthly listeners❤️‍🔥

[@philiptaram]

It's almost 5mil now, it's insane!!!

[@GrizzlytheNatural]

Kev was like “nah son YOU fired”

[@z00m2]

Glizzy the Natural

[@yshbtv3321]

That's a fact..kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZPbmGmnZ8ZkgZo

[@ajknote3347]

tbh this was a fire idea, and it not only helps the artist you promoted, but teaches people how to promote themselves. You really bringing the community up with you and it's dope

[@yshbtv3321]

That's a fact..kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZPbmGmnZ8ZkgZo

[@ifellawake]

From what I've learned! Spotify's algorithm counts your streams --> saves ratio and have estimated an average ratio that can indicate fake streams or playlists with bots. If your ratio is extremely off, it's likely an indicator that you are getting fake streams from bots. Also regarding the terms and conditions of Spotify, paying upfront for guaranteed placement is definitely illegal and can get your profile as well as the playlist curator banned. But paying for playlist pluggers, which essentially sends your song to various legitimate playlists for you is allowed. Although this still doesn't guarantee placement. That is the difference, paying for guaranteed placement is illegal. Watch out for your streams to saves ratio, and playlist submit services are still allowed. Yet don't guarantee placement. Hope this helps! ^_^

[@Moretin]

Great comment!

[@brooklynhills]

Honestly I spent even more in my promos, but never got results like these 😂 So, your approach is actually one of the ways that could work. It’s interesting what will happen if you’d took one artist, create a 2021 release plan - and then started pushing every single during this year. That’s gonna be kinda big show, you should think about it ✊🏼🔥

[@amagmusic]

as you said, specific individuals’ playlists are amazing. My girl is a KZbinr and she put my song “Funeral” on a sad boy playlist and it’s at 500k+ on Spotify 🙏🏻

[@PatrickCc]

fucking fye!

[@yoyostarter4250]

which playlist, and by who? (if u dont mind of course :))

[@JoelBernstein]

What’s good Andrew 😂

[@armaniminhas]

nice man would u like to collab on a song im working on?

[@bradygromacki8967]

Yoo I was bumping this song before u even promoted it I'm hype

[@PatrickCc]

That’s lit!

[@francescocrucianelli6203]

Me too

[@samuelOPM]

How do u find small songs like that

[@bradygromacki8967]

@@samuelOPM I gotta playlist of underground music! If u want me to link it to u I will

[@nov23gbe]

Brady Gromacki link me bro

[@toolng1798]

He is like mr beast but instead of challenges he’s doing music promotion

[@acharich]

💣💣💣

[@craiginzana]

I used to do music videos for rappers and tried to get into helping them promote like this. There are so many money traps out there, thank you for creating this. Like you said, getting onto influencers' playlists is the best move if you can. Collabing with other artists that are just a bit bigger than you too (or just dropping crazy cash like Lil Dicky for Snoop).

[@Rooobert0101]

Yo patrick, i got a video idea: best hip hop memes or like a tier list video (bobby's hat, tyler and rocky being more than friends, etc.)

[@mdebyangel]

That would be a good video lowkey

[@PatrickCc]

I’ve tried a meme-style vid before and it didn’t do well. Also fantano is the king of memes, especially in hip hop. And also meme review is a pewdiepie classic. However, maybe I still could get away with it ?

[@mdebyangel]

@@PatrickCc I would say just do it. But always do what makes YOU happy! :)

[@toefue8393]

You can get away with that. A lot of KZbinrs do meme review.

[@sayonarabeats9048]

@@PatrickCc aight but it might be fun eventhough it don't do well..

[@PatrickCc]

There is another vid you should try out kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqPCe3aci7qFaKc Also, forgot to mention Kwe's monthly listeners. He went from 1k to 25k

[@jayisthename6252]

Patrick Cc: your dehydrated drink water

[@Swiizy-ve1pl]

Pat can u test try/ promote one of my songs that I know is a definite hit! I want you to hear it so badly‼️🤞🏾🤞🏾 my email is [e-mail] n my IG is @kuntakunle

[@Baitfishin]

This video helps... thank u for taking ur time and money to teach us

[@Alejandro_AT_]

Thanks!! Good Video!

[@dmarvanofficial6220]

Great tips Patrick. It's time to grow! This year gonna be an amazing year for my music! Thank you!

[@JoeyLuckyBoyNato]

student of the game

[@SamuelHaefner]

Patrick really out here posting the best video he’s ever done. now all we gotta do is track how many plays this video gets that song 🙌🏻

[@OurDarkestDecadePV]

Almost 300,000 listens as of now. That's absolutely phenomenal man April 2022. Almost two million, crazy what your platform can do Patrick

[@ryanwinter2683]

Started following you on Spotify back in April/May and Kwe is in my library because of you.

[@kwetheartist4946]

Don’t mind me just passing by reading these dope ass comments , S/O PatrickCC ! This some real genuine shit , Salûte to you 🙌🏿💯

[@roberiskindasleepy8721]

This kind of projects/studies are really interesting for artists and super entertaining for us and the interaction with you it feels close so keep it up the good work you're on the right path

[@MichaelsMultiverse]

Very dope that you did this bro! More videos like this one !!

[@Shelem304]

This was awesome. I paid $100 to get on a playlist a few months back and it was definitely fake because my engagement dropped back down immediately to how it was before. You definitely raised some good points for criteria to show if they're real or not. I'll be applying it to my searches in the future!

[@bensan5960]

@Patrick Cc: Mate ive been BANGING your playlists for like 2 months now. Youre my source of new underground wavy hip hop, you have great taste. I speak for the fans, we would love some more songs updated to the playlists please, ive drained everything on there for the last month lol. Love your content i wanna see you shine

[@yshbtv3321]

That's a fact..kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZPbmGmnZ8ZkgZo

[@evanperry8419]

VIDEO IDEA ALERT: Do a video similar to this but pay for promotion on youtube videos and see if they're actually worth it. Also, love the videos keep it up!

[@ayoonine]

Lets go. I like videos like these. Hella dope. Investing in yourself is important.

[@TheEncouragementKid]

Good advice, I like your attitude! And yes I'd be happy with that outcome!

[@TysonHoyle]

You’re a legend, my fluffy haired brother

[@PatrickCc]

My hair do be fluffy

[@yes.2038]

@@PatrickCc lol

[@Brockway.]

I love this type of content that you're putting out. helping artists and is very entertaining too. keep it up Patrick

[@vincentaugustus2748]

love this video man, thank you!

[@Jprinx]

😊😊😊I love what you are doing testing out these

[@therealchade]

I've done this on a much smaller scale for 2 of my songs, $20-40 for each song, 15k and 10k streams respectively. No real growth on other platforms for that price, but definitely better numbers.

[@ichigoichiebeats]

Which playlists did you reach out to?

[@acharich]

💣💣💣

[@therealchade]

@@ichigoichiebeats shopstreamstation on Instagram

[@therealchade]

@The Office Extended shopstreamstation on instagram

[@lukasneitzert7898]

That sounds suspiciously low

[@419tommyy]

Yoooo, I remember when you first played his song on your stream, dope song!!hope he blows up soon🙏🔥

[@DrVinylBcn]

Love it man and this guy is dope !

[@WyattCody]

This content is so brilliant, love the ingenuity to promote your own work and seamlessly offer benefit for other artists! Nice

[@BuldMully]

You put more effort into your videos than half these massive KZbin’s out here and it really shows, I absolutely love the content PLEASEEEE keep it up.🥴😳

[@justsidekicks9664]

I think a lot of the other 20k streams came from Spotify algorithmic playlists like "Discover Weekly" or "My Daily Mix." FIRE vid Patrick thanks

[@jakespeakz]

please do this more man! really appreciate man! you are awesome!!!

[@sylfix2680]

Bro kwe is so good. Been watching for a minute

[@antonpax]

Thank you for doing this man I’m sure it’s going to help a lot of people. I admire your dedication to helping the smaller artists, even through your continued growth.

[@Skooby]

i want to see tommy craze do this, the songs will just blowup from being in the video lool

[@charlieperlman1107]

Fax

[@Luck-jl3hp]

You didnt understand the video

[@isaacomotayo4294]

Hello patrick. that was a incredible dope idea. I really love it. Thank you very much. u just gave someone a job

[@jasommike432]

awesome video !!!!!! so impressed !! great job 🙌🔥

[@voiceofamor]

Pat needs to drop that spreadsheet fr.

[@PatrickCc]

🤪

[@oitsendless]

@@PatrickCc Can we get it?!?!?!?!

[@acharich]

Yes please..! 💯 Was gonna ask for it too.. 📝

[@J4yDiZz1e]

Kev was runnin up wit the green screen I’m shook asf

[@stillflyergo]

A legend in the comment section fr ^^^

[@juliasteinweh-adler5288]

Great video, thank you!!

[@tuffycampbell]

I’m a musician like most of us watching. I dont speak for everyone. But I would 100% make the deal if i knew it was YOU promoting the music with these playlists. At the end of the day, all musicians want out of management/advertising is someone who cares and believes in the music. Great video.

[@ohlixis]

Great content fr‼️🤘🏼

[@kohrey]

Artist looking at this who are considering playlists, use them sparingly. Don’t put too much of your budget into them because the traffic doesn’t translate well to everything else. Spend your money on things that spread your content first, and then use playlists to add to that 🤧

[@amethystchoke8466]

Things like what?

[@ShotsMerkzAll]

@@amethystchoke8466 influencer ads, ig/fb and make some dope merch, get it popping on pinterest because pinterest has crazy conversions (50 dollar per product is the average sale) you can also target cheaper countries for ads like brazil but i only suggest this if you're making music that they would enjoy. i wouldn't do too much youtube promotion at the beginning

[@JustAnotherHipHopHead]

That was really cool of u! And that song was doooope

[@RafaelAAMerlo]

Just passing to say thanks. I'm marathoning your videos, you really have a nice free database of knowledge. I don't know how it'll apply to my genre (Metal, which is defficient of content like this AT ALL), but I'll share my journey in the comments in new videos as your subscriber ^^

[@mosespf]

i think it was 100% worth it,eventually all that money will come back around because of all the exposure...i mean it was a huge increase in streams. many artist struggle to go from 1k to 10k streams,let alone 50k! idk if Kwe had other songs doing those numbers,but it’s definitely worth it if it gets u to those numbers first and foremost

[@PatrickCc]

He didn’t have any other songs doing those numbers or even close. I think his biggest song had 3-5k and it had 2 features on it

[@stefanieveras1481]

candy-addicted on spotify

[@theoppositeofsad]

yall got robbed.. thank you for this I know to stay away from these playlists lmaooo... I spent about $600 and now i make about $100 a month off my streams and im over 250k plays on my songs.. thanks for this video that was hella nice of you to do that for underground artists 🙏

[@onelove8885]

Hey, how is the money given to you? Do you like link a card with an account or something?

[@theoppositeofsad]

@@onelove8885 your distributor pays you, if you have questions hmu on IG @theoppositeofsad

[@sazhane7694]

Hey

[@frapucheno2726]

I wonder who you went through

[@theoppositeofsad]

@@frapucheno2726 DM

[@nathanwilson4116]

This dude is awesome, actually putting in work into the videos to make the video entertaining and fun!!!

[@albertoechezabal2354]

Saw this tonight check his spotify. Boy really did blow up, good for him man. And dope vid concept

[@blessed_mp3]

I’d use chartmetric to see more data on playlists like average plays and that. Way more better of an investment

[@elijahmoon]

facts 👆🏾

[@musicalmusicianguy]

I see you helping run a label one day lol

[@SeanGrantstormpinball]

This was fascinating! Thank you for sharing the knowledge! I appreciate how detailed and thorough your analysis was here, you're saving people a lot of time and money with these kinds of insights!

[@stefanieveras1481]

candy-addicted on spotify

[@_lowdoses]

this helped out hella man thank you

[@PinoyBoy4797]

BROOOOOO YOU PUT THIS SONG ON?!?! I was on my way to Ohio from NY (3 hour drive) and i always play random rap playlist and found this song. Its on my playlist LMFAOOOOO

[@oliverotto556]

Yo patrick, listen to Don Louie he's super underrated out of Philly and deserves to go mainstream

[@Universe88productions]

I really appreciate you doing this video man big respect.

[@chuk8613]

So many videos and people out there who do "here's how the music industry works" type stuff and it's usually corny af... but this is first time I felt like I genuinely learned something for real and you're an authentic smart dude. really like ur approach and set up. Keem em comin bro!

[@kaizenkltr]

IDEA: get an artist from a really unknown country like where im from (swaziland), with >1000 plays and see what promotion ill get them!!

[@jekkt]

swaziland gang, send me some of that good weed u got there

[@pjdj7870]

Patrick plz listen to Pasto Flocco, he is highly underrated and so good

[@twistedaudio9037]

pasto flocco yeeeeaaah

[@zepp.5784]

Better than lil tecca

[@InfinityBando]

pasto up next

[@Mulubi]

Lmao pasto my friend bro we been talkin for almost 2 weeks now Ong he needs to grow

[@BiggjakeMusic]

I appreciated the detailed step by step examples on how to submit to playlists and the result. As a new artist this helped shed some light on my own release strategy

[@NizziWoods]

Thanks for this video!

[@coleisinthewoods620]

Love u daddy. Sippen water while I watch ♥️♥️

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

Cole R be careful

[@DuFREAKY]

bro???

[@PatrickCc]

Sus but appreciate the support nonetheless

[@pd2gm312]

Fun Fact: Kwe is now verified on Spotify and his song In My Head currently has 833k streams

[@brandonchan9507]

Damn Kwe was cool asf. Really well put together video. Subbed.

[@Eddie_Music611]

Awesome video man keep up the great work 🔥🔥🔥

[@rouevalentino]

You should try $1,000 on instagram story promo, that usually works for my remixes so imagine an original. &you get more detailed information on who listened.

[@ArchanistMusic]

so youre sayin that, you can pay spotify to pay you?

[@groovekingdom6552]

Well...not really paying spotify itself.....paying to be heard by those whose playlist or songs the combine and post that:::::with people liking their playlist....So you have your song in there and you certan to get heard rather just waiting that people will randomly find a song you just put on spotify to be played.....and played big time....pay....yes....but their better ways to blow up all not just get played on spotify.....And money may really not be required....

[@acharich]

It's kinda like paying KZbin influencers to feature ur track on KZbin.. KZbin will pay u for the views gained afterwards but it wasn't KZbin u paid.. 🔑

[@JustMakeHitGroup]

You help Spotify making money with ads on your streams songs, so they share their revenues with you. It's a business/win win partnership

[@cypresssoundz1223]

great info. thx💪🏽

[@stephen6272]

This video is so well done! Gj man

[@ShermanSmithVEVO]

Which One is Better Orion Promotion or PVLYPLYST ?

[@julienbelsi4155]

Orion is better!

[@simonaknian9112]

Nice video Patrick But maybe you have to also try Orion Promotion .com , i tried both but they had given me the best and organic exposurece

[@CM-hb9ob]

@@simonaknian9112 sound fair

[@CM-hb9ob]

@@simonaknian9112 fake

[@CailX]

Great vid bro like always 🔥💯A few weeks ago I spent around 50$ on Instagram meme accounts for my KZbin channel promotion. Their accounts have around 150k followers, and I only gained around 10-15 subs. It was a rip off. And they probably just bought their followers or something😕

[@PatrickCc]

F in chat. But At least you learned

[@CailX]

Patrick Cc: yup🔥💯😅

[@NiNjAwiththeBrikx]

Organic feedback is a great thing for artists, im digging your content Patrick CC. Stay Hydrated!!

[@stefanieveras1481]

candy-addicted on spotify

[@jarrodfortuin5747]

You should do an Apple Music , SoundCloud and Tidal video like this ! Great video !

[@BarkinGoodStuff]

Great video. I'd say the money is worth it, but the big variable is being able to to recreate Patrick's work. How many people are going to be able to analyze playlists and make good decisions on which ones to drop money for and which ones to skip? That's a lot of work. I'd be curious, in addition to the $1000 going to the playlists, how much would Patrick value his work? If you were going to do this service for artists how much would you charge?

[@PatrickCc]

I wouldn’t do this service for artists. Because if a true artist is taking their career seriously they wouldn’t need to pay someone to do it. They would put in the leg work

[@joshualifemusic]

The strategy of emailing the playlists is very good, but never start with offering payment. I got my song to 32k streams first week and didn't pay a single curator. If they like your song and see the potential they will add it to their playlist. If they want to get paid for it they'll tell you, but you're already starting from a $0 standpoint and they won't be dealing with someone who mentioned paying in the first place so negotiation will be much easier. Lastly, write about yourself on Genius, have friends post about you on social media (it will appear on Google search results) and promote yourself on Spotify Community, PEOPLE ACTUALLY CHECK YOUR STUFF OUT ON THERE. I grew from 120 monthly listeners to almost 400 in 2 days only posting my links on Spotify Community and asking people to add me to their playlists. CHEAP SEO & PROMO.

[@devinscott7566]

This is really interesting, how do you use Spotify community to gain listeners?

[@huizarfilms7394]

This is really dope! Good on you brother!

[@youngblackkobe2228]

Your videos are 🔥🔥🔥 when you blow it's going to crazy

[@koe9652]

ima guess... its jelani damn i was wrong

[@PatrickCc]

Can’t be that predictable!

[@zepp.5784]

I was too sure it would be him, that I almost wrote that he's tryin 2 hard to blow him up, b4 I even watched the video

[@mattlender2127]

Lmao, it's not allowed to sell placements so I wonder how many of those lists are gonna get the big old ban.

[@Maniiiwho]

you definitely earned a a sub bro, this was exciting to watch

[@jimmyskoog]

This was a super interesting concept and I really enjoyed the video. I’m an independent artist working playlists myself so I could relate to this for sure. Thanks for great content bro 🔥 much love from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@oneacis]

“too sad” smh all i make is sad music 😔

[@SooWooLifeDrako]

Add it to sad playlists. They got more streams than these

[@KYB_KD]

The person that remained anonymous was him💯😂😂😭

[@SAMUEL4MUSIC]

dope video bro ! im new here butalready know im going to lern alot! thanks

[@allenhayesmusic]

Just discovered your channel. I’ve gotta say: Really good pragmatic insight and content!

[@mug1835]

I’m gonna guess it jelani imani before I watch the rest of the vid

[@bensan5960]

not a bad guess hes underatted as f. Found him through Pats playlists too hes FIYAA and very unique, fresh sound

[@neotic7116]

"I don't make music myself" yeah ok Lil Runaway 🙄🙄

[@corruptedkvng3656]

This lowkey helped me find ways of promoting more I didn’t know anything about the contact bio. Thank you bro

[@mpbangamusic9673]

Dope video! ....If my music was in the same genre, Id probably reach out to the same playlisters you mentioned (well the better performing ones). But since this video, the prices have probably sky rocketed lol