No, it's not possible to make $1,200 a month by posting 30-second tracks on Spotify – its CEO says

• JP Morgan suggested that users could make over $14,000 a year by gaming Spotify's royalties system.
• Boss Daniel Ek said the lucrative side hustle wasn't possible as it was "not how our royalty system works."
• Spotify is battling a wave of fake music being uploaded to the platform, much of it generated by AI.

The boss of Spotify has shot down claims that users could make $1,200 a month by uploading 30-second songs to the streaming service.