How a silent album earned a funk band over $20,000
In short: In 2014, the American funk band Vulfpeck released an entirely silent album on Spotify. This video explores the story of Sleepify and how this unconventional release became the band's highest-earning project on the streaming service.
The project, titled Sleepify, pushed the concept of musical silence to its logical extreme. By releasing an album containing no sound on Spotify, the band managed to generate a significant payout from the streaming platform.
The experiment resulted in the band earning just over $20,000, marking their most successful release on the service up to that point. This unusual financial success continued until Spotify eventually removed the silent album from its platform.
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