Soundcloud has been, for many years, the preferred platform for artists to release their music. The company recently started their paid tier where users can subscribe to hear full versions of songs from artists while those on a free plan can only listen to a 30 second preview.
But yesterday, Soundcloud messed up really badly when it accidentally leaked tons of private tracks of several artists by mistake. Some of them found out about it through social media when fans started informing them.
https://twitter.com/ZAXXOfficial/status/773586555449532416
https://twitter.com/Madeaux/status/773622182727475200
https://twitter.com/itsmarkjohns/status/773613180333404160
So far, we haven’t seen any tracks from major artists surface on the internet but who knows, that might change. Let’s hope the material is safe. The company blamed the goof up on a “coding error” which took place during maintenance work on their servers. Here’s the full message sent to those whose music might have leaked:
