Article 6KF88 Swedish composer becomes Spotify’s most-famous musician you’ve never heard of

Swedish composer becomes Spotify’s most-famous musician you’ve never heard of

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Miranda Bryant in Stockholm
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Johan Rohr's 2,700 songs have been streamed 15bn times and have more plays than Britney Spears or Abba

A secret" composer who has released music under hundreds of different names has been identified as Sweden's most-listened-to artist on Spotify - pulling in more plays than Britney Spears or Abba.

Johan Rohr, a Stockholm-based musician, has been unmasked as the person behind more than 650 different artists on the streaming service who have been played 15bn times, making him Sweden's current most-played artist.

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