>>127153460 (OP)>FRANCE...I've been told by Frenchies that the government provides subsidies to African (and maybe Middle Eastern?) musicians in France.
Also, apparently radio stations and streaming services are incentivized to stream those same artists.
which marginalizes actual French artists, of course
but I guess we expect as much now.
what a shame.
how did we get here?
tl;dr French music data is ALLEGEDLY a result of government interference