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\nAI-generated songs are creeping onto the music charts in various scenes.
\nPhoto: Unslpash\n<\/p>\n
A country-music song featuring a male singer’s voice generated by artificial intelligence reached the top of the US charts for the first time this week.<\/p>\n
“Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust – an artist with no identity but widely reported by US media to be powered by generative AI technology – made it to the top spot on Billboard magazine’s chart ranking digital sales of country songs, according to data published Monday (local time).<\/p>\n
AI-generated songs are creeping onto the music charts in various scenes, and country music – a uniquely American genre made famous by artists like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks – is no exception.<\/p>\n
On its social media and streaming profiles, Breaking Rust does not claim to have used AI to create their hit song.<\/p>\n
But the fact that the voice on the track is not associated with any singer’s name – and that the group’s illustrations, photos and clips were clearly created by artificial intelligence – has led the music industry to label Breaking Rust an AI artist.<\/p>\n
Several AI music identification software tools used by AFP all indicated, with a probability ranging from 60 to 90 percent, that “Walk My Walk” was indeed a song generated by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
The credits of the track mention Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor as the songwriter – a name that only appears online in association with the group Def Beats AI, which is clearly identified as an AI project.<\/p>\n
The creators of the Breaking Rust Instagram page did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Since the advent of AI generative platforms dedicated to music, such as Suno or Udio, songs entirely created with artificial intelligence have been proliferating on streaming platforms.<\/p>\n
In July, the creators of the Velvet Sundown project confirmed that the classic rock group was indeed a product of AI, after one of its tracks surpassed 1 million listens.<\/p>\n
In September, the AI singer Xania Monet, whose genre is R&B and soul music, became the first virtual artist to enter the bestselling charts in the United States.<\/p>\n
A small record label, Hallwood Media, signed Xania Monet to their label for an amount estimated at US$3 million by several American media outlets.<\/p>\n
A young woman in her thirties from Mississippi, Telisha Jones, has since revealed that she used Suno to produce Xania Monet’s songs.<\/p>\n
To date, Deezer is the only major audio platform to systematically label tracks entirely generated by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
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