A hit song has been excluded from Sweden\u2019s official chart after it emerged the \u201cartist\u201d behind it was an AI creation.<\/p>\n
I Know, You\u2019re Not Mine \u2013 or Jag Vet, Du \u00c4r Inte Min<\/a> in Swedish \u2013 by a singer called Jacub has been a streaming success in Sweden, topping the Spotify rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, the Swedish music trade body has excluded the song from the official chart after learning it was AI-generated.<\/p>\n \u201cJacub\u2019s track has been excluded from Sweden\u2019s official chart, Sverigetopplistan, which is compiled by IFPI Sweden. While the song appears on Spotify\u2019s own charts, it does not qualify for inclusion on the official chart under the current rules,\u201d said an IFPI Sweden spokesperson.<\/p>\n Ludvig Werber, IFPI Sweden\u2019s chief executive, said: \u201cOur rule is that if it is a song that is mainly AI-generated, it does not have the right to be on the top list.\u201d<\/p>\n I Know, You\u2019re Not Mine is an acoustic guitar-led folk-pop song, and the artist\u2019s profile page on Spotify is illustrated by a sketch of a bearded, T-shirt-wearing man. The song has been streamed more than 5m times globally, including 200,000 plays in Sweden. It is part of a six-track EP called K\u00e4rleken \u00e4r Br\u00e4nd, or Love is Burned.<\/p>\n IFPI Sweden acted after an investigative journalist, Emanuel Karlsten, revealed the song was registered to a Danish music publisher called Stellar and that two of the credited rights holders worked in the company\u2019s AI department.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat emerges is a picture of a music publisher that wants to experiment with new music and new kinds of artists. Who likes to push the limits of the audience\u2019s tolerance threshold for artificial music and artificial artists,\u201d wrote Karlsten.<\/p>\n In a statement, Stellar said: \u201cThe artist Jacub\u2019s voice and parts of the music are generated with the help of AI as a tool in our creative process.\u201d<\/p>\n Stellar said it was \u201cfirst and foremost\u201d a music company run by creative professionals, not a tech or AI outfit. The company added that creating a hit had required \u201csomething different\u201d to simply prompting an AI tool to create a tune.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are passionate and experienced music professionals who have invested large amounts of time, energy and dedication in the songwriting and production of this release, and the creation has been a process that has been guided by a clear artistic vision,\u201d said the company.<\/p>\n Stellar said it was against \u201cAI music slop\u201d, the term for mass-produced AI content that is often nonsensical and surreal.<\/p>\n Spotify does not require music to be labelled as AI-generated, but has been cracking down on AI-made spam tracks<\/a> as every play more than 30 seconds long generates a royalty for the scammer behind it \u2013 and dilutes payments to legitimate artists.<\/p>\n Jacub is not the first AI artist to score a hit with audiences. A \u201cband\u201d called the Velvet Sundown amassed more than 1m streams on Spotify last year before it emerged the group was AI-generated<\/a>, including its promotional images and backstory as well as the music. Its most popular song has now accumulated 4m streams on the platform.<\/p>\n