<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 7 Sept 2026 at 16:41, <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi BillK, ja I know the visuals are AI. It isn't hard to tell: that<br>> white-haired girl dancing with grandpa is just a little too perfect, and the<br>> child dancing and playing all those instruments is pre-perfection (by about<br>> three decades.)<br>><br>> What I don't for sure know is if the song was written by AI, and whether the<br>> voice is AI generated. I think it is ja to both, and if so.... dang, it is<br>> good. Most of the music listening I do is while driving, where there is no<br>> visual content, only audio. This is the first example of AI-generated audio<br>> I would cheerfully listen to in my car.<br>><br>> spike<br><div>>-----------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">Hi Spike</div><br></div><div>It is very likely the song is AI-generated.</div><div>AI songs have reached top ten lists for some years now.</div><div>See below.</div><div>BillK</div><div><br></div><div>Perplexity AI -</div><div></div><div><p>Yes — AI-generated songs have reached top‑ten positions on several official and dedicated charts.</p><h2 id="m_9074961034312445452gmail-key-examples">Key examples</h2><ul><li><p><b>Australia (ARIA Singles Chart):</b> An AI cover of Madonna’s <i>Like a Prayer</i> by Josh Fawaz peaked at <b>No. 2</b> and spent <b>16 weeks in the top 10</b> before ARIA announced a ban on “substantially AI‑made” tracks from its charts.<span></span><br></p></li><li><p><b>Billboard genre charts (US):</b> Breaking Rust’s fully AI‑generated country song <b>“Walk My Walk”</b> hit <b>No. 1</b> on Billboard’s <b>Country Digital Song Sales</b> chart in November 2025, and the act also appeared in Spotify’s Viral 50.<span></span><br></p></li><li><p><b>iTunes charts (multiple countries):</b> IngaRose’s AI‑generated single <b>“Celebrate Me”</b> (made with Suno) reached <b>No. 1</b> on the US iTunes chart and several other national iTunes charts in April 2026, with multiple IngaRose tracks in the top 100.<span></span><br></p></li><li><p><b>Dedicated AI charts:</b> Services like <b>SIQA</b> and <b>AiMCharts</b> publish weekly “Top 10/Top 100 AI Songs” lists; for example, the SIQA Top 100 AI Songs for the week of 1 September 2026 includes titles such as <i>Let Me Be</i>, <i>RUBBERZ</i>, and <i>GG EZ</i> in its top three.</p></li></ul><h2 id="m_9074961034312445452gmail-context">Context</h2><ul><li><p>Some mainstream charts now distinguish between <b>AI‑assisted</b> (human lead vocals/lyrics/instruments) and <b>substantially AI‑generated</b> tracks. ARIA’s 2026 rule change explicitly allows the former but bars the latter from topping its charts.<span></span><br></p></li><li><p>Billboard has allowed AI acts on certain genre and sales/airplay charts (e.g., country, R&B, gospel), though there have been controversies and at least one reported case where an AI track predicted to enter the <b>Hot 100</b> was withheld amid legal disputes.</p></li></ul><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">------------------------------------</span></div></div>
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