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Labels, Artist Groups Press Streamers to Label AI-Made Songs

July 10, 2026 at 07:07 EDT

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A coalition of record labels and artist groups is pressing streaming giants including Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal to label AI-generated music. As generative AI tools flood platforms with mass-produced tracks, the industry is being forced to confront questions of authenticity and how royalties should be shared.

June 25, 2026 · Streaming & AI Music

Tidal Will Flag AI-Made Songs — And Pay Them Nothing

From July 15, Tidal will mark wholly AI-generated tracks with an icon and exclude them from royalties — as labels and 31 artist groups press every major platform to confront a flood of machine-made music.

~20%

of Deezer's daily uploads are detected as AI — roughly 30,000 tracks a day

70%

of Deezer streams found illegitimate, driven by bots

artist groups demanding "meaningful consent" on AI rights

How much of streaming is AI?

Two platforms, two very different pictures — each block ≈ 2%.

~20%

Deezer
daily uploads

<1%

Apple Music
weekly plays

Where the platforms stand

Tidal

Detects & labels wholly AI-generated tracks

No royalties

Spotify

Declaration-based disclosure (DDEX)

Paid as usual

Apple Music

Optional AI transparency tag on declaration

Paid as usual

Deezer

Early AI detection/tagging, cut from playlists

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Supporters say

Protects real artists' livelihoods
Lets listeners tell human work from AI
Curbs spam uploads & bot-driven royalty fraud

Critics warn

Paying AI creators nothing is a "dangerous precedent"
Detection is imperfect — risk of false positives
AI-as-a-tool for artists could be over-restricted

What Tidal's policy covers

Wholly AI-generated

AI icon shown · excluded from royalties (from July 15)

Substantially AI-made

Coverage to expand as detection improves

Fraudulent uploads

False declarations & impersonation blocked or removed

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