A coalition of major record labels—including Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group—is pushing for artificial intelligence-generated tracks to be excluded from global music charts. The effort seeks to establish new regulations that would require only predominantly human-created songs to be eligible for chart positions, with any AI involvement being verifiably lawful. This push comes as AI-generated songs have begun climbing major charts, and reflects ongoing legal disputes in which labels like Sony are suing AI music generators such as Suno and Udio for allegedly training their systems on copyrighted recordings without consent.

The scale of AI music creation has become substantial, with tens of thousands of AI-generated tracks uploaded to streaming platforms daily. Spotify previously removed over 75 million tracks identified as low-quality or spammy uploads. In response to these developments, industry organisations including the Recording Industry Association of America and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry have proposed standardised labeling systems to identify AI-generated or AI-assisted music in streaming services, with Apple already implementing similar transparency tags. Meanwhile, AI music tools have grown increasingly sophisticated and accessible, with services like Google's Lyria Pro 3 enabling users to create full-length tracks from simple text prompts.