AI & Music

What AI is changing in music

How much AI music gets made, what listeners actually choose, and how artists are putting AI to work.

Made vs. listened

Lots of AI music gets uploaded. Listeners still pick people.

Daily uploads that are AI · Jan 2026
~39%
Daily uploads that are AI · peak days Jul 2026
>50%
Share of streams that are AI
1–3%

Deezer, 100% AI-generated tracks only; about 90,000 per day by June 2026. Sources: Deezer Newsroom (29 Jan 2026, 21 Jul 2026).

The charts

Where AI shows up at the top

0
AI-generated songs in the global Top 250 (weeks 1–24 of 2026)
Luminate Midyear Report 2026.
#282
Highest AI-assisted song: “Papaoutai (Afro Soul)”, Chill77 / Unjaps
210.7M global streams. AI-assisted, not AI-generated.

Artists and AI

Musicians are more open to it than everyone else

Positive about generative AI (US)
Musicians
54%
Non-musicians
35%
Use AI to edit or remix
Musicians
18%
Non-musicians
6%

Luminate Midyear Report 2026 (15 Jul 2026).

On Chatmu

What artists ask Chatmu's AI team

The jobs artists hand to their AI team most often, by the number of different artists who asked.

Marketing and content
16
Royalty and rights audit (The MLC)
15
Release strategy
14
Artist report for a label
14
Audience and metrics analysis
8
Booking, shows and open calls
5
Music production (Ableton)
4
Playlist curators and pitching
3

Chatmu data, 2026-09-07 to 2026-10-25, 65 external users. Counts are distinct users per type of job; a user can appear in several. External users only (team and test accounts excluded). Jobs started by system templates or onboarding greetings are not counted as requests.

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