AI-generated music barred from Australian charts after Madonna cover controversy
SYDNEY: AI-generated music will be excluded from Australia’s music charts starting this week, the country’s peak music trade group said, following controversy over an Australian DJ’s cover of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” topping local music charts. The Australian Recording Industry Association, or ARIA, said on Tuesday that wholly AI-generated tracks would no longer be eligible for its popular ARIA…
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has announced that AI-generated music will be barred from the country's charts starting this week, following a controversy over an AI-generated cover of Madonna's "Like a Prayer" topping local music charts. The ARIA, Australia's peak music trade group, stated that wholly AI-generated tracks will no longer be eligible for the popular ARIA Charts, although recordings that use generative AI in a supporting role would remain eligible.
ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd emphasized that the ARIA charts will continue to serve as a transparent measurement of the music Australia consumes, and a chart that rewards unlicensed AI output would undermine the recorded music industry.
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