of RIAA and IFPI is leading the music industry’s effort to label AI-generated tracks on streaming services around the world.
wall street journal first reported the news on Friday (July 10), noting that the music organization plans to work with the following services: spotify and Apple Music Paste the label.
Also, behind this plan, recording academy, Sag Atlas, human art campaign, and American Independent Music Associationaccording to the report.
of RIAA-The led group is proposing two tags that draw a line between tracks that are fully AI-generated and tracks that are only partially AI-generated.
first, “AI generated” This applies to tracks that are built entirely by AI from text prompts, or where the machine generated the lead vocal or main instrumental take.
Second, “AI support” Flags tracks that are mostly human-powered but rely on AI in places.
Two AI label designs are shown in the following image. WSJ Story: Fully AI-generated music will display “AI” in white capital letters on a black tile, and AI-assisted tracks will display “ai” in lowercase letters on a white tile.
The news comes a month after a widely read op-ed. M.B.W. Founder Tim Ingham talks about this topic in the title ‘Label The Slop’.
In it he claims that spotify and apple Already running a prominent standardized ‘Explicit content There are markers on the track itself, “no reason” “AI content” Nothing can be equally obvious. ”
a Deezer/Ipsos research 9,000 listener discovered it 97% It is still not possible to distinguish between AI songs and songs created by humans. 80% We wanted a fully AI track that was clearly labeled.
RIAA Chairman and CEO Mitch Glazier said to WSJ Many fans are happy to listen to AI music as long as they know there is a real human involved.
“But flexibility in the creative process also means artists need to be able to use AI in the creative process.” glass shop Said. “Transparency is the best way to have it both ways.”
The tag is “explicit” The marker remains the same today, according to the report.
For now, I won’t say anything about the AI used in the song. composition and lyricsor in its cover art or music video.
The WSJ report notes that “AI use is being voluntarily reported by artists, record labels, and distributors.”
of Digital Media Association (Dima), which represents spotify, apple Other streaming companies are watching the move and have said they want to send more complete and reliable AI data with their recordings, according to the report.
“Information flows best when it traverses the entire path from creator to fan, and our members rely on industry partners to make that possible.” Dima Representative Director and President graham davis said in a statement.
Dima He did not say whether members would adopt the two proposed tags.
spotify announced in September that it would support DDEX, a new industry standard for AI disclosure in music credits. The company also began testing AI tags in song credits in April, but only if artists choose to disclose their use of AI through their labels or distributors.
In September 2025, the company announced that it had introduced rules against impersonation and AI-based fraud, and had removed more than 75 million “spam” tracks in the previous year.
Spotify also introduced new verification badges for artist profiles on its platform in April, stating that “at launch, profiles that appear to primarily represent AI-generated artists or AI persona artists will not be eligible for verification.”
french Deezer, Meanwhile, it said it was the first streaming service to detect and tag AI music at the platform level. 2025.
Deezer announced in April that it was ingesting nearly 75,000 completely AI-generated tracks per day. 44% Everything newly delivered.
Deezer also said that by 2025, up to 85% of entirely AI-generated music streams will be fraudulent and will exclude royalty payments from those streams.
tide In June, the company announced a policy to tag songs it identifies as being generated entirely by AI and stop collecting copyright royalties.
Hi-fi music rival Qobuz unveiled its own detection system in February, saying it would tag AI-generated tracks and remove those found to be impersonating artists or manipulating streaming activity.
Meanwhile, Apple Music launched its tagging system in March. Rather than detecting AI-generated content at the platform level, the system relies on labels and distributors to declare AI-generated content.world music business
