What counts as real music? Australia’s charts just drew a line.
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For 16 weeks, an AI-generated variation of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” sat in Australia’s top 20 singles chart. At its peak, it hit number two. Listeners streamed it, and the chart counted it. And then the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) decided that probably shouldn’t keep happening. Starting today, wholly AI-generated tracks will be barred from the ARIA charts and from eligibility for the ARIA awards. Music where humans wrote the song and perfor
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