The majors have agreed: only music that is largely human-made will enter the charts

A consortium of major and independent record labels has published the principles under which AI-assisted music will be allowed into global charts. The central requirement: a track must be “substantially human-made”.

Mixmag reported the framework, citing Music Week.

Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group have joined the initiative alongside Believe, BMG, Concord, Dirty Hit, Partisan Records and others. Beyond the human-made test, the labels propose two further conditions: the music must not raise chart manipulation concerns, and any AI services used must be “properly authorised and lawful”.

In a joint statement the coalition said the framework would “establish a clear boundary between human-led creativity and works that are purely synthetic or generated by unauthorised AI models”.

The labels claim that tracks made with generative systems trained on artists’ music without authorisation are already appearing on streaming services and charting bodies.

“These tracks are also commonly associated with streaming fraud,” the statement adds.

As ONE//FM reported earlier, the dispute has already reached the courts: the Munich Regional Court found that the Suno generator had trained on works from the GEMA catalogue without permission.