Almost 50 per cent of songs being uploaded to Deezer are now AI
Streaming platform Deezer have confirmed that almost half of the daily uploads are now AI-generated.
In total, Deezer is now seeing almost 75,000 songs, made by AI, being uploaded to the platform on a daily basis, which represents 44 per cent of the number of tracks that have been submitted.
However, despite the vast number of AI-uploads, these songs currently only represent between one to three per cent of songs that are listened to by Deezer users. Moreover, 85 per cent of AI uploads are detected as fraudulent and are demonetised by Deezer.
Deezer has also been tagging songs as AI-generated since June 2025, as well as ensuring that any AI-generated creations do not get recommended to listeners or appear in editorialised playlists.
Alexis Lanternier, CEO of Deezer, said in a statement, “AI-generated music is now far from a marginal phenomenon and as daily deliveries keep increasing, we hope the whole music ecosystem will join us in taking action to help safeguard artist’s rights and promote transparency for fans.”
The CEO continued, “Thanks to our technology and the proactive measures we put in place more than a year ago, we have shown that it’s possible to reduce AI-related fraud and payment dilution in streaming to a minimum.”
Lanternier then called upon other streaming services to follow their lead and license their technology to make sure users are aware that songs are AI-generated, adding, “Since January, we have made our detection technology available for licensing, and we’re looking forward to seeing industry peers of all kinds join us in the fight for fairness in the age of AI.”
Only last week, the AI-generated soul creation, Eddie Dalton, found himself at number two in the Official Singles Sales Chart in the UK. However, this chart doesn’t take streaming into account, making it easier to manipulate, and Dalton did not appear in the main Official Singles Chart, nor the Daily Top Songs chart on Spotify.
However, while AI-created artists aren’t yet set to headline Coachella anytime soon, mainstream artists are being more open about their usage of AI during the creative process.
Diplo recently warned his fellow musicians who are anti-AI, “You’re not going to win. Like there’s no there’s no like fighting AI. You have to just work your best to be the best at it right now. You’re wasting your time. You’re just wasting a year being like ‘ah,’ because everybody else is going to just use it, not give a fuck what you think.”
He later said on X, “If you are a creative you need to adapt or just like give up and become an Uber driver until everyone has a Waymo. I know it’s not cool or classy to speak like this but i’m not gonna candy coat the future – it is what it is.”
Meanwhile, José González confirmed to Far Out that he wrote a song on his latest album, Against the Dying of the Light, with the help of ChatGPT.
González, who said he is “curious about this new technology”, used the tool to help with writing ‘Joy (Can’t Help But Sing)’, revealing he put prompts into ChatGPT but insisted, “Istill had to prompt for a very long time and did a lot of editing.”
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