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AI Blues Singer Tops Charts, Duping Millions
12 Apr
Summary
- AI-generated blues artist Eddie Dalton reached UK Top 3.
- Crusty Records created multiple fake AI artists successfully.
- Musicians' Union fights AI use of artists' work without consent.
A viral blues song that climbed the UK charts has been exposed as entirely AI-generated. Eddie Dalton's "Another Day Old," marketed as a soulful black American artist, reached No. 2 on the official singles chart. However, Dalton is a creation of Crusty Records, a company that builds fake AI artists amassing millions of streams.
Crusty Records' other creations include spoof country artists like Biscuit Beats and Cain Walker, whose songs have garnered tens of millions of streams. This success is questioned, with suspicions of stream manipulation via bots. Spotify acknowledges issues with manipulated streams for financial gain.
This trend follows other AI-generated music successes, such as Solomon Ray in the Christian music charts in 2025 and "The Velvet Sundown" indie band last July. The Musicians' Union is actively campaigning for copyright protection, demanding consent, credit, and fair compensation for artists whose work is used to train AI models.
Beyond chart-topping fakes, AI is also utilized for creating background music, like the bland Muzak found in retail spaces, offered by services such as Mubert. This pervasive use of AI in music raises significant questions about authenticity and artist rights.
