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AI-Generated Country Hit Prompts Music Licensing Deals
02 Dec 2025- AI-generated country hit cloned Blanco Brown’s voice, prompting a shift from lawsuits to label-AI partnerships offering opt-in training, revenue-sharing, attribution, and licensed music models.
02 Dec 2025
An AI-generated country track credited to a fictional avatar called “Breaking Rust” reached #1 on Billboard’s country digital sales chart — but the voice/style on the record matches real artist Blanco Brown, who says he didn’t know his sound had been cloned until friends messaged him. The scoop highlights how quickly AI music tools are outpacing existing rights and discovery mechanisms.
Major labels have shifted tack: Warner Music Group, which had sued AI music maker Suno, settled and is now partnering with the company to build what they call “ethical AI music.” The reported deal would let artists opt in to training, share revenue when their style is used, license AI-generated tracks commercially, and use attribution tech to credit originals. Meanwhile Sony, Warner, and Universal reportedly signed deals with AI startup Klay to create “large music models” trained only on licensed catalogs.
Takeaway: the industry appears to be moving from litigation to regulation-and-monetization — offering artists choices (opt in and get paid) but also new commercial pathways for labels and AI firms. The big question remains whether artists will control participation or end up squeezed by new licensing regimes; Blanco Brown has already re-recorded his own version of the song to assert control.
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An AI-generated country track credited to a fictional avatar called “Breaking Rust” reached #1 on Billboard’s country digital sales chart — but the voice/style on the record matches real artist Blanco Brown, who says he didn’t know his sound had been cloned until friends messaged him. The scoop highlights how quickly AI music tools are outpacing existing rights and discovery mechanisms.
Major labels have shifted tack: Warner Music Group, which had sued AI music maker Suno, settled and is now partnering with the company to build what they call “ethical AI music.” The reported deal would let artists opt in to training, share revenue when their style is used, license AI-generated tracks commercially, and use attribution tech to credit originals. Meanwhile Sony, Warner, and Universal reportedly signed deals with AI startup Klay to create “large music models” trained only on licensed catalogs.
Takeaway: the industry appears to be moving from litigation to regulation-and-monetization — offering artists choices (opt in and get paid) but also new commercial pathways for labels and AI firms. The big question remains whether artists will control participation or end up squeezed by new licensing regimes; Blanco Brown has already re-recorded his own version of the song to assert control.
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