AI Music Hit Nearly 40% of All New Releases

A new study suggested that artificial intelligence was used to create nearly 40% of the music released in July 2026. The research also raised the question of whether nearly a third of creators were lying when they said they hadn’t employed AI in their songs.

The figures emerged a month after the SubmitHub platform launched its AI detection tool, SH Labs, after identifying a “growing disclosure problem” that leaves listeners unaware of how the material they’re hearing was created.

The SH Labs tool – used by Bandcamp, Traxsource and others – analyzed more than a million songs released last month. Of those, 23.2% were found to be entirely AI-generated, with an additional 15.3% containing AI elements which had been “modified” by humans.

The recent study also found that 31% of AI-generated songs were tagged by their submitters as not artificially generated.

SubmitHub boss Jason Grishkoff said in a statement: “I think the path forward for AI music is disclosure. People should be able to decide for themselves whether they want to engage with AI-generated music. Our job is to give them enough information to make that choice.”

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Last month, several leading industry organizations announced plans to develop an AI badging system to help listeners understand how songs were created, although the system will be voluntary.