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Analysis December 2025: How will AI transform the music industry?

By 2025-11-21T10:03:00

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When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, few people realised the seismic effect it would have on the creative industries – least of all musicians. What could the worst-case scenario be?

As AI’s disruption of the music industry continues apace, record labels, rights holders, regulators and streaming services are all playing catch-up. French streaming platform Deezer announced in September that over 30,000 fully AI-generated tracks were being uploaded to its service every day, representing 28 per cent of its total daily delivery…

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