By Andrew R. Chow
Publication Date: 2025-11-14 13:57:00
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What you should know: AI music
At the top of the charts? Many headlines this week claimed that an AI-generated song, “Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust, had become the biggest country song in America. This is clearly not true.
“Walk My Walk,” a ridiculously generic country song about independence and defiance, had mediocre organic momentum in streaming and search before topping Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart last week. The song is currently nowhere to be found on the daily updated country charts on Spotify or Apple Music.
However, since very few people actually buy digital songs anymore, a few thousand purchases are enough to top the Country Digital Song Sales charts. This dynamic…
