The No. 1 Song On U.S. iTunes—And Several Other Countries—Is AI Generated

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/04/17/the-no-1-song-on-us-itunes-and-several-other-countries-is-ai-generated/

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ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 123d

From "1984":

"There was a whole chain of separate departments dealing with proletarian literature, music, drama, and entertainment generally. Here were produced rubbishy newspapers containing almost nothing except sport, crime, and astrology, sensational five-cent novelettes, films oozing with sex, and sentimental songs which were composed entirely by mechanical means on a special kind of kaleidoscope known as a versificator."

Honestly, the difference between what we have today and what we had 10-15 years ago (uninspired, repetitive and boring melodies, and lyrics written by 65+ yo Norwegian men to be sung by and marketed to teenage girls) is not that large.

potatoguy@mbin.potato-guy.space · 19 pts · 123d

Another boring dystopia:

Image of the forbes website having a prediction market part.

towamo7603@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 123d
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pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 123d (4 replies)

How many listens pushing this to the top are just curiousity of people listening to the 'AI song'.

I just struggle to care about this as an achievement, it's pure novelty.

Nacktmull@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 123d

The people who generate AI slop "music" also run thousands of bots, who "listen" to their slop on repeat 24/7, to bump those numbers up, its pathetic af but all they care about is money.

inari@piefed.zip · 0 pts · 123d (2 replies)

It's an indicator of the new normal

glimse@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 122d

It's not

Killer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 122d

Or just botted listens

SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 13 pts · 123d

"There's no accounting for taste."

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 122d

The number one of anything is usually too stupid to notice.

cymor@midwest.social · 5 pts · 122d (1 reply)

Shows how formulaic pop songs are.

TheMinister@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 122d

Shows how many people lack any taste or discernment whatsoever.