UMG, Sony, Warner and HYBE proposed chart rules that would bar unlicensed AI music worldwide, and IFPI is already adopting.

A coalition including Universal, Warner, Sony, HYBE, Believe, BMG, Concord, Mom+Pop, Partisan, Dirty Hit and Glassnote proposed four eligibility principles: the AI platform must be authorized, the track must comply with copyright and personality rights, AI use must be labeled, and the song must be primarily human-created. Tracks labeled "AI-generated" wouldn't be chart-eligible at all. IFPI will adopt across several global charts; the UK, Australian, German, French and Japanese chart bodies haven't responded. The stress test is already on the board: "Rubberz" by Fenix Flexin sits at No. 58 on the Hot 100 amid AI-slop accusations, and nobody can currently prove what's in the record. The rules assume labeling that doesn't exist yet.