Summary • The AI-generated song "Walk My Walk" by Breaking Rust hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart • This marks a first-of-its-kind achievement for AI in the country genre, with the song's vocals widely believed to be algorithmically produced • The success, which has no credited human singer, fuels industry debate over music authorship and authenticity
Breaking Rust just did the unthinkable in country. “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales, a first-of-its-kind flashpoint for AI in Nashville’s backyard.
The project surfaced in mid-October and quickly snowballed across DSPs. It now pulls in 2M+ monthly Spotify listeners and has driven multiple tracks onto Viral 50 USA.
The vocals are widely labeled AI-generated. The act doesn’t exp

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