NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - History was made this week after an artificial intelligence-generated song reached the top of a Billboard music chart.

“Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust clinched the top spot on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales ranking. It has led to mixed reactions from local artists and industry experts.

“I feel it for all of us artists that put our stories, our pain, our struggles, in our music, and you see somebody that’s not even real get this high accolades. It’s discouraging, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it, it is discouraging,” country music artist 2LiveBre said.

The song has gotten more than three million streams on Spotify in less than a month.

Industry experts say AI has been used for years to help write songs. It’s a tool country music reporter Marcus K Dowling expe

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