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AI-Generated Country Act Breaking Rust Tops Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales

Opaque authorship meets a No. 1 earned on a limited paid-download metric.

Overview

  • Billboard lists Walk My Walk by Breaking Rust at No. 1 on this week’s Country Digital Song Sales chart.
  • The act has accrued more than 2 million monthly Spotify listeners, with multiple tracks passing 1 million streams and Livin’ on Borrowed Time topping 4 million.
  • Songs are credited to Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor, an obscure figure with little verifiable presence beyond links to Breaking Rust and another AI project.
  • Reporters note the placement reflects a narrow sales metric, with one outlet citing that roughly a few thousand paid downloads can secure the chart’s top spot.
  • The milestone lands as labels and publishers pursue AI-related lawsuits and as platforms diverge on labeling, with Deezer flagging widespread AI uploads and fraud while Spotify does not identify AI tracks.