Overview
- Billboard lists Breaking Rust at No. 1 on the Country Digital Song Sales chart with “Walk My Walk,” marking a first for an AI-credited country act.
- The project rapidly built audience metrics since mid-October, topping 2 million monthly Spotify listeners with multiple tracks over 1 million streams, including more than 4 million for “Livin’ on Borrowed Time.”
- Breaking Rust’s web presence features AI-style imagery and sparse details, and the credited songwriter, Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor, has little verifiable footprint.
- Industry context includes recent lawsuits by major labels against AI music startups and publishers’ 2023 suit against Anthropic, as prominent artists call for tighter AI guardrails.
- Chart mechanics and cross-metrics matter: the digital sales ranking is smaller than Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, where Morgan Wallen currently leads and Cody Johnson tops U.S. country streaming.