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The first truly believable AI-generated song appears online, posted to TikTok by an anonymous user. It's called "Heart On My Sleeve," and mimics the voices of Drake and The Weeknd. It quickly spreads to streaming services and is continually taken down and reposted, raising the issue of copyright with AI music.

Using artificial intelligence to isolate John Lennon's vocals from an old demo, The Beatles release a new song: "Now And Then." It goes to #1 in the UK, their 18th chart-topper there.

Randy Travis, unable to sing as a result of a stroke he suffered in 2011, releases "Where That Came From," a song with his vocal generated by artificial intelligence. It's the first major release from a legacy artist using AI technology to create a vocal from scratch, offering the possibility of more songs from singers - living or dead - that don't have to actually sing on them.

A Spanish version of Brenda Lee's holiday classic "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" ("Noche Buena y Navidad") is released. The song was created using AI trained on Lee's vocals from when she recorded the original at 13. It's the second AI-generated release from a major artist, following Randy Travis' "Where That Came From" six months earlier, and the first use of AI to translate a song to another language.

The Velvet Sundown release their debut album, Floating On Echoes. Their songs quickly populate algorithm-driven playlists and amass millions of streams, even though nobody has heard of the band or any of its members. They're later revealed to be an AI-generated act, the first to garner big streaming numbers.More

Tyler, The Creator releases his ninth album, Don't Tap the Glass. Social media and streaming services are quickly flooded with an AI-generated song with that title that comes up in searches, an early indication of how that technology can sow confusion.

Xania Monet makes history as the first-known AI artist to appear on a Billboard airplay chart when her viral R&B ballad "How Was I Supposed To Know?" debuts at #30 on Adult R&B Airplay - a sign that radio stations are playing AI-generated music.More

After spreading on TikTok, "Angels Above Me," an unauthorized AI-generated remix of a 2019 track of the same name by Stick Figure, goes to #1 on iTunes charts across Europe. It's an early example of an AI track of unclear origin circumventing legalities to bootleg a hit song without the artist's knowledge.

On his 65th birthday, Boy George releases a nearly identical version of the 1983 Culture Club hit Karma Chameleon that used AI to make his vocals sound like the original. It's used as proof-of-concept for the company Artist Included, which allows legacy artists who don't own the masters of their songs to easily make new versions for licensing purposes, like Taylor Swift did far more painstakingly with her "Taylor's Version" albums.

In an attempt to thwart AI copycats, Lionel Richie files trademark applications for audio snippets of some of his famous lyrics, including "Easy like Sunday morning" and "Hello, is it me you're looking for?" He's part of a wave of celebrities, including Matthew McConaughey ("alright, alright, alright") and Taylor Swift, taking steps to protect their famous phrases.