{"id":235184,"date":"2025-07-01T19:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=235184"},"modified":"2025-07-02T22:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T21:29:36","slug":"that-ai-artist-with-over-1m-listeners-on-spotify-his-music-was-created-with-suno-says-expert-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/that-ai-artist-with-over-1m-listeners-on-spotify-his-music-was-created-with-suno-says-expert-report\/","title":{"rendered":"That AI artist with over 1M listeners on Spotify? His music was created with Suno, says expert report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, MBW<\/em> reported<\/a> on Aventhis, the outlaw-country \u201cartist\u201d whose AI-generated tracks have garnered over 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify.<\/p>\n

Why did MBW<\/em> conclude that Aventhis<\/a> is an AI invention?<\/p>\n

Because the person credited as writer and producer on the tracks, David Vieira<\/strong>, appears to have admitted as much in comments on YouTube<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The] voice and image is created with the help of AI. The lyrics are written by me,\u201d said the anonymous owner of Aventhis\u2019 YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

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Now we have further corroboration about the source of Aventhis’ music.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to an analysis by London-headquartered tech company Uhmbrella<\/strong><\/a>, Aventhis\u2019 music was created with a combination of two generative AI music engines: Suno<\/strong> and Riffusion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Uhmbrella, which offers catalog protection and AI detection and attribution services, says that Mercy On My Grave<\/em> \u2013 Aventhis\u2019 most-streamed track on Spotify, with more than 2.4 million<\/strong> listens \u2013 was 65.9%<\/strong> created by Riffusion, with Suno contributing 26.5%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Aventhis\u2019 second-biggest track, I\u2019m A Dead Man Walkin\u2019<\/em>, with more than 400,000<\/strong> streams, was 86.7%<\/strong> created by Suno.<\/p>\n

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Uhmbrella\u2019s analysis shows that all 57<\/strong> of the tracks on Aventhis\u2019 three albums released in the past four months (a level of productivity that itself raises alarm bells) was majority created by one or both of these AI tools.<\/p>\n

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Uhmbrella analysis suggests Aventhis’ first album was created using Sudio and Riffusion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Uhmbrella also concluded that The Devil Inside<\/strong><\/a> is AI-generated. No, not the INXS<\/strong> hit from the 1980s, but the outlaw-country \u201cartist\u201d that has nearly 700,000<\/strong> monthly listeners on Spotify.<\/p>\n

The Devil Inside’s track Dust and Thunder<\/em> (800,000 streams) was 99.654%<\/strong> created by Suno, according to Uhmbrella\u2019s analysis, while the track Riders of the Midnight Storm<\/em> (no, not The Doors<\/strong>\u2019 Riders on the Storm<\/em>), with 785,000<\/strong> listens, was 98.567%<\/strong> created by Suno.<\/p>\n

“AI music is flooding streaming platforms at scale. Without proper detection or attribution tools, the industry has no visibility, no accountability, and no way to protect real creators.”<\/p>\n

Drew Lemoine Belardo, Uhmbrella<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cOur detection system confirms that nearly every track by Aventhis and The Devil Inside was generated using Suno, with some Riffusion influence,\u201d Uhmbrella CEO Drew Lemoine Belardo<\/strong> told MBW<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t a one off; AI music is flooding streaming platforms at scale. Without proper detection or attribution tools, the industry has no visibility, no accountability, and no way to protect real creators. This is why we built Uhmbrella.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suno, along with rival Udio, is one of the two AI music platforms that have been sued by the recording majors<\/a> for their (alleged) unauthorized use of copyrighted songs to train their AI models \u2013 something they have all but admitted to<\/a> in court documents, arguing their use of the songs should be seen as \u201cfair use.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More recently, a news report suggested that Suno and Udio are in licensing talks<\/a> with the record companies that are suing them.<\/p>\n

Riffusion is a competitor to Suno and Udio that seems to have avoided lawsuits by rights holders so far. However, in the case of Riffusion, concerns have been raised about its terms of service \u2013 which might mean that Vieira (or whoever is actually collecting the income from Aventhis\u2019 music) might one day have their income taken by the AI company.<\/p>\n

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Concerns over ownership of Riffusion-created music<\/h6>\n

According to a report by Toolify.ai<\/a>, Riffusion\u2019s terms of service state that the tool can only be used for non-commercial purposes (in which case David Vieira, or whoever is ultimately behind Aventhis, may have violated the TOS). They also state that users of its tools grant the company an irrevocable license to the music created on the platform (in which case Vieira might one day be challenged by Riffusion over Aventhis’ tracks).<\/p>\n

More broadly, there\u2019s a question as to whether any rights at all can be claimed on music that has relied so heavily on AI for its creation. According to<\/a> the US Copyright Office (and according to<\/a> a US federal court), AI-generated art is not copyrightable.<\/p>\n

In a paper released earlier this year, the Copyright Office made it clear that works created with the help of AI can only be copyrighted if there is \u201csufficient\u201d human input into the final product.<\/p>\n

Does writing the lyrics and having AI generate everything else \u2013 as seems to be the case with Aventhis \u2013 count as \u201csufficient\u201d human input? That\u2019s not entirely clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether human contributions to AI-generated outputs are sufficient to constitute authorship must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis,\u201d the Copyright Office says.<\/p>\n

So whether or not Vieira actually owns the music of Aventhis \u2013 and whether the music of Aventhis can be owned at all \u2013 might have to be decided in a court of law, or through new legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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