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AI Music Distribution Rules by Platform

What DistroKid, TuneCore, Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and more allow when your song was made with AI, checked against each platform’s own policy pages.

Start with the overview: which platforms allow AI music

  1. Screenshot of Bandcamp's Keeping Bandcamp Human post listing its two rules on generative AI in music
    10 Nov

    Bandcamp AI music ban: what Bandcamp bans, what it leaves unsaid, and how removals work in 2026

    • Since January 13, 2026, Bandcamp bans music and audio generated wholly or in substantial part by AI.
    • Using AI to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited on Bandcamp.
    • Bandcamp reserves the right to remove music on suspicion of being AI-generated, after users report it.
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  2. Apple Music Specification text defining the Composition, Music Video and Track AI transparency tags
    10 Nov

    Does Apple Music allow AI music? The 2026 rules, the 4 AI transparency tags and what gets hidden

    • Apple Music allows AI-generated and AI-assisted music, but it wants AI use tagged and it hides releases that use AI to mislead listeners.
    • Apple's delivery spec has 4 AI transparency tags, one each for the artwork, the track, the composition and the music video.
    • If a distributor sends no AI tag, Apple assumes the release was made without AI.
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  3. DistroKid Help Center page titled Can I Upload Music Made With AI Tools to DistroKid, listing its 4 AI rules
    10 Nov

    Does DistroKid allow AI music? The 2026 rules, AI credits and the new ACRCloud AI tag

    • DistroKid accepts music made with AI tools if you own 100% of the rights, according to its help center as of November 10, 2026.
    • Its other 3 rules ban copying someone else's voice without permission, mass-generated spam and infringement.
    • You add AI credits when AI generated the lyrics, the melody or any of the audio, but not for AI mixing, mastering or pitch correction.
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  4. Spotify logo artwork from its September 2025 announcement of new AI protections for artists
    10 Nov

    Does Spotify allow AI music? Spotify's AI-generated music policy in 2026

    • Spotify allows AI music in November 2026, including fully AI-generated tracks, as long as they aren't spam and don't clone a real artist's voice without permission.
    • Spotify removes AI voice clones of real artists after a claim, and it took more than 50 million slop and spam tracks out of recommendations in 2026.
    • AI credits are optional. You add them through your distributor, and Spotify says disclosing doesn't down-rank a track.
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  5. TuneCore's GenAI Music Content Framework help page, saying it only distributes music from AI models trained on fully licensed datasets
    10 Nov

    TuneCore AI generated music policy (2026): what you can release, and what gets blocked

    • TuneCore only distributes music made with AI models trained on fully licensed datasets, and the rule applies even when AI made just one part of a track.
    • Tracks made on Suno's v6 industry partner model became eligible for TuneCore after the Believe and Suno deal of September 8, 2026, while songs from older Suno models stay blocked.
    • Google Flow Music is the only AI tool TuneCore names as an approved partner in its GenAI Music Content Framework, last edited May 7, 2026.
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