The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. That’s a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024. That’s ...

Will Rust ban you for finding a hidden loot room? This video breaks down what’s allowed, what counts as an exploit, and why smart raiding and observation are part of the game—not a bannable offense. # ...

Is there any place for fakes in a genre built on connection and authenticity? By Melinda Newman As artificial intelligence moves further into the music space, how concerned should the country ...

A digital cowboy named Breaking Rust in a 10-gallon hat has taken the top spot on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart — and not a single human vocal credit is listed. In fact, nobody is ...

An AI-generated country track has hit the Number One spot on a US Billboard singles chart. The track also tops Spotify’s ‘Viral 50’ chart in the US, while another of the “band’s” tracks, ‘Livin’ on ...

This much is known: “Walk My Walk,” a song by an artist called Breaking Rust, entered its second week Wednesday as the top song on Billboard’s country music digital sales chart. After that, everything ...

An AI-generated music persona has topped the US Billboard charts for the first time, at the same time as a “first-of-its-kind" study from French streaming service Deezer reveals that 97 per cent of ...

A song from AI artist Breaking Rust recently topped Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales Chart, for the week of November 8, 2025. For the uninitiated, the Billboard chart lists the most-downloaded ...

It’s a first, and not one worth celebrating. A song generated by artificial intelligence has topped the charts in the US for the first time, as a country “artist” named Breaking Rust has landed the ...

Another artificial intelligence artist has reached the top of the music charts. "Walk My Walk," a song from Breaking Rust, a computer-generated blues-country singer, landed at No. 1 on Billboard's ...

"Walk My Walk" by Breaking Rust is No. 1 on the 'Billboard' Country Digital Song Sales chart Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked at PEOPLE since ...