What exists now
Thousands of items already identified. A review path for a wrong tag. Partnerships with DSPs and AI companies so their own marks can flow in.
Wanna plai?
Luminate will label the spreadsheet that feeds Billboard.
Sep 18, 2026. Capability is live inside CONNECT. Visibility for customers comes later this year.
The data layer
Charts do not start on Friday. They start in a database.
On August 25 Luminate said CONNECT can already flag AI-generated songs and artists worldwide. Labels are not visible to users yet. When they are, songs confirmed as fully AI-created get AI Generated. Artists get AI or Human. Human is not the default. It is a clearance. Billboard already uses Luminate numbers. A flag in that pipe is not a fan sticker. It is the raw material of official boards.
What it is not
It is not an ARIA ban. It is not a store payout. It is a measurement layer. Official charts still write their own eligibility. SIQA is still the other board.
Why it matters
Once the flag is on, a lie on upload is a lie in the industry’s shared book. Tell us what a human did so the packet we send matches the file.
What you do
- Fill the field. No AI. AI-assisted. Fully AI. That is the input Luminate and stores will reconcile against.
- Lead vocal or key instrumental generated by AI sits in the industry’s AI-Generated bucket. That is the IFPI / RIAA July 10 line ARIA already used.
- We still deliver Fully AI. A data flag is not a delete. It is a label.
- Do not farm streams to look human in a spreadsheet. Manipulation is its own kill switch.
- You do not pitch all day. We curate and email. You push a button.
The stamp on the file and the stamp in the database should match. Make them match on purpose.
PLAIGROUND takes none of the royalties. Artists keep 100% of their royalties. The account is free. There is no monthly charge on the free account.
For artists who’d rather be making the next one than reading a distribution agreement.
The song is finished. Push the button.
Upload once. Get paid everywhere. PLAIGROUND takes none of the royalties.
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