We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/who-gets-to-chart-ifpi-luminate-billboard-ai Who gets to chart? IFPI sets AI rules, Luminate adds a label, Billboard keeps its options open https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/who-gets-to-chart-ifpi-luminate-billboard-ai IFPI's principles keep AI-made recordings off official charts unless they are substantially human made and built on licensed tools. Luminate, which supplies Billboard's chart data, will tag fully AI tracks rather than block them, and Billboard has promised to identify AI songs without publishing an eligibility rule. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aichartsifpiluminatebillboardartist-rights https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/bts-arirang-korea-export-rank-korean-language-share-flat BTS lifted South Korea to No. 3 music exporter, but Korean-language listening in the US didn't move https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/bts-arirang-korea-export-rank-korean-language-share-flat Luminate's 2026 midyear report puts South Korea third in its Export Power Rankings, up from fourth in 2025, and credits BTS's ARIRANG. The same report shows Korean-language songs holding steady at 1.1% of US streams, and ARIRANG's US success running on CD sales more than streams. One comeback can move a country's ranking without changing what most listeners choose to play, and that matters for every act not singing in English. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industryk-popsouth-koreastreamingluminateglobal-discovery