Zara Larsson performs onstage during the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 18, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Image source, Getty Images for iHeartRadio
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One of 2026's biggest hits is Zara Larsson's Lush Life, originally released in 2015

ByThomas Spencer
  • Published41 minutes ago

More music is being created than at any other time in human history. Every day, more than 100,000 songs, external are being submitted to streaming services.

And despite the deluge of AI music, external - Spotify says it has removed 75 million "spammy tracks" from its catalogue - real music still makes up most of our listening. The streaming service Deezer says AI accounts for just 0.5% of streams on its platform.