10 Best Country Songs of 2025: Staff Picks

Billboard offers its take on the top country songs of 2025, including music from Cody Johnson, Tyler Childers, Lainey Wilson ...
Futurism

Billboard’s Top Country Song Is Currently AI Slop

An AI-generated country song has topped Billboard‘s “Country Digital Song Sales” chart in the United States — once again highlighting how ubiquitous algorithmically generated music is becoming. The ...
New York Post

That Breaking Rust song topping the Billboard country charts? It’s AI-generated

Breaking Rust is breaking hearts — but he’s totally fake. “Walk My Walk,” an AI-generated track from the AI artist Breaking Rust, has topped the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart since the ...
Tennessean

He has a soulful voice, a No. 1 hit and he's not real. Meet AI star Breaking Rust

An AI-generated artist named Breaking Rust has topped Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart. Breaking Rust is one of several AI artists gaining traction and charting on Billboard. The rise of ...