The Method
How we rank the AI music chart
aiTop100Songs is a human-screened, listener-voted chart for AI-assisted songs a person wrote. It is not a streaming service and it is not an auto-scraped “top AI songs” list.
Rank is decided by listener votes. Plays are a listening count only. Paid placement cannot reach the Top 5. A song set to zero votes stays in the database and is removed from the public chart.
The live list is also published as plain text: aitop100songs.com/chart.txt.
What this chart is for
Anyone can generate a track in one pass. That is not what we list.
We look for work where a person wrote lyrics or directed the song as a songwriter: original words, a point of view, and a finished record someone would stand behind. AI is the instrument. The human is the author.
If a submission is a disposable one-click demo, it will fail the human listen even if the audio is clean.
The ranking pipeline
Every track goes through the same four steps.
1.Submission
An artist (or rights holder) submits the song through the site. Sign-in is required so we can attach one identity to the work, contact the submitter, and enforce one vote per person later.
We are not the host of the master. You keep your files on Suno, YouTube, Audius, or wherever you already publish. We chart a screened listing.
2.AI screen (first pass)
An automated pass runs before a person spends time on the file. It is a filter, not the ranking.
It checks, at minimum:
- Copyright risk — obvious lifts of known recordings, lyrics, or celebrity likenesses we cannot clear
- Language — profanity and material that would make a public chart unusable
- Audio quality — clipped, silent, unfinished, or unplayable files
- Basic completeness — title, artist name, and a working listen link
Failing the screen means the song does not go to a human officer. It is not a public “reject review.” Fix the file and submit again.
3.Human listen (the gate)
A human officer listens before a song can appear on the public chart.
The listen is not a taste contest and it is not a genre contest. The officer is asking:
- Is this a finished song, not a sketch?
- Did a person write it, or only press generate?
- Can we list this without a rights or safety problem?
- Is the credit honest about AI use?
Approved songs enter the public chart with one system vote. That starter vote exists so a new song is not invisible the day it is cleared. It is not a staff pick and it does not lock a position.
4.Listener votes (the rank)
After a song is public, rank is listener votes only.
Rules:
- One person, one vote, per song
- Votes are the small number on the listing; that number sets position
- Plays are the large number; they do not move the chart
- Ties break by earlier public listing, then by title if needed
- A song set to 0 votes is hidden from the public chart and kept in the database
- Organic votes are marked as organic on the plain-text chart
What does not affect rank
| Signal | Used for rank? | Why it is shown |
|---|---|---|
| Listener votes | Yes | This is the chart |
| System starter vote | Yes, as one vote only | Stops new songs from ranking at zero |
| Plays / listens | No | Proof people pressed play, not a popularity score we sell |
| Paid promotion | No for Top 5 | Promotion can add visibility below the Top 5 only |
| Follower count, streams on Spotify, TikTok views | No | We do not import third-party charts |
The Top 5 cannot be bought
Paid promotion buys visibility, not position. Promotion can move a song within the wider chart, below the Top 5, and it can never place a track in the top five. The Top 5 is decided by organic listener votes alone.
Who can appear
An artist, or the rights holder, submits the song. Sign-in is required so one identity is attached to the work, the submitter can be contacted, and one vote per person can be enforced.
A song has to pass the AI screen and then the human listen before it is listed. Approved songs enter the public chart with one system vote. Songs inducted into the Hall of Fame sit outside the live ranking — that is an archive, not a second chart.
How the public chart is published
The chart is published as a web page and as a plain-text snapshot at chart.txt, which is the record crawlers and other sites can cite. Organic votes are marked as organic on the plain-text chart, and paid promotion is labelled separately. Songs with zero votes are left off both.
Update cadence
The chart is updated as votes change. There is no scheduled reset and no weekly re-shuffle: the ranking moves when listener votes move, the published snapshot is refreshed when the chart is republished, and a song stays until it reaches zero votes or is withdrawn.
The short version
- An artist, or the rights holder, submits the song. Sign-in is required.
- An AI screen filters copyright risk, language, audio quality and completeness.
- A human officer listens and approves the song before it can be listed.
- Approved songs enter the public chart with one system vote.
- Listener votes decide the rank — one person, one vote, per song.
- Plays are a listening count only. They do not rank.
- Paid promotion cannot reach the Top 5.
- Zero votes means hidden from the public chart, kept in the database.
- The same chart is published as plain text at chart.txt.
Questions
- How is the AI music chart ranked?
- Listener votes decide the rank. One person gets one vote per song, and the vote count sets the chart position. Plays are shown as a listening count and do not move the chart.
- Do plays count toward a song’s chart position?
- No. Plays are proof that people pressed play — they are not a ranking score and they never change a position. Only listener votes rank the chart.
- Can paid promotion get a song into the Top 5?
- No. Promotion can add visibility below the Top 5 only. The Top 5 cannot be bought and belongs to organic listener votes.
- Does every AI song get listed on the chart?
- No. An automated screen runs first for copyright risk, language, audio quality and completeness, then a human officer listens before a song can appear. A disposable one-click demo fails the human listen even when the audio is clean.
- What happens to a song with zero votes?
- A song set to zero votes is hidden from the public chart and kept in the database. It is removed from the published chart and the plain-text snapshot until it earns a vote again.