The AI Music Flood…
Suno AI is creating 7 million tracks per day – enough to match Spotify’s entire 100-million-song library every two weeks. This figure comes from Suno’s investor pitch deck, obtained by Billboard in November 2025. For DJs, curators, and anyone who cares about the future of music, understanding this shift is essential.
Suno’s Meteoric Rise
The Cambridge-based startup was founded in 2022 and launched publicly in December 2023. It has raised $375 million in total funding and reached a $2.45 billion valuation. User numbers grew from 12 million in July 2024 to nearly 100 million by late 2025. Revenue hit $200 million annually by November 2025, up from $50 million at the start of the year.
The technology transforms text prompts into complete songs (vocals, lyrics, instrumentation and arrangements) in seconds.
The Numbers That Matter
Suno’s output (per investor pitch deck):
- 7 million tracks generated daily
- Equivalent to Spotify’s entire catalog every two weeks.
AI music flooding streaming platforms (Deezer data):
- 28% of daily uploads to Deezer were fully AI-generated as of September 2025
- This rose to 34% (approximately 50,000 tracks daily) by November 2025
- Up to 70% of streams on AI-generated tracks detected as fraudulent
The Legal Reckoning
Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group sued Suno and competitor Udio in June 2024, alleging copyright infringement “at an almost unimaginable scale.” Both companies admitted training on copyrighted material but claimed fair use protection.
Key legal developments:
- Warner Music Group settled with both Suno (November 25, 2025) and Udio (November 19, 2025)
- Universal Music Group settled with Udio in October 2025
- Sony Music remains in active litigation against both companies
- Under the Warner deal, Suno will phase out current models and launch new licensed models in 2026
- Downloads will require paid accounts going forward
Independent artists have also filed class action lawsuits against both platforms.
Artist and Producer Backlash
Over 200 artists including Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, and Pearl Jam signed an open letter in April 2024 through the Artist Rights Alliance, warning that AI threatens to replace human artists with “massive quantities of AI-created ‘sounds’ and ‘images’ that substantially dilute the royalty pools.”
Producer sentiment (Tracklib 2025 study, 1,734 producers):
- 82% oppose full AI song generation via text prompts
- 81% want explicit AI labeling on streaming platforms
- 32% use AI tools, but mostly for assistive tasks (stem separation, EQ, mastering)
- Only 6% use fully generative AI tools regularly
Platform Responses
Deezer leads on transparency:
- First platform to explicitly tag AI-generated music (June 2025)
- Removes AI tracks from algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists
- Excludes fraudulent streams from royalty payments
- Detection tools can identify content from Suno, Udio, and other generators
Spotify takes a different approach:
- No mandatory AI labeling system
- Treats AI use as “a spectrum, not a binary”
- Has removed millions of “spammy” tracks but no specific AI policy
What This Means for Musicians…
The Bottom Line
Suno’s 7-million-tracks-per-day output is a stress test for an industry already struggling with discoverability and compensation. The settlements with Warner and Universal suggest a path toward regulated coexistence, but Sony’s continued litigation and independent artist lawsuits mean the legal landscape remains unsettled.
The question isn’t whether AI transforms music creation; that’s already happened. The question is whether the industry adapts quickly enough to preserve both creative opportunity and economic sustainability for human artists.
For curators, the takeaway is clear: human judgment becomes more essential as content volume explodes. The flood is here. The challenge is learning to navigate it.