Does TIDAL allow AI music? TIDAL's royalty rule for AI songs

What TIDAL's AI policy says

TIDAL took a middle route: AI music stays on the service, but music it identifies as wholly AI-generated earns nothing. TIDAL's own post blocked automated reading, so quotes come from press and a search snippet.

• TIDAL does not ban AI-generated music.

In TIDAL's own words

We will therefore not knowingly attribute royalties to music we identify as wholly AI-generated.— MusicTech: Tidal won't remove AI-generated music, it'll just stop paying those behind it, checked 15 October 2026 (third-party source)

We will not tolerate AI-generated music that exploits an individual's or group's music, name or likeness— TIDAL Magazine: We're For Real, checked 15 October 2026 (search snippet, re-checking by hand)

Do you have to disclose AI on TIDAL?

The TIDAL rules we found do not ask you to disclose AI use. Disclosure in our table: Not mentioned.

• Music TIDAL identifies as 100% AI-generated shows an AI tag from mid-July 2026. TIDAL plans to extend the tag to substantially AI-generated music.

Voice clones and sound-alikes on TIDAL

Not allowed. TIDAL says it will not tolerate AI-generated music that exploits an individual's or group's music, name or likeness.

• AI music that exploits an artist's or group's music, name or likeness is not tolerated.

Money: monetisation and stores

• TIDAL says it will not knowingly attribute royalties to music it identifies as wholly AI-generated, from 29 June 2026.

TIDAL AI policy changelog

• 29 June 2026: TIDAL stopped paying royalties on music it identifies as wholly AI-generated and announced an AI tag from mid-July. Source: MusicTech: Tidal won't remove AI-generated music (third-party source).

Not yet confirmed on an official page

These points come from press, search snippets or pages we could not read in full. We are re-checking them by hand.

• TIDAL's own policy post (tidal.com magazine) returned HTTP 403; quotes come from MusicTech and search snippets.
• Start date of the royalty change: MusicTech says 29 June 2026, other outlets say 15 July 2026.
• Whether TIDAL requires distributors to disclose AI use (reported by DJ Mag, not confirmed).

How TIDAL's rules fit with your distributor's

Most artists do not upload to TIDAL directly: a distributor delivers the song. That means two sets of AI rules apply. The distributor decides whether it will deliver an AI song at all, and to which stores, and TIDAL then applies its own rules once the song is there. Check both before you plan a release, and keep the date you checked.

Rules change fast. Our verdict for TIDAL: Allowed with limits, checked 15 October 2026. Before a release that depends on it, read the linked source yourself. Not legal advice.