Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Wonder, Pearl Jam, Kacey Musgraves, Camila Cabello, and over 200 other musicians have collaborated with the Artist Rights Alliance, a non-profit organization led by artists, to release an open letter supported by more than 200 artists. The letter urges AI developers, technology companies, platforms, and digital music services to stop using artificial intelligence (AI) to violate and devalue the rights of human artists. The signatories include a diverse range of artists listed below.
The open letter emphasizes the concerns surrounding AI technologies such as deepfakes and voice cloning, in addition to addressing the unauthorized use of musical works by AI developers to train AI models and the use of AI-generated “sound” to diminish royalty payments.
Jen Jacobsen, the Executive Director of the ARA, highlights the challenges faced by working musicians in the streaming industry, exacerbated by the influx of AI-generated content. The letter stresses the importance of safeguarding against the misuse of AI to substitute human creativity, infringe on artists’ rights, and disrupt the music ecosystem.
The signatories call on digital music platforms and services to commit to refraining from developing or deploying AI tools that undermine the artistic contributions of songwriters and artists or impede fair compensation for their work.
Furthermore, recent legislative actions, such as the ELVIS Act in Tennessee, aim to enhance protections for artists’ rights of publicity, with similar measures under consideration at the federal and state levels in the United States.
The complete list of signatories includes renowned artists such as Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Wonder, Pearl Jam, Kacey Musgraves, Camila Cabello, and many others, as shown below:
- Agus Martino
- Aimee Mann
- Ali McGuirk
- Alice Randall
- Alisa Amador
- António Zambujo
- Arkells
- Ashley Shabankareh
- Astrid
- Astronomía Interior
- Aya
- Ayra Starr
- Banda Carnaval
- Banda El Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga
- Banda Los Recoditos
- BENEE
- Benny the Butcher
- Bia Marques
- Bianca
- Big Up
- Billy Porter
- Black Spygo
- estate of Bob Marley
- Brandi Waller-Pace
- Brian Folkins-Amador
- Brothers Osborne
- Brunno Ramos
- Bryan Behr
- Bryan Martinez
- Budah
- Buddy Miller
- CAKE
- Calema
- Calibre 50
- Callie Khouri
- Caloncho
- Calum Scott
- Cami
- Camila Cabello
- Canals
- Carlão
- Carol Biazin
- Carolina Deslandes
- Cedella Marley
- Cedric Singleton
- Chappell Roan
- Chase & Status
- Chega mais pra Cristo
- Chelsea Cutler
- Chesca
- Chuck D
- Ciph Boogie
- Clotilde Rullaud
- Coey Redd
- Colin Linden
- Crys Matthews
- Czarface
- d4vd
- Dan Ferrera
- Dan Knobler
- Dan Navarro
- Dan Smith
- Daniel Martin Moore
- Daniel Quién
- Daniela Spalla
- Danna Paola
- Darius Rucker
- Dave East
- David Lowery
- Declan Sheehy-Moss
- Delacey
- Diana Krall
- Diogo Piçarra
- Doce Encontro
- Doechii
- Don Was
- Dylan LeBlanc
- East Forest
- Ela Taubert
- Eli Soares
- Elvis Costello
- Em Beihold
- Emiliano Fernández
- Emily Scott Robinson
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Enkay47
- Erin McKeown
- Espinoza Paz
- Felipe Araújo
- Fernando Daniel
- FINNEAS
- FLETCHER
- estate of Frank Sinatra
- Gavin Gray
- Gonzy
- Greta Van Fleet
- Gretchen Peters
- Grupo CAÑAVERAL
- Grupo Recluta
- Hit-Boy
- Hugo & Vitor
- HYBE
- IMAFE Music
- Imagine Dragons
- Ivan Barias
- Iván Conejo
- J Balvin
- J Gonz
- Ja Rule
- Jacinto
- Jadakiss
- Jamie Cullum
- Jana Herzen
- Jannek Zechner
- Jason Isbell
- Jason Lindner
- Javy Hustle
- Jean Rohe
- Jeremy Zucker
- Jess Glynne
- Jim Jones
- Joaquina
- John Paul White
- Jon Batiste
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Jonas Brothers
- Jonathan Taplin
- Jordan Rakei
- Juan Marcus & Vinicius
- Juan Pablo Contreras
- Juanes
- Julia Michaels
- Kacey Musgraves
- Kaio Viana
- Kart Love
- Kate Hudson
- Katy Perry
- Kevin Aguilar
- Kid Pistola
- Kim Petras
- La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho
- Lasso
- Lauana Prado
- Laura Burhenn
- Laura Veirs
- Lee Lewis
- Lera Lynn
- Lola Índigo
- Lola Young
- Lou Garcia
- Loudon Wainwright III
- Lua Lacruz
- Luciano Pereyra
- Luis Fonsi
- Luz Casal
- Lynne Hanson
- Mac DeMarco
- Maggie Vail
- Maneva
- Manuel Carrasco
- Mar.iana
- Marc Cohn
- Marcus King
- Marian Hill
- Marisa Liz
- Mark Erelli
- Mary Gauthier
- estate of Mary Wilson
- Matheus
- Matthew Montfort
- Maxx Kreative
- Mayra
- Mel Granda
- Merca Xin Corte
- Mergui
- Metro Boomin
- Mia Salinas
- Michael Penn
- Michelle Branch
- Mikael Eldridge
- Miko Marks
- Miranda Lambert
- Mumford & Sons
- Mumuzinho
- Nanno
- Natalie Jean
- Nesk Only
- Nick Howard
- Nicki Minaj
- Noah Kahan
- Norah Jones
- Olivia Wald
- Oney1
- Dr. Otis Williams
- Patrick Carney
- Pearl Jam
- Pedro Abrunhosa
- Peter Case
- Peter Frampton
- Planta
- Q-Tip
- Raphael
- Regis Danese
- Reins
- R.E.M.
- Remi Wolf
- Rhett Miller
- Robert Finkelstein
- Robert Smith
- Rodney Crowell
- Ron Pope
- Rosanne Cash
- Rosi Amador
- Rui Massena
- Ryan Tedder
- Sam Smith
- SER
- Sérgio Godinho
- Sherlyn Sánchez
- Sheryl Crow
- Sigrid
- Simone Mendes
- Smokey Robinson
- Stevland Morris agrees on behalf of himself and Stevie Wonder
- T Bone Burnett
- T-Rex
- Taylor Díaz
- Tech N9ne
- The Last Dinner Party
- Tift Merritt
- Tina Sinatra
- Traci Thomas
- Trucha
- Valentina Fernandez
- Vivir Quintana
- WD
- Will Linley
- Windser
- Yard Act
- Yo Gambii
- Zayn Malik
