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Australia bans AI songs from official music charts (7th September 2026)

The Reading / Listening - AI Music - Level 6

The fight against the intrusion of artificial intelligence (AI) into music continues. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has banned songs that have been "wholly" created with AI from entering the country's official music charts. There has been a recent controversy over an AI version of the 1989 Madonna hit "Like a Prayer". The cover version of the tune made considerable use of AI technology. The song spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20. It also created a backlash among music purists and the general public. ARIA declared that "wholly AI-generated" music will be banned from the charts, while "AI-assisted" music will still be eligible for inclusion.

ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said the music charts must protect artists and their livelihoods. She said there should be a legitimate use of AI, but not to the extent that it excludes human creativity. She commented on the new rules, saying: "These changes reflect our intent to remain dynamic and promote the human nature of artistry in what is, to say the least, a rapidly developing space." Josh Fawaz, the artist who created the AI Madonna cover, acknowledged his use of AI on his version of the track. He defended his use of AI as a "tool" in creating music. He also called ARIA's new rules "a great move". He wrote: "I understand that AI in music isn't for everyone and that's fine."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

AI Music - Level 4 or AI Music - Level 5

Sources

https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/aria-charts-set-eligibility-rules-for-recordings-made-with-ai
https://apnews.com/article/australia-ai-generated-music-charts-ban-aria-9bfb0c91166ae4405a6df1a3c4891687
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/25/australias-music-charts-ban-ai-made-songs-amid-backlash-over-madonna-cover

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. AI MUSIC: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about AI music. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
fight / artificial intelligence / songs / music charts / controversy / backlash / purists /
livelihoods / human creativity / new rules / human nature / artistry / space / tool
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. NEW GENRES: Students A strongly believe AI is great because it will create new music genres; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. THE USE OF AI: What are the pros and cons of using AI in these areas? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Area	Pro	Con
Music
Literature
Research
Politics
Movies
News

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5. SONG: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "song". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. MUSIC: Rank these with your partner. Put the best kinds of music at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

Rock
Classical
Jazz
Country
Techno
Hip-hop
Opera
Blues

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	intrusion	a.	Able or allowed to do something.
2.	controversy	b.	A new recording of a song that was originally recorded by another singer or group.
3.	cover version	c.	A strong negative reaction to something.
4.	considerable	d.	An unwanted entry into a place, situation, or activity.
5.	backlash	e.	People who care a lot about keeping something traditional or clean.
6.	purists	f.	A strong disagreement or argument about something.
7.	eligible	g.	Quite large or important.

Paragraph 2

8.	livelihoods	h.	What you plan or want to do.
9.	legitimate	i.	Used to show that something is true, even if it is less strong than the words that follow.
10.	reflect	j.	Supported someone or something when other people criticized them.
11.	intent	k.	Allowed or accepted because it is right or reasonable.
12.	to say the least	l.	Said that something was true or that something had happened.
13.	acknowledged	m.	To show or express something.
14.	defended	n.	The work or money that a person needs to live.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

Australia has banned all songs that use AI from the official music charts. T / F
There was a controversy over the cover of a Madonna song. T / F
The cover song spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20. T / F
There was a backlash against people who opposed the use of AI. T / F
The recording industry CEO said artists' livelihoods must be protected. T / F
The CEO said there was no legitimate use of AI in creating music. T / F
The creator of the Madonna cover denied using AI. T / F
The creator called the new rules for AI "a great move". T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

fight
banned
considerable
purists
inclusion
livelihoods
excludes
intent
acknowledged
move

perfectionists
aim
insertion
leaves out
prohibited
action
battle
recognized
substantial
income

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

There has been a recent controversy
The cover version of the tune made
It also created a backlash among
wholly AI-generated music will be
AI-assisted music will still be eligible
the music charts must protect artists
She said there should be a legitimate
not to the extent that it excludes human
He also called ARIA's new rules
AI in music isn't for everyone and

music purists
creativity
for inclusion
use of AI
that's fine
considerable use of AI
over an AI version
"a great move"
banned from the charts
and their livelihoods

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

intrusion
purists
tune
eligible
recent
created
declared
backlash

The fight against the (1) _________________________________ of artificial intelligence (AI) into music continues. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has banned songs that have been "wholly" (2) _________________________________ with AI from entering the country's official music charts. There has been a (3) _________________________________ controversy over an AI version of the 1989 Madonna hit "Like a Prayer". The cover version of the (4) _________________________________ made considerable use of AI technology. The song spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20. It also created a (5) _________________________________ among music (6) _________________________________ and the general public. ARIA (7) _________________________________ that "wholly AI-generated" music will be banned from the charts, while "AI-assisted" music will still be (8) _________________________________ for inclusion.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

rules
rapidly
fine
livelihoods
move
intent
excludes
defended

ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said the music charts must protect artists and their (9) _________________________________. She said there should be a legitimate use of AI, but not to the extent that it (10) _________________________________ human creativity. She commented on the new (11) _________________________________, saying: "These changes reflect our (12) _________________________________ to remain dynamic and promote the human nature of artistry in what is, to say the least, a (13) _________________________________ developing space." Josh Fawaz, the artist who created the AI Madonna cover, acknowledged his use of AI on his version of the track. He (14) _________________________________ his use of AI as a "tool" in creating music. He also called ARIA's new rules "a great (15) _________________________________". He wrote: "I understand that AI in music isn't for everyone and that's (16) _________________________________."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) The fight against the intrusion of artificial intelligence (AI) ______
     a. into musically continues
     b. onto music continues
     c. unto music continues
     d. into music continues
2) There has been a recent controversy over an AI version of the ______
     a. 1989 Madonna hit
     b. 1989 Madonna smash
     c. 1989 Madonna strike
     d. 1989 Madonna bang
3) The cover version of the tune made considerable use ______
     a. off AI technology
     b. of AI technology
     c. oft AI technology
     d. over AI technology
4) It also created a backlash among music purists and ______
     a. the general publicly
     b. the general public
     c. the general publicity
   d. the general publican
5) music will be banned from the charts, while "AI-assisted" music will still be ______
     a. eligible of inclusion
     b. eligible for inclusion
     c. eligible at inclusion
     d. eligible on inclusion

6) ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said the music charts must protect artists ______
     a. and their livelihoods
     b. and their lively hoods
     c. and their live hoods
     d. and their life hoods
7) there should be a legitimate use of AI, but not to the extent that it ______
     a. exclusion human creativity
     b. excludes human creativity
     c. excudes human creativity
     d. exclude human creativity
8) in what is, to say the least, a ______
     a. rapidly developing spaced
     b. rapidly developing space
     c. rapidly developing spaces
     d. rapidly developing spacer
9) He defended his use of AI as a "tool" ______
     a. on creating music
     b. at creating music
     c. of creating music
     d. in creating music
10) I understand that AI in music isn't for everyone ______
     a. and what's fine
     b. and that fine
     c. and that's fine
     d. and hat's fine

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The fight (1) _______________________________________________ of artificial intelligence (AI) into music continues. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has (2) _______________________________________________ have been "wholly" created with AI from entering the country's official music charts. There has been (3) _______________________________________________ over an AI version of the 1989 Madonna hit "Like a Prayer". The cover version of the tune made (4) _______________________________________________ AI technology. The song spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20. It also created (5) _______________________________________________ music purists and the general public. ARIA declared that "wholly AI-generated" music will be banned from the charts, while "AI-assisted" music will (6) _______________________________________________ for inclusion.

ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said the music charts must protect artists (7) _______________________________________________. She said there should be a legitimate use of AI, but not to the extent that it (8) _______________________________________________. She commented on the new rules, saying: "These changes (9) _______________________________________________ to remain dynamic and promote the human nature of artistry in what is, to (10) _______________________________________________, a rapidly developing space." Josh Fawaz, the artist who created the AI Madonna cover, acknowledged his use of AI on (11) _______________________________________________ the track. He defended his use of AI as a "tool" in creating music. He also called ARIA's new rules "(12) _______________________________________________". He wrote: "I understand that AI in music isn't for everyone and that's fine."

Comprehension questions

What level of AI use will get songs banned from Australia's music charts?
In what year was the original Madonna song released?
For how long did the song spend in the Australian top 20?
Who did the cover song create a backlash among besides the public?
What music will still be eligible for inclusion in the Australian charts?
What position does Annabelle Herd hold in Australia's recording industry?
What did Ms Herd say the music charts should protect?
What did Ms Herd say should not be excluded from music?
What did Josh Fawaz defend?
Who did Josh Fawaz call the new AI music rules?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What level of AI use will get songs banned from Australia's music charts?
a) those partially generated from AI
b) those wholly generated from AI
c) those slightly generated from AI
d) those largely generated from AI
2) In what year was the original Madonna song released?
a) 1987
b) 1988
c) 1989
d) 1990
3) For how long did the song spend in the Australian top 20?
a) 13 weeks
b) 14 weeks
c) 15 weeks
d) 16 weeks
4) Who did the cover song create a backlash among besides the public?
a) musicians
b) music purists
c) AI companies
d) record labels
5) What music will still be eligible for inclusion in the Australian charts?
a) AI-assisted music
b) music with AI drums
c) songs with music written by AI
d) songs with lyrics written by AI

6) What position does Annabelle Herd hold in Australia's recording industry?
a) CEO
b) CFO
c) COO
d) CTO
7) What did Ms Herd say the music charts should protect?
a) artists' reputations
b) copyrights
c) artists' image rights
d) artists and their livelihoods
8) What did Ms Herd say should not be excluded from music?
a) real instruments
b) the songwriting process
c) human creativity
d) heart
9) What did Josh Fawaz defend?
a) the record industry
b) covering a Madonna song
c) Madonna songs
d) his use of AI as a tool
10) Who did Josh Fawaz call the new AI music rules?
a) a terrible move
b) a great move
c) an interesting move
d) a cool move

Role play

Role A – Rock
You think rock is the best form of music. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their genre. Also, tell the others which is the least-listenable of these (and why): jazz, techno or hip-hop.

Role B – Jazz
You think jazz is the best form of music. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their genre. Also, tell the others which is the least-listenable of these (and why): rock, techno or hip-hop.

Role C – Techno
You think techno is the best form of music. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their genre. Also, tell the others which is the least-listenable of these (and why): jazz, rock or hip-hop.

Role D – Hip-hop
You think hip-hop is the best form of music. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their genre. Also, tell the others which is the least-listenable of these (and why): jazz, techno or rock.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'AI'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'music'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

•Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

fight

banned

recent

considerable

16

still

protect

legitimate

reflect

artist

tool

fine

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - AI Music

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the term 'AI'?
What do you think of AI being used to create music?
Will songs written by AI ever be better than those written by humans?
Should there be a separate chart for AI songs?
Would you be a fan of an AI pop star?
Isn't a synthesizer as controversial as AI?
What do you think of AI making songs that exactly fit your mood?
Will there ever be an AI Beatles or an AI Mozart?
What songs do you like that are in your country's music charts?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'music'?
What do you think about what you read?
What danger is AI posing to musicians' livelihoods?
What legitimate use is there for AI in music?
What is "the human nature of artistry"?
How musical are you?
Would you like to use AI to write your own songs?
What advice do you have for music purists regarding AI?
What questions would you like to ask musicians who use AI?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

The (1) ____ against the intrusion of artificial intelligence (AI) (2) ____ music continues. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has banned songs that have been "wholly" created with AI from entering the country's official music charts. There has been a (3) ____ controversy over an AI version of the 1989 Madonna hit "Like a Prayer". The cover version of the tune (4) ____ considerable use of AI technology. The song spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20. It also created a backlash among music (5) ____ and the general public. ARIA declared that "wholly AI-generated" music will be banned from the charts, while "AI-assisted" music will still be eligible (6) ____ inclusion.

ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said the music charts must protect artists and their (7) ____. She said there should be a legitimate use of AI, but not to the extent that it excludes human creativity. She commented (8) ____ the new rules, saying: "These changes reflect our intent to remain dynamic and promote the human (9) ____ of artistry in what is, to say the least, a rapidly developing space." Josh Fawaz, the artist who created the AI Madonna (10) ____, acknowledged his use of AI on his version of the track. He defended his use of AI (11) ____ a "tool" in creating music. He also called ARIA's new rules "a great move". He wrote: "I understand that AI in music (12) ____ for everyone and that's fine."

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a) fought (b) fighter (c) fighting (d) fight
(a) as to (b) unto (c) onto (d) into
(a) recently (b) recent (c) recentness (d) recant
(a) took (b) was (c) made (d) did
(a) purists (b) puerile (c) purely (d) pure
(a) for (b) of (c) by (d) as
(a) livable (b) living (c) lively (d) livelihoods
(a) on (b) of (c) to (d) at
(a) biosphere (b) nature (c) diverse (d) species
(a) clover (b) covering (c) cover (d) covet
(a) is (b) has (c) as (d) was
(a) hasn't (b) isn't (c) won't (d) doesn't

Spelling

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Paragraph 2

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Put the text back together

(    )   "a great move". He wrote: "I understand that AI in music isn't for everyone and that's fine."
(    )   ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said the music charts must protect artists and their livelihoods. She said there should
(    )   banned from the charts, while "AI-assisted" music will still be eligible for inclusion.
(    )   be a legitimate use of AI, but not to the extent that it excludes human creativity. She commented
(    )   entering the country's official music charts. There has been a recent controversy over an AI version
(    )   Industry Association (ARIA) has banned songs that have been "wholly" created with AI from
(    )   nature of artistry in what is, to say the least, a rapidly developing space." Josh Fawaz, the artist
(    )   of the 1989 Madonna hit "Like a Prayer". The cover version of the tune made considerable use of AI
(    )   of the track. He defended his use of AI as a "tool" in creating music. He also called ARIA's new rules
(    )   on the new rules, saying: "These changes reflect our intent to remain dynamic and promote the human
(    )   purists and the general public. ARIA declared that "wholly AI-generated" music will be
(    )   technology. The song spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20. It also created a backlash among music
( 1 )   The fight against the intrusion of artificial intelligence (AI) into music continues. The Australian Recording
(    )   who created the AI Madonna cover, acknowledged his use of AI on his version

Put the words in the right order

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Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

The fight / flight against the intrusion of artificial intelligence (AI) into music continues. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has banned songs that have been "holy / wholly" created with AI from enter / entering the country's official / officially music charts. There has been a recent controversy over / under an AI version of the 1989 Madonna hit "Like a Prayer". The cover version at / of the tune made considerable use / useful of AI technology. The song spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20. It also created a whiplash / backlash among music purists and the general public. ARIA declared that "wholly AI-generated" music will being / be banned from the charts, while "AI-assisted" music will still be eligible for / up inclusion.

ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said the music charts must / have protect artists and their livelihoods. She said there should be a legitimate use of AI, but not to the external / extent that it excludes / exudes human creativity. She commented in / on the new rules, saying: "These changes reflect our intent to remain dynamic and promote the human natural / nature of artistry in what is, to say the least / last, a rapidly developing space." Josh Fawaz, the artist who created the AI Madonna covering / cover, acknowledged his use of AI on his version of the tack / track. He defended his use of AI as a "tool" in creating / creation music. He also called ARIA's new rules "a great move". He wrote: "I understand that AI in music isn't for / to everyone and that's fine."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

the fight against the intrusion of artificial intelligence ai into music continues the australian recording industry association aria has banned songs that have been wholly created with ai from entering the countrys official music charts there has been a recent controversy over an ai version of the 1989 madonna hit like a prayer the cover version of the tune made considerable use of ai technology the song spent 16 weeks in the australian top 20 it also created a backlash among music purists and the general public aria declared that wholly ai generated music will be banned from the charts while ai assisted music will still be eligible for inclusion

aria ceo annabelle herd said the music charts must protect artists and their livelihoods she said there should be a legitimate use of ai but not to the extent that it excludes human creativity she commented on the new rules saying these changes reflect our intent to remain dynamic and promote the human nature of artistry in what is to say the least a rapidly developing space josh fawaz the artist who created the ai madonna cover acknowledged his use of ai on his version of the track he defended his use of ai as a tool in creating music he also called arias new rules a great move he wrote i understand that ai in music isnt for everyone and thats fine

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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ndedhisuseofAIasa"tool"increatingmusic.HealsocalledARIA'snewrul
es"agreatmove".Hewrote:"IunderstandthatAIinmusicisn'tforevery
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Free writing

Write about ban on AI songs for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Academic writing

AI music will be the most listened to in the future. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Homework

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. AI MUSIC: Make a poster about AI music. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. AI POP STARS: Write a magazine article about music solely generated by AI being allowed in music charts. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on AI music. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your thoughts on the future of AI in music. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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