By Antoinette Bueno, Page Six | Mysterious new blues singer Eddie Dalton — who made the iTunes Top 100 singles chart 11 times this month — is actually a fake singer that’s entirely AI-generated.
“Dalton” is the work of content creator Dallas Ray Little, who’s based in Greenville, South Carolina, Showbiz 411 reported. Little reportedly owns a company called Crunchy Records that’s producing AI music and videos under different fictional artists’ names.
Little gave a statement to the outlet after “Dalton” reached the No. 3 position on the iTunes Top Albums chart with “The Years Between,” and responded to the backlash he’s received for making AI-generated music under a fake artist.
“I don’t appreciate how my work has been characterized,” the statement reads. “Referring to it as a ‘content farm’ and suggesting people are being misled is inaccurate; it presents opinion as fact rather than reporting.”
“Every social media video is clearly labeled as AI-generated, and many listeners are fully aware of that and enjoy the music for what it is,” the statement continued. “All of the songs are written by me.”
“Dalton” currently has six songs out on iTunes — “Another Day Old,” “Running to You,” “Cheap Red Wine,” “Stay a “Little Longer,” “She Don’t Stay Long,” and “Somewhere Along the Way.”
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Go here to read more on this story and comments from readers: The original article contains lots of photos of “Eddie Dalton”:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/truth-behind-mystery-musician-taking-over-itunes-chart-revealed/
A Folk Singer Fights Back After YouTube Claims She Doesn’t Own Her Own Voice
By Alex Cooper, Happy Mag
A North Carolina folk singer has become the face of music’s darkest 2026 nightmare.
Murphy Campbell discovered AI-cloned versions of her voice flooding her Spotify profile without consent. Then came the copyright trolls.
Using distributor Vydia’s Content ID system, a user named “Murphy Rider” filed claims against Campbell’s own YouTube performances of public domain songs like ‘In the Pines,’ centuries-old tracks no one can legally own.
Vydia’s founder Roy LaManna insists AI wasn’t involved, blaming a gap in audio fingerprinting databases.
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Go here to read why YOU might be aware of what’s happening:
https://happymag.tv/folk-singer-ai-copyright-claim/
