Prove your music is human-created
Anyone can generate a song. Certification sets your work apart and puts your name to the hours, the takes and the talent that went into it.
Certification is free for the rest of 2026.
How it works
Three uses of AI disqualify music from certification:
- AI-generated sound recordings. We assess these with detection technology.
- Recordings of AI-generated compositions. We assess these by reviewing evidence of how the work was conceived and developed.
- Recordings mixed or mastered using AI. We assess these by reviewing evidence of the post-production process.
- 1DetailsThe song or album. Upload the audio. We’ll extract the title, the artist and the cover art from your files.
- 2EvidenceThree chapters: how you wrote it, how you recorded it, how you finished it. The 40 second voice memo from the day the idea landed says more than a polished bounce. Rough material is welcome.
- 3DeclarationTick one box to declare that the work is human-created and that any AI use stayed within our limits. Contributors whose work you didn’t witness sign their own.
- 4ReviewOne of our reviewers assesses the sound recording and evidence, then makes the call. We'll email you the decision within 5 business days.
Provenance is proof
Simply drag and drop your voice memos, lyric pages and clips from the studio. Every chapter has a strength meter based on the evidence you add.
Full strength
A recording, an image, and a video. Three different kinds of evidence.
Two of three
A recording and an image. Two kinds, one more to go.
One of three
Three demos are all recordings. Files of the same kind count once.
What certification gives you
Certificate
of authenticity
Proudly
Human
Song, written, performed & produced by humans
This song has been verified as human-created with no more than de minimis use of AI.
Certification number
1000-0000-0121
Certification date
25 September 2026
Successful applications receive:
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A unique certification number for the work.
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A verification page at proudlyhuman.org/certified/ followed by your number, so anyone can check it in seconds.
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A certification badge with a QR code that takes anyone who scans it straight to your verification page.
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The ProudlyHuman™ certification mark for your artwork, streaming profiles, and promotion.
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A certificate naming the artist and the work, with its cover art, to print or download.
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A social media pack, up to nine slides built from your answers, ready to post with the release.
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Your collaborators credited on the pack’s credits slide.
Free to certify for the rest of 2026
Proudly Human music standards
You’ll declare that any use of AI complied with our standards.
Acceptable
Non-generative AI-powered software
- ProudlyHuman™ certification limits AI use to software that enables the creator.
- AI-powered software that modulates a human performance, and so enhances the creator’s capacity to create, does not affect eligibility for certification.
- For example, an AI-powered audio separation plugin does not affect eligibility, as it enhances creative capacity.
Not acceptable
AI-generated audio
- Using AI to generate audio at any stage of a song’s life cycle, from conception to post-production, disqualifies the song from certification.
Your music, certified as yours
Certify your work once, and anyone can check it on its verification page. One of our reviewers reads everything you send.
Also certifying writers and visual artists, at proudlyhuman.org.