Kelly Clarkson Says AI Artists Need Their Own Chart: "I Love AI, But..."

Kelly Clarkson is not anti-AI. Let’s get that out of the way first. On the Las Culturistas podcast, she told Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang that she genuinely loves AI and uses it creatively. Her issue starts the moment an AI act goes head-to-head with a human on the same chart.“I think there should be a separate chart,”she said, comparing the situation to robots lining up against humans in the Olympics. Fair comparison, honestly.

Here’s why the debate is no longer theoretical. Billboard doesn’t currently ban AI artists from its charts, and in September 2025, an AI act called Xania Monet became the first to land on those charts, then signed a three-million-dollar record deal. Meanwhile, artists across the industry keep weighing in, from Empire of the Sun’s Luke Steele to Grimes and Jack Antonoff, and nobody agrees on where the line sits. Clarkson also made a point that gets lost in the noise: AI can help people who physically can’t do certain things musically. That’s real, and it matters.

Her bottom line? AI isn’t going anywhere, and there’s room for both AI and human music, but we can’t lose the human element. So now it’s your turn: should AI artists get their own chart, or should everything compete in the same arena? Sound off in the comments.