The AIMEE Awards | The Academy of AI Music

A NEW STANDARD FOR SOUND · 2026 ENTRIES NOW OPEN

The awards for the artists, producers, builders, and boundary-pushers shaping music with artificial intelligence.

HE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE

Randy Travis’ “Where That Came From” is the clearest case yet for artist-led AI, built with his catalogue, his producer, and his consent. Not a shortcut, and not a replacement.

CBS SUNDAY MORNING · 2024

The story behind Randy Travis' return to recording and how AI helped restore a voice that had been lost.

Awarding the work that makes the impossible feel inevitable.

The AIMEE Awards exist for the artists who treat intelligence as an instrument, not a shortcut. Bring us the record, visual, tool, performance, or idea that moved the conversation forward.

Spanning music, craft, innovation & impact

Recognition across the AI music ecosystem

The first AIMEE Awards ceremony

Celebrating the future of music

02 · FIND YOUR FREQUENCY

As the first organization dedicated to AI music excellence, The Academy establishes a clear standard for authorship, creative direction, transparency, musicality, innovation, and the decisions that shape the final work.

Creators submit eligible work for consideration in the 2026 AIMEE season.

Academy reviewers evaluate submissions against the AIMEE standard of excellence.

The Academy reveals the creators and works selected across the award fields.

The 2026 AIMEE Awards are presented in San Francisco.

Entries open September 2026. Get submission dates, eligibility updates, nominee announcements, and event news from The Academy of AI Music.

THE FUTURE HAS A NEW SOUND.

A STROKE TOOK HIS VOICE IN 2013. IN 2024, HE RELEASED A RECORD.

Randy Travis sings again, courtesy of AI

The Academy of AI Music

NOT JUST NEW MUSIC. A NEW LISTENING.

WHAT WE’RE LISTENING FOR.

Eight award fields. One standard of excellence. Find where your work belongs and explore the categories shaping the future of AI music.

General Field

The Academy’s highest honors, recognizing the recordings, songs, creators, producers, and collaborations defining the future of AI music.

Genre Awards

Celebrating excellence across pop, electronic, rock, hip-hop, R&B, country, jazz, classical, Latin, global music, and beyond.

Craft & Production

Honoring the creative and technical craft behind the music, from production and engineering to arrangement, remixing, visuals, and spatial audio.

AI Craft & Innovation

Recognizing exceptional uses of artificial intelligence, including prompting, custom models, voice synthesis, creative tools, interactive systems, and technical breakthroughs.

Education

Celebrating the educators, researchers, students, programs, and resources advancing knowledge, creativity, and understanding within AI music.

Responsibility & Ethics

Honoring leadership in consent, attribution, licensing, transparency, provenance, sustainability, advocacy, and the responsible use of AI in music.

Special & Honorary

Academy-selected honors recognizing visionary leadership, lifetime achievement, industry service, landmark contributions, and lasting cultural impact.

Autonomous / Generative Work

Recognizing outstanding music created with minimal direct human creative input and the generative systems behind its creation.

The future of music needs a standard.

The road to the AIMEE Awards.

Entries Open

Judging Begins

Nominees Announced

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