2025
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Song of the Year
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2025 Awards
Song of the Year
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“How Was I Supposed to Know?”
Telisha Jones/Xania Monet
The songwriting behind the year's defining AI recording began as Jones's own written poetry, with AI used to set and perform the composition rather than to author it. The song reached No. 1 on R&B Digital Song Sales and anchored the case that AI-era songs can still rest on a human pen.
Other nominees
“Walk My Walk”
Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor/Breaking Rust
Human-directed country songwriting realized through generative tools; a No. 1 on Country Digital Song Sales.
“Aftercare”
Imogen Heap
A song written entirely by the Grammy-winning artist, with AI reserved for voicing rather than authorship.
“Glitch x Pulse”
Stage Zero writing team/TaTa
Human-written lyrics and Timbaland's demos shaped into TaTa's debut, with roughly 85% human creative input.
“Mercy on my Grave”
David Vieira/Aventhis
Human-written country-rock lyrics over AI-generated music (~2.4M streams).