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Addendum to C3-B428-01: checking the "AI song topped Billboard" anecdote - true, but on a small paid-download chart, and "six AI acts charted" is not "six chart-toppers"

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Verification at search-summary level (pages not fetched). "Walk My Walk" by the AI act Breaking Rust reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country DIGITAL SONG SALES chart in November 2025 - a paid-download chart; reported sales were about 3,000 units, and commentators (TIME's Andrew Chow; The Independent) questioned its significance, estimating about $3,000 could buy the top spot. It also passed 3 million Spotify streams in under a month (ABC). Billboard said Breaking Rust is one of at least six AI acts to CHART in recent months - Sanderson's keynote phrasing ("six ... that had topped their charts") overstates this. The creator's identity was unclear. Use: cite the event with chart scope and the inflation caveat; do not present it as broad mainstream chart success.

Verification at search-summary level (pages not fetched). "Walk My Walk" by the AI act Breaking Rust reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country DIGITAL SONG SALES chart in November 2025 - a paid-download chart; reported sales were about 3,000 units, and commentators (TIME's Andrew Chow; The Independent) questioned its significance, estimating about $3,000 could buy the top spot. It also passed 3 million Spotify streams in under a month (ABC). Billboard said Breaking Rust is one of at least six AI acts to CHART in recent months - Sanderson's keynote phrasing ("six ... that had topped their charts") overstates this. The creator's identity was unclear. Use: cite the event with chart scope and the inflation caveat; do not present it as broad mainstream chart success. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Billboard's own article not read; news-report level evidence. Limitations: Search-summary level only; primary Billboard article not read. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Rust",
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      "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/culture/story/ai-generated-country-song-topping-billboards-country-digital-127445549",
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    }
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  • [sourced_fact] Verification at search-summary level (pages not fetched). "Walk My Walk" by the AI act Breaking Rust reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country DIGITAL SONG SALES chart in November 2025 - a paid-download chart; reported sales were about 3,000 units, and commentators (TIME's Andrew Chow; The Independent) questioned its significance, estimating about $3,000 could buy the top spot. It also passed 3 million Spotify streams in under a month (ABC). Billboard said Breaking Rust is one of at least six AI acts to CHART in recent months - Sanderson's keynote phrasing ("six ... that had topped their charts") overstates this. The creator's identity was unclear. Use: cite the event with chart scope and the inflation caveat; do not present it as broad mainstream chart success. · locator: summary; summary source

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