Yes. Candi Staton has 140 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 140

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Cotton Candi, The Thanks I Get for Loving You, God's Got It

Listed under the artist name 140 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Cotton Candi

Listed as Candi Staton – Cotton Candi (Music Speaks Louder Than Words) · Watch on YouTube

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The Thanks I Get for Loving You

Listed as Candi Staton – The Thanks I Get for Loving You (Candi Staton) · Watch on YouTube

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God's Got It

Listed as Candi Staton – God's Got It (Classic Candi, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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His Hands

Listed as Candi Staton – His Hands (His Hands) · Watch on YouTube

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Me and My Music

Listed as Candi Staton – Me and My Music (Chance) · Watch on YouTube

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When We All Get to Heaven

Listed as Candi Staton – When We All Get to Heaven (Classic Candi, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Stand By Your Man

Listed as Candi Staton – Stand By Your Man (Candi Staton - The Album) · Watch on YouTube

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Six Nights and a Day

Listed as Candi Staton – Six Nights and a Day (Young Hearts Run Free: The Best Of Candi Staton) · Watch on YouTube

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When You Want Love

Listed as Candi Staton – When You Want Love (Music Speaks Louder Than Words) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video DhwAZgycoVI · row DhwAZgycoVI

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Rock

Listed as Candi Staton – Rock (Chance) · Watch on YouTube

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I'm Just A Prisoner

Listed as Candi Staton – I'm Just A Prisoner (Candi Staton - The Album) · Watch on YouTube

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I Ain't Got Nowhere to Go

Listed as Candi Staton – I Ain't Got Nowhere to Go (Young Hearts Run Free: The Best Of Candi Staton) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video FX9dTpGKKlQ · row FX9dTpGKKlQ

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A Little Taste of Love

Listed as Candi Staton – A Little Taste of Love (Candi) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video JCw3YCC0fWU · row JCw3YCC0fWU

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Blackmail

Listed as Candi Staton – Blackmail (Candi Staton) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video JErOlfe3tiY · row JErOlfe3tiY

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Halfway to Heaven

Listed as Candi Staton – Halfway to Heaven (Candi Staton) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video KYOwWo0h9i4 · row KYOwWo0h9i4

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Hold On, I'm Coming

Listed as Candi Staton – Hold On, I'm Coming (Cover Me) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video M8jUvE-oWj4 · row M8jUvE-oWj4

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Cover Me

Listed as Candi Staton – Cover Me (Cover Me) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video OBe0SAeSN-k · row OBe0SAeSN-k

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One More Chance on Love

Listed as Candi Staton – One More Chance on Love (Music Speaks Louder Than Words) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video PEYDh-JM0xo · row PEYDh-JM0xo

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Before the Next Teardrop Falls

Listed as Candi Staton – Before the Next Teardrop Falls (Music Speaks Louder Than Words) · Watch on YouTube

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Hallelujah Anyway (Director's Cut Signature Praise Radio Edit)

Listed as Candi Staton – Hallelujah Anyway (Director's Cut Signature Praise Radio Edit) (Hallelujah Anyway (Radio Edits)) · Watch on YouTube

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One More Hurt

Listed as Candi Staton – One More Hurt (Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters) · Watch on YouTube

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Hallelujah Anyway (Jnr SA Remix)

Listed as Candi Staton – Hallelujah Anyway (Jnr SA Remix) (Hallelujah Anyway (Larse VIP & Jnr SA Remixes)) · Watch on YouTube

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In The Ghetto

Listed as Candi Staton – In The Ghetto (Candi Staton - The Album) · Watch on YouTube

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Hallelujah Anyway (David Penn Remix)

Listed as Candi Staton – Hallelujah Anyway (David Penn Remix) (Defected Presents House Masters - David Penn) · Watch on YouTube

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He's Coming Back

Listed as Candi Staton – He's Coming Back (Classic Candi, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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I Ain't Easy To Love

Listed as Candi Staton, John Paul White, Jason Isbell – I Ain't Easy To Love (Muscle Shoals: Small Town, Big Sound) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video _xX1dPbDaDQ · row _xX1dPbDaDQ

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Hurry Sundown

Listed as Candi Staton – Hurry Sundown (Nightlites) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video cSFIcihkcTs · row cSFIcihkcTs

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Count On Me

Listed as Candi Staton – Count On Me (Nightlites) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video eOWPscnk-hM · row eOWPscnk-hM

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Rock of Salvation

Listed as Candi Staton – Rock of Salvation (Cover Me) · Watch on YouTube

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I'd Rather Be An Old Man

Listed as Candi Staton – I'd Rather Be An Old Man (Candi Staton - The Album) · Watch on YouTube

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1963

Listed as Candi Staton – 1963 (1963) · Watch on YouTube

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Hallelujah Anyway (Moplen's Classic Club Vibe)

Listed as Candi Staton – Hallelujah Anyway (Moplen's Classic Club Vibe) (Hallelujah Anyway) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video ikMKNKohoQo · row ikMKNKohoQo

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Hallelujah Anyway (Dr Packer Extended Remix)

Listed as Candi Staton – Hallelujah Anyway (Dr Packer Extended Remix) (Hallelujah Anyway) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video immiC24F48s · row immiC24F48s

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Honest I Do

Listed as Candi Staton – Honest I Do (Candi Staton - The Album) · Watch on YouTube

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Young Hearts Run Free (Mike Maurro 1976 12" Disco Remix)

Listed as Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free (Mike Maurro 1976 12" Disco Remix) (Young Hearts Run Free (Mike Maurro 1976 12" Disco Remix)) · Watch on YouTube

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I'm Gonna Hold On (To What I Got This Time)

Listed as Candi Staton – I'm Gonna Hold On (To What I Got This Time) (Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video oItMom_GQhk · row oItMom_GQhk

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Confidence

Listed as Candi Staton – Confidence (Confidence) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video opkKBP_Rpfo · row opkKBP_Rpfo

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Never In Public

Listed as Candi Staton – Never In Public (I'm Just A Prisoner) · Watch on YouTube

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Higher Ground

Listed as Candi Staton – Higher Ground (Classic Candi, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video sBTyRYhgixs · row sBTyRYhgixs

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He Is Lord

Listed as Candi Staton – He Is Lord (Classic Candi, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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