Yes. Nicholas Payton has 156 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 156

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 Weather Bird, Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Eight

Listed under the artist name 156 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Weather Bird

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Weather Bird (Gumbo Nouveau) · Watch on YouTube

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Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Gumbo Nouveau) · Watch on YouTube

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Eight

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Eight (Numbers) · Watch on YouTube

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Fair Weather

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Fair Weather (From This Moment) · Watch on YouTube

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Hello Dolly

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Hello Dolly (Dear Louis) · Watch on YouTube

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Pinocchio

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Pinocchio (The Couch Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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You Rascal You

Listed as Nicholas Payton – You Rascal You (Dear Louis) · Watch on YouTube

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Drucilla

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Drucilla (Into the Blue) · Watch on YouTube

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Tight Like This

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Tight Like This (Dear Louis) · Watch on YouTube

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A Touch Of Silver

Listed as Nicholas Payton – A Touch Of Silver (Payton's Place) · Watch on YouTube

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People Make The World Go Round

Listed as Nicholas Payton – People Make The World Go Round (Payton's Place) · Watch on YouTube

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Bleek's Blues

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Bleek's Blues (The Couch Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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How Deep Is The Ocean?

Listed as Doc Cheatham, Nicholas Payton – How Deep Is The Ocean? (Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton) · Watch on YouTube

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Feed the Fire

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Feed the Fire (The Couch Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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West End Blues

Listed as Nicholas Payton – West End Blues (Dear Louis) · Watch on YouTube

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Interlude No. 1 (Turn Up The Funk)

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Interlude No. 1 (Turn Up The Funk) (Nick@Night) · Watch on YouTube

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Visible Light (feat. Patrice Rushen & Michael Franks)

Listed as NICHOLAS PAYTON – Visible Light (feat. Patrice Rushen & Michael Franks) (DRIP) · Watch on YouTube

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#BAMboula

Listed as Nicholas Payton – #BAMboula (Afro-Caribbean Mixtape) · Watch on YouTube

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Stardust

Listed as Doc Cheatham, Nicholas Payton – Stardust (Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton) · Watch on YouTube

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Pleasant Dreams

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Pleasant Dreams (Nick@Night) · Watch on YouTube

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Eleven

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Eleven (Numbers) · Watch on YouTube

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Gold Dust Black Magic

Listed as NICHOLAS PAYTON – Gold Dust Black Magic (DRIP) · Watch on YouTube

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Afro-Caribbean Mixtape

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Afro-Caribbean Mixtape (Afro-Caribbean Mixtape) · Watch on YouTube

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The Last Goodbye

Listed as Nicholas Payton – The Last Goodbye (Payton's Place) · Watch on YouTube

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Kimathi (Main Theme)

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Kimathi (Main Theme) (Afro-Caribbean Mixtape) · Watch on YouTube

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Hangin' in and Jivin'

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Hangin' in and Jivin' (Smoke Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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Interlude (St. James Infirmary)

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Interlude (St. James Infirmary) (Dear Louis) · Watch on YouTube

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The Crimson Touch

Listed as Nicholas Payton – The Crimson Touch (Into the Blue) · Watch on YouTube

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Gold Dust Black Magic

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Gold Dust Black Magic (Smoke Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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You Stepped Out Of A Dream

Listed as Nicholas Payton – You Stepped Out Of A Dream (From This Moment) · Watch on YouTube

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Twelve

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Twelve (Numbers) · Watch on YouTube

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Time Traveling

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Time Traveling (Payton's Place) · Watch on YouTube

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Levin's Lope

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Levin's Lope (Smoke Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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Freesia

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Freesia (Bitches) · Watch on YouTube

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On The Sunny Side Of The Street (feat. Dianne Reeves)

Listed as Nicholas Payton – On The Sunny Side Of The Street (feat. Dianne Reeves) (Dear Louis) · Watch on YouTube

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Eight

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Eight (Relaxin' with Nick) · Watch on YouTube

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Fleur de Lis

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Fleur de Lis (Into the Blue) · Watch on YouTube

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Fall

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Fall (The Couch Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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Intro to Kimathi

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Intro to Kimathi (Afro-Caribbean Mixtape) · Watch on YouTube

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Nine

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Nine (Numbers) · Watch on YouTube

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Bust-a-Move

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Bust-a-Move (The Couch Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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After You've Gone

Listed as Nicholas Payton – After You've Gone (Gumbo Nouveau) · Watch on YouTube

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The Backward Step

Listed as Nicholas Payton – The Backward Step (Into the Blue) · Watch on YouTube

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Let It Ride

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Let It Ride (Into the Blue) · Watch on YouTube

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Li'l Duke's Strut

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Li'l Duke's Strut (Payton's Place) · Watch on YouTube

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Back To The Source

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Back To The Source (Payton's Place) · Watch on YouTube

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Relaxin' with Nick

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Relaxin' with Nick (Relaxin' with Nick) · Watch on YouTube

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With A Song In My Heart

Listed as Nicholas Payton – With A Song In My Heart (Payton's Place) · Watch on YouTube

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Big George

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Big George (Smoke Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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Brownie A La Mode

Listed as Nicholas Payton – Brownie A La Mode (Payton's Place) · 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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