Yes. Papa Wemba has 223 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 223

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 Mère Supérieure (feat. Viva La Musica), Amina (feat. Viva La Musica), Ah Ouais

Listed under the artist name 223 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Mère Supérieure (feat. Viva La Musica)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Mère Supérieure (feat. Viva La Musica) (Mwana Molokai - The First Twenty Years) · Watch on YouTube

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Amina (feat. Viva La Musica)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Amina (feat. Viva La Musica) (Mwana Molokai - The First Twenty Years) · Watch on YouTube

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Ah Ouais

Listed as Papa Wemba – Ah Ouais (Emotion (Real World Gold)) · Watch on YouTube

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Vanité des vanités

Listed as Papa Wemba – Vanité des vanités (Bakala dia kuba) · Watch on YouTube

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Awa Y'Okeyi

Listed as Papa Wemba – Awa Y'Okeyi (Molokai (Real World Gold)) · Watch on YouTube

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Le Voyageur (Live)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Le Voyageur (Live) (Le Voyageur) · Watch on YouTube

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Bokulaka (feat. Viva La Musica)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Bokulaka (feat. Viva La Musica) (La Naissance De L'orchestre Viva La Musica) · Watch on YouTube

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Mitard

Listed as Papa Wemba – Mitard (Notre père Rumba) · Watch on YouTube

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Au nom de l'amour

Listed as Papa Wemba – Au nom de l'amour (Somo trop (Trop somo)) · Watch on YouTube

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Kuwaya

Listed as Tshala Muana, Papa Wemba – Kuwaya (Dans Un Duo Pour L'Eternite Avec Papa Wemba) · Watch on YouTube

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T'en va pas

Listed as Papa Wemba – T'en va pas (Maître d'école) · Watch on YouTube

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Esclave

Listed as Papa Wemba – Esclave (Papa Wemba) · Watch on YouTube

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Philosophie y'a la vie

Listed as Papa Wemba – Philosophie y'a la vie (Notre père Rumba) · Watch on YouTube

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Anita, femme africaine

Listed as Papa Wemba, Singuila – Anita, femme africaine (Dis l'heure 2 afro zouk) · Watch on YouTube

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Champs Elysées

Listed as Papa Wemba – Champs Elysées (Les meilleurs succès de Papa Wemba, vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Chacun pour soi (feat. Diamond Platnumz) (feat. Diamond Platnumz)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Chacun pour soi (feat. Diamond Platnumz) (feat. Diamond Platnumz) (Chacun pour soi (feat. Diamond Platnumz)) · Watch on YouTube

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Onassis

Listed as Papa Wemba – Onassis (Hits inoubliables, zaïko langa langa) · Watch on YouTube

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M'odikenda

Listed as Papa Wemba – M'odikenda (100% Papa Wemba vol.2 (10 Essential Titles)) · Watch on YouTube

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Kebo

Listed as Papa Wemba – Kebo (Notre père Rumba) · Watch on YouTube

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Dikando (1ère Version) (feat. Dindo Yogo)

Listed as Papa Wemba, Emeneya Kester, L'orchestre Viva La Musica – Dikando (1ère Version) (feat. Dindo Yogo) (Viva La Musica 1978 - 1980 Volume 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Ndonge

Listed as Papa Wemba – Ndonge (Hits inoubliables, zaïko langa langa) · Watch on YouTube

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Ndako Ya Ndele (1ère Version)

Listed as Papa Wemba, Emeneya Kester, L'orchestre Viva La Musica – Ndako Ya Ndele (1ère Version) (Viva La Musica 1978 - 1980 Volume 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Mobembo

Listed as Papa Wemba – Mobembo (Maître d'école) · Watch on YouTube

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Lamentation

Listed as Papa Wemba – Lamentation (Somo trop (Trop somo)) · Watch on YouTube

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Libongo

Listed as Papa Wemba – Libongo (Kaka Yo) · Watch on YouTube

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Sala Keba

Listed as Papa Wemba – Sala Keba (Emotion (Real World Gold)) · Watch on YouTube

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Maman

Listed as Papa Wemba – Maman (Papa Wemba Live New Morning) · Watch on YouTube

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Paradoxe

Listed as Papa Wemba – Paradoxe (À LA UNE (Nouvelle Ecriture)) · Watch on YouTube

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Sapologie (feat. Nash) (feat. Nash)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Sapologie (feat. Nash) (feat. Nash) (Notre père Rumba) · Watch on YouTube

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Elu Sharufa (1ère Version)

Listed as Papa Wemba, Emeneya Kester, L'orchestre Viva La Musica – Elu Sharufa (1ère Version) (Viva La Musica 1978 - 1980 Volume 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Etha Ndjoli

Listed as Papa Wemba, Evoloko Joker, Langa Langa Stars, Evoloko Jocker – Etha Ndjoli (Mingelina B52 - EP) · Watch on YouTube

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Alanga nzembo

Listed as Papa Wemba – Alanga nzembo (Somo trop (Trop somo)) · Watch on YouTube

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Congo moko

Listed as Papa Wemba – Congo moko (Somo trop (Trop somo)) · Watch on YouTube

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Préféré

Listed as Papa Wemba – Préféré (Trait d'union (Chaque jour est une vie) - EP) · Watch on YouTube

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Petite Gina

Listed as Papa Wemba – Petite Gina (Les Meilleurs Succès De Papa Wemba, Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Ainsi soit-il

Listed as Papa Wemba – Ainsi soit-il (Bakala dia kuba) · Watch on YouTube

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Chasse à l'homme (feat. JB Mpiana) (feat. JB Mpiana)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Chasse à l'homme (feat. JB Mpiana) (feat. JB Mpiana) (Maître d'école) · Watch on YouTube

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Africain comme toi (feat. Nana Kouyaté) (feat. Nana Kouyaté)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Africain comme toi (feat. Nana Kouyaté) (feat. Nana Kouyaté) (Maître d'école) · Watch on YouTube

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Kinzaki

Listed as Papa Wemba – Kinzaki (À LA UNE (Nouvelle Ecriture)) · Watch on YouTube

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Araignée

Listed as Papa Wemba – Araignée (Maître d'école) · Watch on YouTube

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Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song) (Emotion (Real World Gold)) · Watch on YouTube

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Café

Listed as Papa Wemba – Café (À LA UNE (Nouvelle Ecriture)) · Watch on YouTube

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O Koningana

Listed as Papa Wemba – O Koningana (Sono Afrique) · Watch on YouTube

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Nostalgie (feat. Jossart N'yoka Longo) (feat. Jossart N'yoka Longo)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Nostalgie (feat. Jossart N'yoka Longo) (feat. Jossart N'yoka Longo) (Maître d'école) · Watch on YouTube

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Beau Gosse Ya Paris

Listed as Papa Wemba – Beau Gosse Ya Paris (Beau Gosse Ya Paris) · Watch on YouTube

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Mwana Molokaï (Au Village Molokaï, 1ère Version)

Listed as Papa Wemba, Emeneya Kester, L'orchestre Viva La Musica – Mwana Molokaï (Au Village Molokaï, 1ère Version) (Viva La Musica 1978 - 1980 Volume 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Victime de la Mode (feat. Viva La Musica)

Listed as Papa Wemba – Victime de la Mode (feat. Viva La Musica) (Mwana Molokai - The First Twenty Years) · Watch on YouTube

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Johnny Lopez

Listed as Papa Wemba – Johnny Lopez (Maître d'école) · Watch on YouTube

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Mwana Ngo "Fatuma" (1ère Version)

Listed as Papa Wemba, Emeneya Kester, L'orchestre Viva La Musica – Mwana Ngo "Fatuma" (1ère Version) (Viva La Musica 1978 - 1980 Volume 2) · Watch on YouTube

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L'homme de sandton

Listed as Papa Wemba – L'homme de sandton (Maître d'école) · 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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