Yes. Simphiwe Dana has 83 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 83

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 Uzobuya Nini?, Gwegweleza, Zobuya Nin' Linkomo (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed under the artist name 83 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Uzobuya Nini?

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Uzobuya Nini? (The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street) · Watch on YouTube

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Gwegweleza

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Gwegweleza (Bamako) · Watch on YouTube

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Zobuya Nin' Linkomo (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Zobuya Nin' Linkomo (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Sizophum' Elokishini (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Sizophum' Elokishini (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Umzali Wami (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Umzali Wami (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Was It All?

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Was It All? (Firebrand (Special Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Bye Bye Naughty Baby

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Bye Bye Naughty Baby (Bamako) · Watch on YouTube

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Fela's Azania

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Fela's Azania (Kulture Noir) · Watch on YouTube

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Umjeko (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Umjeko (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Tribe (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Tribe (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Zundiqondisise (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Zundiqondisise (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Let's Go Dancing (Black Motion Remix)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Let's Go Dancing (Black Motion Remix) (Firebrand (Special Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Lakutshon' Ilanga (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Lakutshon' Ilanga (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Ilolo (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (feat. Adam Glasser)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Ilolo (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (feat. Adam Glasser) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Jiya Jiya

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Jiya Jiya (Firebrand (Special Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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You Keep Calling

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – You Keep Calling (Bamako) · Watch on YouTube

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Sebenzile

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Sebenzile (The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street) · Watch on YouTube

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Bantu Biko Street (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Bantu Biko Street (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Madiba

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Madiba (Firebrand (Special Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Ndiredi (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Ndiredi (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (The Singles) · Watch on YouTube

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Sabela

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Sabela (Firebrand (Special Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Let's Go Dancing

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Let's Go Dancing (Firebrand (Special Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Soul Story

Listed as Ernie Deane, Simphiwe Dana – Soul Story (The Collaboration) · Watch on YouTube

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Bamako

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Bamako (Bamako) · Watch on YouTube

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Malaika (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Malaika (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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State of Emergency

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – State of Emergency (A Song for Mandela) · Watch on YouTube

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Zabalaza

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Zabalaza (Bamako) · Watch on YouTube

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Medley:- Meadowlands / Into Yam' Ndiyayithanda (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Medley:- Meadowlands / Into Yam' Ndiyayithanda (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Mr I

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Mr I (Bamako) · Watch on YouTube

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Iliwa Lam' (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Iliwa Lam' (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Ndim' Iqhawe, Pt. 1 (Live at the Lyric Theatre)

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Ndim' Iqhawe, Pt. 1 (Live at the Lyric Theatre) (Live at the Lyric Theatre) · Watch on YouTube

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Ingoma Ka Maiane

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Ingoma Ka Maiane (Kulture Noir) · Watch on YouTube

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Master Piece

Listed as Simphiwe Dana – Master Piece (Firebrand (Special Edition)) · 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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These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.