Yes. The Chieftains has 160 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 160

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 Planxty Browne, the William Davis's, Lady Wrixon, Rachamid a Bhean Bheag, Gaftaí Baile Buí

Listed under the artist name 160 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Planxty Browne, the William Davis's, Lady Wrixon

Listed as The Chieftains, Derek Bell, Martin Fay, Seán Keane – Planxty Browne, the William Davis's, Lady Wrixon (A Chieftains Celebration) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 07jMo_juils · row 07jMo_juils

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Rachamid a Bhean Bheag

Listed as The Chieftains, Nanci Griffith, Roger Daltrey – Rachamid a Bhean Bheag (An Irish Evening) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 9Y5AesCNrmU · row 9Y5AesCNrmU

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Gaftaí Baile Buí

Listed as The Chieftains, Martin Fay, Seán Keane, Kevin Conneff – Gaftaí Baile Buí (A Chieftains Celebration) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Fv_6Zc3Zc70 · row Fv_6Zc3Zc70

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Raglan Road

Listed as The Chieftains, Roger Daltrey – Raglan Road (An Irish Evening) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video GkEgfIL7sx4 · row GkEgfIL7sx4

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Behind Blue Eyes

Listed as The Chieftains, Roger Daltrey – Behind Blue Eyes (An Irish Evening) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video K-wXA6_P6GI · row K-wXA6_P6GI

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When You and I Were Young, Maggie

Listed as James Galway, The Chieftains – When You and I Were Young, Maggie (In Ireland) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video V7SxW9tjeEQ · row V7SxW9tjeEQ

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Cúnla/The Friar's Breeches

Listed as The Chieftains, Colin James – Cúnla/The Friar's Breeches (Another Country) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video asfVpGdNRSs · row asfVpGdNRSs

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Carrickfergus

Listed as James Galway, The Chieftains – Carrickfergus (In Ireland) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video cLFyATHuBLE · row cLFyATHuBLE

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Roches Favourite

Listed as James Galway, The Chieftains – Roches Favourite (In Ireland) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video gDtWL4yw6aA · row gDtWL4yw6aA

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The Red Admiral Butterfly

Listed as James Galway, The Chieftains – The Red Admiral Butterfly (In Ireland) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video mudbYRtBOkg · row mudbYRtBOkg

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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.