Yes. The Walias has 19 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 19

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 Atmetalegnem Woi, Ibakish Tarekigne, Zengadyw Derekou

Listed under the artist name 19 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Atmetalegnem Woi

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Atmetalegnem Woi (Tezeta) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 0DGkuXPPg_Q · row 0DGkuXPPg_Q

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Ibakish Tarekigne

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Ibakish Tarekigne (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 1Pr89sna2l4 · row 1Pr89sna2l4

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Zengadyw Derekou

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Zengadyw Derekou (Tezeta) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Hg-679DH2bo · row Hg-679DH2bo

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Yikirta Lemminalehu

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Yikirta Lemminalehu (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video HwR_ombEIdI · row HwR_ombEIdI

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Woghenei

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Woghenei (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video ItfyDFAvKRs · row ItfyDFAvKRs

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Yenuro Tesfa Alegne

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Yenuro Tesfa Alegne (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video JpcA8bHTICo · row JpcA8bHTICo

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Gumegum

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Gumegum (Gumegum) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video PEnFhezylBI · row PEnFhezylBI

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Mestirawi Debdabe

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Mestirawi Debdabe (Mestirawi Debdabe) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video SL5x0PP2RQs · row SL5x0PP2RQs

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Tche Belew

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Tche Belew (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video UH2avsQEvgE · row UH2avsQEvgE

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Ou-Ou-Ta

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Ou-Ou-Ta (Ou-Ou-Ta) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video VIIBnqYw6XA · row VIIBnqYw6XA

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Aya Belew Belew

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Aya Belew Belew (Tezeta) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video by7NMLLWKfs · row by7NMLLWKfs

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Yemiasleks Fikir

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Yemiasleks Fikir (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video fAaaj6OB40w · row fAaaj6OB40w

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Eti Gual Blenai

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Eti Gual Blenai (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video h6wdaXVGRM8 · row h6wdaXVGRM8

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Endegena

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Endegena (Tezeta) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video iTCUbpc3RQo · row iTCUbpc3RQo

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Nefas New Zemedie

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Nefas New Zemedie (Nefas New Zemedie) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video nWSlSqM4TAY · row nWSlSqM4TAY

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Musicawi Silt

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Musicawi Silt (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video r9pLeol6A9s · row r9pLeol6A9s

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Tezeta

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Tezeta (Tezeta) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video rfojy3Xm9aI · row rfojy3Xm9aI

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Lomi Tera-tera

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Lomi Tera-tera (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video rrZHnzoPTWk · row rrZHnzoPTWk

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Birtukane

Listed as Hailu Mergia, The Walias – Birtukane (Tche Belew) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video zPY_q3kARj8 · row zPY_q3kARj8

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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.