AI singer “Eddie Dalton” behind “Another Day Old” holds iTunes No. 1 — but he doesn’t exist

A mysterious blues singer named Eddie Dalton has taken the iTunes charts by storm with a string of viral hits, but the “artist” behind the music is entirely artificial.

The bot currently has at least three songs in the iTunes Top 10, including “Another Day Old,” “Running to You” and “Cheap Red Wine,” and appears on iTunes charts in regions including the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. “Another Day Old” has held the No. 1 spot on iTunes for nearly a week.

The blues-inspired act, which presents as an older gentleman in accompanying lyric videos, is entirely AI-generated, from the voice to the songs and the visuals themselves. The sound draws comparisons to soul legend Otis Redding and blues icon B.B. King.

Despite the runaway success, YouTube comments on the videos are filled with listeners praising the “artist,” with most users apparently unaware that the act is not human.

The project is believed to be the work of Dallas Little, a content creator based in Greenville, South Carolina, who has been producing AI music and videos under a roster of fictional artist names. Other acts suspected of being AI-generated and linked to the same operation include performers going by the names Cody Crotchburn and Cade Winslow. The music is distributed under the Crusty Records label, whose website states that “progress isn’t the enemy — stagnation is.”

The episode has drawn attention as part of a broader wave of AI-generated content entering commercial music platforms, raising questions about authorship, authenticity and creative ownership as synthetic acts prove capable of competing commercially on a global scale.