Best AI Music Generators in 2026: Songs, Beats and More

A background track for a video, a song for a birthday, a demo with your own lyrics: the best AI music generator is the one that can make all three without sending you to another app. Audio AI Studio, the all-in-one AI audio studio for voices, music, vocals and transcripts, covers that range.

It writes instrumentals in 13 genre tags or any style you describe, sings your lyrics, raps on 8 beats, writes songs for one person, and splits finished songs into stems, karaoke tracks, tempo and key.

What to look for in an AI music generator

Whether you want the best AI song generator for lyrics or a quick bed for a video, start from the track you need and check six things:

1. Instrumental or sung. Background music for a video needs a clean instrumental; a birthday surprise or a demo needs vocals and words.
2. Your own words. If you write lyrics, check that the tool sings them as written, keeps your verses and choruses, and sings in your listener's language.
3. Direction. Genres, moods and a plain description of the instruments and pace should steer the result, so the second take is closer than the first.
4. What happens after the song. Vocals and an instrumental for a cover, a key change for a singer, the tempo for a DJ set: these usually mean another app.
5. Downloads. Check what you can download, how many tracks a month, and whether the lyrics come with the song.
6. Price per song. Some tools charge by the song, some by credits and some cap downloads, so price out the number of tracks you need each month.

Five AI music generators side by side

Each competitor price above is the one on that tool's own pricing page.

Audio AI Studio: from an idea to a finished track

Audio AI Studio is made for people who need music for something: a video, a game level, a podcast, a party or a person. Each kind of track has its own studio, and every studio saves to the same library.

Instrumentals in any style you describe

Describe the track the way you would brief a composer, for example "warm lo-fi with soft drums for a study session", then add any of the 13 genre tags and a mood. The AI music generator composes a complete piece with an opening, a middle and a real ending, long enough to carry a whole video. Every track is instrumental, so it sits under a voiceover, and downloads as an MP3.

A full-length instrumental from the AI music generator

Songs sung from your own lyrics

Paste up to 3,000 characters of lyrics, mark the [Verse], [Chorus] and [Bridge], describe the sound and pick a female, male or automatic voice. The AI song generator sings your words as written, in the language you wrote them: English, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, or Korean mixed with English, as its samples show.

No lyrics yet? Describe the person, the moment and the feeling, and a first draft lands in the lyrics box for 1 credit, ready for you to change. The song downloads as an MP3 with its lyrics as a text file.

Lyric help: describe the song, get a first draft to edit

Rap with a beat and a flow

The AI rap generator raps your bars word for word on one of 8 beats, from boom bap and old school to trap and drill, each with its own tempo and flow. If you would rather start from words, the rap lyrics generator writes verses with the syllables counted bar by bar and the rhymes marked, so you can fix a line that trips the tongue before it is recorded.

The rap beats and their tempos in BPM

A song made for one person

For a birthday, a wedding or an anniversary, custom song turns your story into lyrics and a finished song, with up to 3 names in it, each with a "say it like" spelling for the singer. Download it, or send a private gift page with your message that opens only from the link you share. The birthday song generator sings a name into the classic birthday tune or writes a new birthday song.

A gift song page: opens only from the link you share

After the song: stems, karaoke, tempo and key

The studio keeps working once the song exists. The vocal remover splits any song into vocals and instrumental, or into vocals, drums, bass and other, as WAV files of exactly the same length, for 8 credits a minute. The karaoke maker builds a backing track with the lyrics on screen and can move the key to suit the singer. The BPM finder and key finder read a track's tempo and key free in your browser.

Four stems from one song: vocals, drums, bass and other

The karaoke maker changes the key and keeps the tempo

Song prices

Every instrumental and every song takes 60 credits, and the button shows that before you start. Lyric help is 1 credit a draft, and a custom song counts it toward the song.

A new account gets 60 credits, a whole first song. On Starter, $9.99 brings 700 credits, about 11 songs, or pay $7.99 a month on a yearly plan; every plan and credit pack is on the pricing page. Every track you make downloads with no download count, and a track that is not made gives its credits back.

Suno, Udio, AIVA and Soundraw in brief

Suno offers AI music creation with editing tools, on free and paid plans.

Udio is a place to create AI music and share it with other listeners.

AIVA is an AI music generation assistant that composes pieces you can download as audio or MIDI.

Soundraw makes music for creators' videos and for artists who release their own songs, with plans for each.

FAQ

How many credits does one song take?

60 credits for an instrumental or a song, shown before you start. The 60 credits a new account gets make a whole first song, and a track that is not made gives its credits back.

Can Audio AI Studio sing my own lyrics?

Yes. Paste up to 3,000 characters, mark the verses and choruses, and the song follows your structure word for word. You can also have a first draft written for 1 credit and edit it before the song is made.

Which languages can the songs be sung in?

Songs are sung in the language you write: English, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese among them, and Korean mixed with English. A custom song can be sung in the listener's language even if you tell the story in yours.

Can I get the vocals and the instrumental separately?

Yes. The vocal remover splits any song, yours or one you made here, into vocals and instrumental or four stems, as WAV files of the same length.

Can I make music without vocals for a video?

Yes. The AI music generator is made for instrumentals, in 13 genre tags or any style you describe, made to sit under a voiceover. For the voice itself, see the best AI voice generators.

Make your first track

Searching for the best AI song maker for your own words? Open the song studio to hear your lyrics sung, or the music studio for an instrumental. The samples on each page show what a few words of description can become.