Xania Monet: First AI Artist To Succeed In Boarding Billboard Songs

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JAKARTA - Xania Monet has just made history as the first artificial intelligence (AI) artist to penetrate and enter the US Billboard fi charts.

According to Billboard's report, the creation of AI became the first known AI artist to collect enough radio airplay to debut on the radio charts.

In an article shared late last month, Billboard also highlighted a trend in which at least one AI artist made his debut on the charts in the last four weeks in a row.

As for the profile of the artist Apple Music, Monet is described as a contemporary R&B vocalist. He is operated by a poet and designer from Mississippi, Telisha 'Nikki' Jones.

Jones reportedly used generative software to turn his poetry into music. His work caught the eye last September, when it was revealed that Monet had signed a multimillion-dollar record contract with Hallwood Media after going through a bidding war between several labels.

The Monet song, How Was I Suspended to Know? managed to perch at No. 30 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart this week, and also topped the R&B Digital Song Sales charts.

Since the summer, the song has also appeared on the charts of Hot Gospel Songs, Hot R&B Songs, and Emerging Artists.

Monet is also said to have amassed 44.4 million official streams in the US, which is equivalent to revenues of more than $52,000 in just a matter of months.

Monet's success is not without scorn. The famous R&B singer, Kehlani, had previously criticized Monet's success. Through TikTok, he told fans that AI's proliferation in music was out of control.

Kehlani also highlighted the power of AI which is able to create a complete song without users having to give credit to anyone involved in making copyrighted works that are used to train this generative music system.

"Nothing and no one in this world can justify AI for me," said Kehlani.

On the other hand, a recent study warned that people working in the music industry are likely to lose a quarter of their income to artificial intelligence over the next four years.

It's not just about revenue. Last month, Spotify confirmed it had tightened AI rules by removing 75 million 's spam track' and targeting impersonating accounts.

The move was taken following reports claiming that AI-generated songs were uploaded to Spotify profiles of deceased musicians without permission.

Earlier this year, an AI-generated band called The Velvet Sundown made headlines after gathering about 400,000 monthly Spotify listeners even though it had only been around for less than a month.

The spokesman for the viral action later admitted that he was carrying out a hoax aimed at the media.

Regarding how The Velvet Sundown got so many listeners on Spotify, he said: 'I know we're into some playlists that have a lot of followers, and it looks like that's where it all spreads out.'

Meanwhile, Deezer recently revealed that 28 percent of the music uploaded to their streaming platform was fully generated by AI.