<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="http://9news.com.au/artificial-intelligence" rel="" target="" title="Artificial intelligence"><span>Artificial intelligence</span></a><span> is everywhere and the </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/music" rel="" target="" title="music"><span>music</span></a><span> charts are no different.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.billboard.com/lists/ai-artists-on-billboard-charts/" rel="" target="_blank" title="According to Billboard"><span>According to Billboard</span></a><span>, an AI singer named Xania Monet is "the first known AI artist to earn enough radio airplay to debut on a Billboard radio chart".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So far, Monet has appeared on multiple Billboard charts since first releasing a song in summer 2025, including the Hot Gospel Songs (for her song </span><em><span>Let Go, Let God</span></em><span>) and the Hot R&amp;B Songs chart (for her song </span><em><span>How Was I Supposed to Know</span></em><span>), according to the publication.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/are-we-in-an-ai-tech-bubble-what-happens-if-it-bursts-explainer/c11d1f63-a085-419d-bc62-030911459304" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Are we in an AI tech bubble and what happens if it bursts?</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Now, she's been signed to a multimillion-dollar record deal with Hallwood Media after what Billboard called "a bidding war".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hollywood has long been worried about the ramifications of AI performers taking work from humans –see the recent controversy over AI actress Tilly Norwood – but as loud as the concerns might be, AI continues to grow in the arts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With more than 146,000 followers on Instagram alone, Monet is proof that consumers are increasingly open to the idea, even if the industry is riled by it.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/technology/xania-monet-is-the-first-aipowered-artist-to-debut-on-a-billboard-airplay-chart-but-she-likely-wont-be-the-last/de87059a-4ada-4fcf-b1c9-7b1420f47243" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Monet's Apple Music artist profile explains that Monet is "an AI figure presented as a contemporary R&amp;B vocalist in the highly expressive, church-bred, down-to-earth vein of Keyshia Cole, K Michelle, and Muni Long".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Monet was designed by Telisha Nikki Jones, a poet from Mississippi who writes the lyrics Monet is seen performing with help from Suno, "a generative artificial intelligence music creation program", the bio explains.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Monet released a full-length album </span><em><span>Unfolded</span></em><span> in August, which had 24 songs. A seven-track EP, </span><em><span>Pieces Left Behind</span></em><span>, followed in September.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/openai-sora-why-youre-seeing-ai-videos-on-your-social-media-feed-explained/d319cd50-a643-4c84-a542-a1913447508f"><strong><span>Why your social media feeds are being overrun by AI videos</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px auto;max-width:440px;padding:0;width:99.375%"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DQYCKqUjvo0/?hl=en"></a></blockquote></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A press release from Monet's representative touted the AI singer's "smooth, soulful sound" and "human-like delivery".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Romel Murphy, who says he's Monet's manager and spoke with CNN's Victor Blackwell, insisted that there is no intent to replace human singers and songwriters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"AI doesn't replace the artist. That's not our goal at all. It doesn't diminish the creativity and doesn't take away from the human experience," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's a new frontier and like anything would change some people are receptive and some people are apprehensive."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Billboard recently reported that "in just the past few months, at least six AI or AI-assisted artists have debuted on various Billboard rankings".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That figure could be higher, as it's become increasingly difficult to tell who or what is powered by AI — and to what extent," according to the publication. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Many of these charting projects, whose music spans every genre from gospel to rock to country, also arrive with anonymous or mysterious origins."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Murphy doesn't appear to see an issue and likens it all to the music of Michael Jackson and Prince, who died in 2009 and 2016 respectively.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They both have music catalogues that are expanding decades to this day. Youth are still listening to those songs and they're no longer with us and they're connected to their music," Murphy said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"So it is the music because they don't have the history of the contact or the concert live field, but they still love those songs. Music has to evolve as well."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We just have to keep the integrity and be intentional about the realness of it and push the music to the world," he added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CNN has reached out to Monet's representative for comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, working musicians are – as expected – troubled.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There is an AI R&amp;B artist who just signed a multimillion-dollar deal … and the person is doing none of the work," Kehlani said of Monet in a now-deleted video posted to TikTok. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is so beyond out of our control."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The human singer added: "Nothing and no one on Earth will ever be able to justify AI to me."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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