Forbes:

Forbes reports that AI-powered R&B artist, Xania Monet, has garnered mainstream attention and secured a reported $3 million record deal with Neil Jacobson's Hallwood Media. Created by Talisha Jones, a 31-year-old poet and design studio owner, Monet leverages the AI tool Suno to produce R&B tracks from Jones' lyrics. Monet's success underscores both the potential opportunities and emerging challenges of AI within the music industry. Monet's catalog, featuring the breakout single "How Was I Supposed to Know?", has generated approximately $52,000 in revenue. "How Was I Supposed to Know?" achieved a top 10 position on Billboard's R&B Digital Song Sales chart and reached No. 22 on the overall Digital Song Sales chart. Other tracks, including "I Ask For So Little" (1.56 million streams), "This Ain't No Tryout," "The Strong Don't Get a Break," and "Let God, Let Go," have contributed to over 12,500 album consumption units across Monet’s five-song repertoire. In just two months, Monet has amassed seventeen million streams. Jones conceived Xania Monet as a fully realized musical persona, enhancing the brand's marketability beyond that of a simple novelty act. This rapid ascent raises important questions regarding streaming economics, copyright law, and the expanding role of artificial intelligence in creative sectors. As the music industry grapples with the integration of AI artists, uncertainties persist concerning the legal and ethical ramifications, particularly regarding the rights and protections afforded to artists without a physical presence.