Xiana Monet was created by Mississippi native, poet, and design studio owner, Talisha Jones. She created this AI-Singer by using Suno, a ChatGPT of sorts for songwriters, allowing her to change her lyrics into music. Her music has caused a big shift in opinions about AI, people are starting to believe that this is the future of music or what is the next AI actor.
Xiana Monet released her breakout single, “How Was I Supposed to Know,” which climbed into Billboard’s R&B Digital Song sales’ top 10 and reached No. 22 on the overall Digital Songs sales chart. Xiana Monet’s five-song catalog has generated an estimated $52,000 in revenue to date.
The process when making music is very simple. Talisha Jones starts by making the lyrics she claims to have made by herself. The lyrics are 100% human-created. Then, Talisha uses the Suno music-generator app. She adds specific text prompts to guide the AI on the desired musical style, such as “slow tempo R&B, female soulful vocals, light guitar and heavy drums.” After the generator gives her many options, she chooses the one she likes best. Talisha Jones claims that, “It is a form of becoming someone else and making music.”
Xiana Monet has appeared on multiple Billboard charts since first releasing a song in summer 2025, including Hot Gospel Songs with “Let Go, Let God” and the Hot R&B Songs chart for her song, “How Was I Supposed to Know,” according to CNN Entertainment. Xiana Monet is the first known AI artist to earn enough radio airplay to debut on a Billboard radio chart. Some people are saying that AI is everywhere, and the music charts are no different. But other people believe that, according to forbes.com, “Art shouldn’t be included with AI because art had emotions and AI doesn’t have that.” Xiana Monet’s Apple Music artist profile explains that, according to CNN News, Monet is, “An Ai figure presented as a contemporary R&B vocalist in the highly expressive, church-bred, down-to-earth vein of Keyshia Cole, K, Michelle, and Muni Long.”
This topic has a lot of people talking about streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music, which have yet to establish policies on how AI-generated music should be treated. Most AI tracks flow through the same source as normal songs. Do you believe that AI is going too far?
