Xania Monet: the first AI artist to crack a Billboard radio chart

A new milestone in music history has emerged: the AI-powered act known as Xania Monet has become the first artificial intelligence–driven artist to appear on a Billboard radio airplay chart, reaching No. 30 on the Adult R&B Airplay survey for the week of Nov. 1.
Created by poet and songwriter Telisha Jones, who uses the moniker Nikki, Xania Monet is a virtual artist built using the AI music-generation platform Suno. Jones writes the lyrics and basic compositions herself, while the AI h