Xania Monet has become the first AI-generated artist to debut on a Billboard airplay chart — and her success is raising questions about what the future could hold for human artists looking to achieve the same feat.

appeared on the Adult R&B Airplay chart at No. 30 on Nov. 1. The song first gained traction online, especially on platforms like TikTok, earning enough streams and purchases to debut on both the R&B Digital Song Sales chart and the Hot R&B Songs chart in September.

Created by Mississippi-based poet and songwriter Telisha “Nikki” Jones, Xania Monet (pronounced “zuh-Nī-ah,” rhyming with Shania) sings Jones’s lyrics set to R&B music with the help of Suno, an AI music-generating platform.

“Xania is an extension of me, so I look at her as a real person,” Jones told CBS Mornings

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