Overview
- Billboard reports at least one AI or AI-assisted act has appeared on its rankings in each of the past four weeks, with at least six such debuts verified in recent months.
- Xania Monet entered Adult R&B Airplay at No. 30 with “How Was I Supposed to Know?”, the first known AI-created project to reach a Billboard radio chart.
- The AI avatar, operated by Mississippi poet Telisha “Nikki” Jones using Suno, has also topped R&B Digital Song Sales and amassed about 44.4 million U.S. streams.
- AllHipHop notes the single gained 28% in airplay between October 17–23 and received spins on 15 reporting stations, following viral traction and a multimillion-dollar Hallwood Media deal.
- Responses are widening as Spotify touts removals of tens of millions of suspected spam tracks and new protections, Deezer’s flags help verify AI use, major artists criticize the trend, and Universal Music Group reaches a licensing pact with AI app Udio.