Overview
- Billboard reports Xania Monet’s “How Was I Supposed to Know?” entered Adult R&B Airplay at No. 30 for the week of Nov. 1, alongside earlier debuts at No. 1 on R&B Digital Song Sales and No. 20 on Hot R&B Songs.
- Telisha “Nikki” Jones told CBS Mornings she writes all the lyrics and uses Suno to generate vocals, describing AI as a creative tool and demonstrating her prompt-based process on air.
- Jones reportedly signed a multimillion‑dollar deal with Hallwood Media after a bidding war said to reach about $3 million, as the project amasses tens of millions of U.S. streams.
- Forbes cites more than 44 million U.S. streams to date and earlier Billboard estimates of over $52,000 in revenue after 17 million streams, raising unresolved questions about how royalties are allocated for AI-generated tracks.
- Suno, the service used for Monet’s vocals, has been sued by major labels and the RIAA over training data, while artists and executives including Kehlani and Jermaine Dupri criticize the venture and radio programmers weigh whether to program AI acts.