Billboard has reported that at least one AI musician a week is charting on their music charts, and they believe that it won’t slow down.
Artificial Intelligence, AI, has become big business in a number of different fields in the last few years. However, it has especially become more common in music.
Spotify has had to deal with AI-generated music from deceased artists being uploaded, new bands have popped up with songs that are completely AI-generated, and some have experimented with avatars and AI vocals to sing their songs.
The latter is true of Xania Monet, who is the AI project of a poet, Talisha Jones. She had previously received offers of up to $3 million for a record deal, and clocks in with close to 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
AI artist Xania Monet debuts on Billboard charts
Monet’s song, How Was I Supposed to Know?, hit the Billboard charts at the end of October, becoming the first AI artist to get onto a Billboard radio chart, debuting at 30 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart.
As per Billboard, she isn’t the only AI artist that has charted with them recently. “In just the past few months, at least six AI or AI-assisted artists have debuted on various Billboard rankings. That figure could be higher, as it’s become increasingly difficult to tell who or what is powered by AI — and to what extent,” they said.
“Notably, at least one AI artist has debuted in each of the past four chart weeks, a streak suggesting this trend is quickly accelerating.”
As noted, the use of artificial intelligence has caused some problems for actual musicians. Real bands have been leapfrogged in listeners by AI artists that use the former as an inspiration.
“It’s shocking, it’s disheartening, it’s insulting – most importantly – it’s a wake-up call,” Holding Absence’s Lucas Woodland said, warning that real musicians will “stop existing” if AI bands continue to get support.
