{"id":179580,"date":"2025-09-24T23:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/179580\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T23:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:21:10","slug":"how-much-money-have-her-songs-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/179580\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Money Have Her Songs Made?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAI-powered artist Xania Monet\u2019s songs have racked up more than 17 million total on-demand streams in the U.S. since her Suno-crafted R&B tracks were released about two months ago, according to Luminate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat exactly is that worth?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tMonet \u2014 the creation of 31-year-old Mississippi-based woman Talisha Jones, who used AI to craft Monet\u2019s image and Suno to make the music \u2014 was signed to a multimillion-dollar record deal<\/a> by the independent music company Hallwood Media last week after a bidding war roped in several labels, one of which offered as much as $3 million.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tUsing industry data from the RIAA, Luminate and other financial sources at major and indie labels to estimate how much money a song makes per audio and video stream, digital download and airplay spin, Billboard estimates Monet\u2019s songs have generated more than $50,000 in less than two months. But how much of that Jones, Monet\u2019s human creator, or Hallwood Media may be able to collect is less clear.\u00a0\u00a0
Most digital streaming platforms, including Spotify, do not have specific policies for AI music, which may mean these songs can accrue royalties the same as human-made songs do. The United States Copyright Office has said that songs authored by a human that use AI to assist in the creation of music are copyrightable, but that fully AI-generated songs are not.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe law is not yet settled on the matter, and several major music companies are currently suing Suno and another AI music generator, Udio, over copyright infringement for allegedly illegally ingesting their music to train algorithms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhether fully or partially AI-generated, songs involving AI are now charting more frequently. In June, Vinih Pray\u2019s \u201cA Million Colors\u201d<\/a> was hailed as the first-known AI song to chart on the TikTok Viral 50, and it has accumulated around 950,000 official U.S. on-demand audio and video streams, which Billboard estimates generated roughly $6,300. Later in June, AI act The Velvet Sundown benefited from controversy after Reddit users discovered that the performers in the band were not real-life humans. The Velvet Sundown\u2019s most popular song, \u201cDust on the Wind,\u201d racked up just under 900,000 official U.S. on-demand audio and video streams, which Billboard estimates generated slightly less than $6,000 in revenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Music Fights Fraud Alliance has called for greater scrutiny by streaming platforms around content like The Velvet Sundown\u2019s, saying that bots, manipulated playlists and other factors can be used to make songs look more popular than they are. The group\u2019s CEO, Michael Lewan, says<\/a> this kind of artificial streaming can occur with both AI-generated and human-made music.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAll that said, Monet\u2019s five-song catalog has generated more than $52,000 and nearly 17 million total on-demand official U.S. streams \u2014 a figure that nearly doubled from last week \u2014 according to Billboard estimates based on Luminate data. The catalog had racked up 12,500 album consumption units as of the week ending Sept. 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMonet\u2019s most popular track, \u201cHow Was I Supposed to Know?,\u201d which has ranked in the top 10 on Billboard\u2019s R&B Digital Song Sales for two weeks in a row and hit No. 22 last week on the Digital Song Sales chart overall, has accumulated 22,700 song equivalents in the U.S. and more than 3 million on-demand audio and video streams.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIf all royalties were paid out for this track, Billboard estimates it would total nearly $21,800 in master recording and publishing rights.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tMonet\u2019s next most popular track, \u201cI Ask For So Little,\u201d which has 1.56 million total on-demand U.S. streams, has so far generated around $10,000 in revenue from master and publishing rights. The track \u201cThis Ain\u2019t No Tryout,\u201d which has 1.2 million on-demand streams, has generated $8,360. \u201cThe Strong Don\u2019t Get a Break\u201d has generated an estimated $6,500, and \u201cLet God, Let Go\u201d has generated around $5,500, as of Sept. 18, according to Billboard estimates.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore than a decade since streaming became the dominant mode of music consumption, stakeholders are actively exploring changes to royalty payout models, with some calling for \u201cfunctional music\u201d songs like the sounds of white noise and birds \u2014 and possibly AI-generated songs \u2014 to receive royalty rates that are lower than human-generated music, or to be excluded from the revenue pool entirely.\u00a0\u00a0
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All of which makes it nearly impossible to determine how much either Jones or her label would be able to take in from streams and sales of such songs in the end. But the revenue generated in theory is still significant \u2014 and growing by the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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