Xania Monet is a R&B artist created with Artificial Intelligence (Ai) and has been making waves throughout the music industry.

The Ai artist has built a substantial audience on Spotify and even charted on Billboard.

Xania who was created by Telisha “Nikki” Jones, a a 31-year-old poet and designer from Olive Branch, Mississippi.

Signed for as much as $3M by Hallwood Media:

Bids for the AI artist reportedly escalated to as much as $3 million.

The deal was eventually closed by Hallwood Media, led by former Interscope executive Neil Jacobson.

The publication reports that the contract is valued in the multimillion-dollar range.

Monet’s has already been successful, with the promise of commercial success.

Her tracks have already reached the Billboard charts, and she has built a digital audience of roughly 465,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

Last week, Monet’s song “How Was I Supposed to Know” climbed to first position on R&B Digital Song Sales.

Manager Romel Murphy, who represents both Jones and her AI project, emphasized that her lyrics are authentic.

According to him, majority of the lyrics are written from Jones’s own life.

He explained that “It’s just the lyrics, and they are pure. That’s what’s catching.” (via Billboard)

Murphy went on to defend the AI project, telling Billboard: “This is real music — it’s real R&B. There’s an artist behind it,”

He confirmed that plans are in motion for Monet’s debut live performance and that discussions are underway about publishing opportunities for her catalog.