Digital singer Xania Monet signs a $ 3 million contract while copyright and transparency controversy divide the music industry
Artificial intelligence in music is no longer an experiment to become a commercial reality. The composer TELISHA JONES and its digital creation, the artist Xania Monetsigned a multimillionaire contract in the amount of US $ 3 million with the Hallwood Mediacompany known for representing successful producers as Murda Beatz and Southwave. The agreement marks a milestone in the monetization of music generated by AI, but also raises complex issues about authenticity, copyright and transparency in industry.
Jones released the album Unfolded of Xania Monet on August 8, and since then music “How was i supposed to know?” accumulated 5 million reproductions in the Youtube and Spotify. The voice of Xania Monet presents remarkable similarities with Beyoncéincluding traces of Alicia Keys and southern pronunciation. While Jones Write all letters, she uses the AI platform Sun to turn your words into complete songs.
The contract represents a considerable risk to the Hallwood Media. Comments on social networks suggest that many fans do not realize that Xania Monet It is an artificial creation, which can generate negative reactions when the truth becomes widely known. The lack of transparency about the artificial nature of the artist mirrors similar controversies that have already emerged in the industry.
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The case of The velvet sundown illustrates the challenges of this new musical age. The “band”, which describes itself as a “synthetic musical project guided by human creative, composed, vocalized and visualized with the support of artificial intelligence,” officially confirmed to be an “artistic provocation.” The mysterious group that quickly gained over 500,000 monthly listeners in the Spotifywas officially exposed as an artistic farce generated by AI.
“This is not a trick, it is a mirror. A continuous artistic provocation projected” to challenge perceptions about musical authenticity, according to the band’s own description. The project used the same platform Sun employed by Xania Monetdemonstrating the growing capabilities of musical generation technology.
The initial and subsequent success decline of the The velvet sundown They serve as a warning to the commercial viability of artificial music. Although the band reached more than 500,000 monthly listeners in June, it lost about 40% of its reproductions a few months later. The difficulty in maintaining and growing an audience when the “artist” cannot interact with fans represents a significant obstacle to similar projects.
The legal question adds another layer of complexity to the scenario. AI platforms like Sun or even Chatgpt They were trained using copyright protected material, generating disputes. Recently, record labels intensified a lawsuit against the Sunclaiming that the platform was trained with songs extracted from the Youtube. THE Anthropiccreator of Claude (Another AI platform), resolved a dispute with authors for $ 1.5 billion, demonstrating the financial risks involved.
The United States Copyright Office allows humans to use it as a “assistive tool”, but declares that it will not grant copyright where “significant elements are determined by a machine”. With TELISHA JONES providing only the letters while AI takes care of composition and vocal performance, the situation of Xania Monet remains in a nebula legal area.
Artificial music has found success in playlists and in Tiktokbut evidence suggests difficulties in capitalizing viral moments in a sustainable way. The service Deezer Developed technology to identify AI-generated music and label it publicly, displaying the warning “Some tracks on this album may have been created using artificial intelligence.”
The velvet sundown It reached the top of the charts before listeners noticed the scam, and is now a website dedicated to education on artificial intelligence, transforming controversy into an educational tool.
The contract of Xania Monet It establishes an important precedent, but its long -term success will depend on how industry and the public will sail issues of transparency, authenticity and commercial sustainability. While technology continues to advance, artists, record companies and consumers need to define the ethical and legal limits of this new musical frontier.
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Source: Rollingstone
Earl Johnson is a music writer at Gossipify, known for his in-depth analysis and unique perspective on the industry. A graduate of USC with a degree in Music, he brings years of experience and passion to his writing. He covers the latest releases and trends, always on the lookout for the next big thing in music.
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