AI-Generated Artist Xania Monet Wins Three Top AI Music Awards

By Miles Carter, November 15, 2026

Xania Monet, an AI-generated artist, won AI Artist of the Year, AI Song of the Year and AI Album of the Year at the first AI Music Awards, Reuters reported. The Sonic Intelligence Academy, known as SIQA, staged the ceremony on Nov 13, 2026, at The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles, according to the official awards site.

On the official ballot, her AI Song of the Year nominee was "How Was I Supposed To Know?" Reuters noted that Billboard called it the first song by an AI-based act to earn a spot on one of its radio charts. Variety reported that the album award was handed out a day earlier, at SIQA's Nov 12 summit.

Reuters identified Monet's creator as Telisha "Nikki" Jones, who said she wrote all of the lyrics and set them to music with the help of AI. "I just feel like AI music is a new thing that people just have to get used to," Jones said on the red carpet, per Reuters.

How the winners were picked

Verified artists in the SIQA Registry chose the nominees and winners across 25 categories, and the official rules bar them from voting for their own work. SIQA's review criteria say streaming numbers and follower counts were not considered.

The awards arrive as AI music faces legal fights over training data, including Eight Mile Style's suit against Suno, which KAZI covered.