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Tems
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Temilade Openiyi (; born 11 June 1995), known professionally as Tems, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. She rose to prominence after being featured on Wizkid's 2020 single "Essence", which peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart following the release of the remix version with Justin Bieber. The song earned her a Grammy Award nomination. That same year, she was featured on the song "Fountains" by Canadian rapper Drake.
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Tems, born Temilade Openiyi in Lagos, Nigeria, is a female singer-songwriter and record producer. She works within the genres of alternative R&B, Afrobeat, alté, and neo soul. Tems is signed to RCA Records and began her work period in 2015. She is of the Yoruba ethnic group and speaks English.
Her notable nominations include the MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Act and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Tems has a net worth of 460,000 and maintains a presence on social media with 1,250,000 followers. Her music has accumulated 19,943,754 plays on Last.fm, where she is tagged with rnb, soul, afrobeats, nigeria, and nigerian.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Brighton visitor survey
- Brighton visitor survey: report on three surveys in 1975
- Report on first survey, Brighton visitor survey, 1973-1975 May 1973
- Brighton visitor survey, 1973-1975
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Lagos, Nigeria
Temilade Openiyi, known professionally as Tems, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. She rose to prominence after being featured on Wizkid's 2020 single "Essence", which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart following the release of the remix version with Justin Bieber.
Known for
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Musical Guest2022
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Musical Guest2015
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest2014
- Chicken Shop Date — Self - Guest2014
- Chicken Shop Date — Self - Guest (archive footage)2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest2014
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest2003
- BET Awards — Self2001
- The Oscars — Self1953
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 — Self
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Nigeria
- Active from
- 1995
Discography
- Mr Rebel2018
- Looku Looku2019
- Try Me2019
- Damages2020
- For Broken Ears2020
- These Days2020
- Crazy Tings2021
- Found2021
- If Orange Was a Place2021
- Ordinary People2021
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 763,816
- Total plays
- 19,943,754
Tags
Temilade Openiyi (born 11 June 1995), better known by her stage name Tems, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. In May 2021, Tems was ranked number 1 on the Billboard Next Big Sound chart and number 5 on the Billboard Emerging Artist chart. In September 2021, Tems was signed to RCA records and announced as Apple Music Up Next artist of the month. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tems">Read more on Last.fm</a>
via Last.fm · Tems
Key facts
- Person.name
- Tems
- Person.image
- Tems on NdaniTV Sessions -cropped.png
- Person.caption
- Tems in 2019
- Person.birth_name
- Temilade Openiyi
- Person.birth_place
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Person.years_active
- 2018–present
- Person.works
- Discography
- Person.awards
- Full list
- Musical artist.origin
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Lagos
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Genre
- Afrobeat
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Official website
- www.leadingvibe.com
- Image
- Tems on NdaniTV Sessions -cropped.png
Show 11 more facts
- date of birth
- 1995-06-06
- Commons category
- Tems
- name in native language
- Temilade Openiyi
- birth name
- Temilade Openiyi
- exact match
- todaysprofile.org/biography/tems
- social media followers
- 1250000
- start of work period
- 2015-00-00
- pseudonym
- Tems
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- ethnic group
- Yoruba people
- net worth
- 460000
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Career
- 2018–2021: Career beginnings and extended plays
- 2022–2023: Breakthrough
- 2024–present: ''Born in the Wild''
- Artistry
- Legal issues
- Discography
- Tours
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Temilade Openiyi (; born 11 June 1995), known professionally as Tems, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. She rose to prominence after being featured on Wizkid's 2020 single "Essence", which peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart following the release of the remix version with Justin Bieber. The song earned her a Grammy Award nomination. That same year, she was featured on the song "Fountains" by Canadian rapper Drake.
In 2020, Tems released her debut extended play (EP), For Broken Ears. She signed with RCA Records to release her second EP, If Orange Was a Place (2021). In 2022, Tems' vocals from her song "Higher" were sampled by Future on his single "Wait for U", which led to her being credited as a guest artist alongside Drake. The song debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first African artist and second Nigerian artist to have a song do so on the chart. The song earned her the Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance. Tems covered Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack in July 2022 and in the same month, her song "Free Mind" (from her debut EP) debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 46 and breaking the female record for longest charting number one song on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. She also co-wrote and rendered background vocals on the song "Lift Me Up" by Rihanna, which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
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