Tanerélle
{{Short description|American singer and model}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tanerélle
| image =
| caption = Tanerélle in 2025
| birth_name = Tanerélle Stephens
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|04|09}}{{Cite web |title=Tenerèlle pianity |url=https://pianity.com/artist/tanerelle |website=pianity.com}}
| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, US
| genre = {{hlist|R&B|Neo-soul|Afrofuturism}}
| years_active = 2015–present
| label = Republic Records
}}
Tanerélle Stephens (born April 9, 1994), known mononymously as Tanerélle, is an American singer, songwriter, and model.{{Cite web |title=Spindle |url=https://spindlemagazine.com/black-excellence-9-black-female-rb-artist-than-need-to-be-heard |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=spindlemagazine.com}}{{Cite web |title=Press Play At Home: Tanerélle Journeys To The Cosmos In An Alluring Performance Of "A Trip Through Space To Clear My Mind" {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/news/press-play-home-tanerelle-live-performance-trip-through-space-clear-my-mind |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=grammy.com}}
Early life
Stephens was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born to a single mother as the only child.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-26 |title=Meet songstress Tanerélle Stephens |url=https://rollingout.com/2018/09/26/meet-songstress-tanerelle-stephens/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=rollingout.com |language=en-US}}
She grew up listening to artists like Ray Charles, Outkast, Ludacris, and Usher.{{Cite web |title=Atlanta-born, L.A.-based artist Tanerélle is a master of manifestation |url=https://colorsxstudios.com/editorials/tanerelle-interview |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=colorsxstudios.com |language=en}}
At the age of 18 she moved to Los Angeles and pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-26 |title=Tanerélle: Introducing the Seductive Songstress |url=https://musicmattersmedia.com/2020/06/25/tanerelle-introducing-the-seductive-songstress/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Music Matters Media |language=en-US}}
Career
Stephens released her first single Sirens in 2015. She went on to crowdfund her first EP called 11:11 through Kickstarter, which was released in 2017.
She supported singer Ari Lennox on an international tour in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Tanerélle Wants Her Sensual Space Jams To Make You Feel 'Yummy' |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/49iw89/tanerelle-82-moons-interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307022713/https://www.mtv.com/news/49iw89/tanerelle-82-moons-interview |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=MTV |language=en}} In the same year her single Nothing Without You was featured in Season 3 of the HBO television series Insecure.
In December 2020, Stephens modelled as a Playboy Playmate.{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Arielle |date=2020-12-23 |title=Tanerélle Was Bullied for Her 'Saggy Breasts.' Now She's a Playboy Playmate |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/tanerelle-saggy-breasts-playboy |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Glamour |language=en-US}}
Stephens was a support act for the artist JoJo on the US leg of her tour in 2022.
Stephens co-composed the music for the film Nanny released in 2022.{{Cite AV media |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt10931784/fullcredits |title=Nanny (2022) - IMDb |access-date=2024-06-17 |via=www.imdb.com}} This received a nomination for Outstanding Original Score at the 2023 Black Reel Awards.{{Cite web |title=23rd Black Reel Award Nominees |url=https://www.blackreelawards.com/23rdblackreelawardsnoms |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Black Reel Awards |language=en-US}}
Stephens founded an independent record label called Mama Saturn Enterprises through which she released some of her music.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-02 |title=Tanerélle and Turunesh's Guide to Going Indie |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/tanerelle-turunesh-independent-artist/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Highsnobiety |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-02-11 |title=Tanerélle is "Love" |url=https://officemagazine.net/taner%C3%A9lle-%E2%80%9Clove%E2%80%9D |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Office Magazine |language=en}} In May 2024 it was announced that she had been signed by Republic Records.{{Cite magazine |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |date=2024-05-29 |title=Republic Buzzes With Signing of Indie Artist Tanerélle, Release of New EP 'Electric Honey' |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/republic-signs-indie-artist-tanerelle-new-ep-electric-honey/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Discography
= EPs =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Title !Artist !Year !Label |
| 11:11
|Tanerélle |2017 |
| 82 Moons
|Tanerélle |2022 |Mama Saturn Enterprises |
| Electric Honey
|Tanerélle |2024 |
= Singles =
2015:
- Siren
2017:
- Boys Like You
2018:
- In Women We Trust
- Dreamgirl
- HER
- Love from NGC 7318
2019:
- Won't
- Continuum
- Mama Saturn
- A Trip Through Space to Clear My Mind
- After the Beep
2020:
- Nothing Without You
- Star (A$AP Ferg Remix)
2021:
- Mama Saturn's Galactica
- Star (Shelley FKA DRAM Remix)
- Good Good
- No One Else
2022:
- SAMSARA
- Starseed
2023:
- Smear Campaign
- For Sport
2024:
- Better Days - A COLORS SHOW
- Better Days
- Let Me In
- I Wish
- For Her (Chemtrails) [feat. Machinedrum]
References
External links
- [https://musicbrainz.org/artist/772a926d-9b49-44af-adfc-5bd98eefb06a Tanerélle] at MusicBrainz
- [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/taner%C3%A9lle-mn0003937507 Tanerélle] at AllMusic
- [https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/9680566 Tanerélle] at Deezer
- {{imdbname|7464978}}
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Category:21st-century African-American women singers
Category:African-American women singer-songwriters
Category:American women singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters