Tanner Adell
{{Short description|American singer and songwriter}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| genre = Country
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| years_active = 2021–present
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| website = {{URL|https://tanneradell.komi.io}}
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Tanner Adell Anderson{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/921881348 |title=BACKROAD |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=February 2, 2025}} is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her debut album, Buckle Bunny, was released in 2023.
Early life
Half black and half white, Adell was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and was adopted and raised in Manhattan Beach, California. She spent summers growing up in Star Valley, Wyoming.{{cite news|url=https://www.bet.com/article/nc6fxt/meet-tanner-adell-the-new-queen-of-glam-country|title=Meet Tanner Adell, The New Queen of Glam Country|last=Garrett|first=Ural|date=2023-08-28|publisher=BET|access-date=2024-03-20}} She learned to play piano, violin and string bass and taught herself guitar, then studied commercial music at Utah Valley University. She was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and completed two years of missionary service in Stockholm.{{cite news|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/06/13/tanner-adell-on-her-unprecedented-western-culture-meets-rb-blend/70226154007/|title=Tanner Adell on her unprecedented Western culture-meets-R&B blend|last=Dowling|first=Marcus K.|date=2023-06-13|newspaper=The Tennessean|access-date=2024-03-20}}
Career
Adell moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2021 to enter the country music business. She gained a following on social media and signed with Columbia Records.
Following a string of singles and an EP, Adell released her debut studio album, Buckle Bunny, on July 21, 2023. The term refers to female groupies of rodeo cowboys. The title track was her biggest viral hit to that point, and she had 360,000 followers on Instagram by the next month. It was named one of the best songs of the year by NPR.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1215355752/best-songs-2023|title=The 123 Best Songs of 2023|publisher=NPR|access-date=2024-03-20}}
In 2024, Adell featured on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album, the second album of her trilogy project.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2024-03-28 |title=Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' Features a Beatles Cover, Miley Cyrus, and Post Malone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beyonces-cowboy-carter-miley-cyrus-post-malone-beatles-blackbird-1234995871/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Adell appears on the track "Blackbiird", a cover of The Beatles' song, and provides background vocals on "Ameriican Requiem".{{Cite web |date=2024-03-28 |title=Who Is Tanner Adell? Get To Know The Singer On Beyoncé's 'Blackbiird' |url=https://uproxx.com/indie/who-is-tanner-adell-singer-beyonce-blackbiird/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=UPROXX |language=en-US}}
After parting ways with Columbia, it was announced in June 2024 that Adell had signed with Love Renaissance.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/tanner-adell-love-renaissance-lvrn-records/|title=Tanner Adell Signs With Love Renaissance (LVRN)|author=Jessica Nicholson|date=June 20, 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 19, 2024}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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scope="row" |Buckle Bunny{{cite web|url=https://musicrow.com/2023/07/tanner-adell-releases-glam-country-mixtape-with-buckle-bunny/|title=Tanner Adell Releases 'Glam Country' Mixtape With 'Buckle Bunny'|author=Lorie Hollabaugh|date=July 21, 2024|website=Music Row|access-date=November 20, 2024}}
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=EPs=
- Last Call (2022)
=Singles=
- "Honky Tonk Heaven" (2021)
- "Country Girl Commandments" (2021)
- "Love You a Little Bit" (2022)
- "Tan Lines" (2022)
- "I Hate Texas" (2023)
- "FU-150." (2023)
- "Buckle Bunny" (2023)
- "Throw It Back." (2023)
- "Hot Pink Christmas" (2023)
- "Whiskey Blues" (2024)
- "Cowboy Break My Heart" (2024)
- "Silverado" (2024)
- "Going Blonde" (2025)
=Appearances=
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|+ List of guest appearances, on other projects or with other performing artists, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" style="width:28em;"| Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Other performer(s) ! scope="col" | Album |
scope="row"| "BlackBiird"
|rowspan="3"|2024 |Beyoncé, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts & Tiera Kennedy |rowspan="2"|Cowboy Carter |
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scope="row"| "American Requiiem" (Background Vocals) |
scope="row"| "Too Easy"
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Awards and nominations
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rowspan=2|2024
| rowspan=2|People's Choice Country Awards |rowspan=2|"Blackbiird" {{small|(with Beyoncé, Reyna Roberts, Brittney Spencer and Tiera Kennedy)}} | The Collaboration Song of 2024 | {{nominated}} | rowspan=2 align="center"|{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=August 14, 2024 |title=Zach Bryan, Beyoncé & More Lead 2024 People's Choice Country Awards Nominations: Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-peoples-choice-country-awards-nominations-list-zach-bryan-beyonce-1235752506/ |access-date=August 14, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} |
The Cover Song of 2024
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.tanneradellmusic.com/}}
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Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:American women country singers
Category:African American adoptees
Category:African-American country musicians
Category:Country musicians from California
Category:Musicians from Manhattan Beach, California
Category:Latter Day Saints from California
Category:African-American Latter Day Saints