Tems
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Temilade Openiyi â born in Lagos on June 11, 1995 â is a Nigerian R&B artist better known by her stage name Tems. Her talents were recognized at an early age by her music teacher. She learned piano and would practice her singing with accompaniment provided by her brother on guitar. Her first single was the self-composed song âMr. Rebel,â released in 2018. She followed that single with two in 2019: âLooku Lookuâ and âTry Me.â The single âTry Meâ became a hit thanks to social media. In 2020, she released the single âThese Daysâ and collaborated with fellow Nigerian Davido on the Afrobeats remix of Kahlidâs âKnow Your Worth.â In September 2020, Tems released her debut EP For Broken Ears, which was followed in 2021 by the charting singles âMe & Uâ and âFree Mind.â In 2022, Tems was featured â alongside Drake - on Futureâs hit single, âWait For U,â which hit number 1 on the Swedish Heatseekers chart and the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. Tems was introduced to a wider audience when she performed âNo Woman No Cryâ on the soundtrack to Wakanda Forever: Black Panther. She also co-wrote âLift Me Upâ for the soundtrack, which was performed by Rihanna. Her relationship with Rihanna continued on the song âMove,â which was featured on Rihannaâs 2022 album Renaissance. In 2023, she shared a Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance with Future and Drake for their collaboration on the prior yearâs âWait for U.â Tems released her long-awaited debut album, Born in the Wild, in 2024, which peaked at number 3 in Nigeria, number 25 in the UK, and number 56 in the USA. The album included the previously released single âMe & Uâ plus âLove Me JeJe,â which became her biggest international hit and won the Grammy Award of the Best African Music Performance in February 2025. Later that year, Tems released the 7-track EP Love Is the Kingdom, featuring the hit "Big Daddy."
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- WAIT FOR U featuring Drake
- Essence by Tems
- Free Fall by J. Cole
- Burning
- No.1
- Crazy Tings
- Love Me JeJe
- I THINK YOU'RE SPECIAL by Tems
- Me & U
- Not An Angel
- Raindance by Tems
- Essence featuring Justin Bieber
- Ordinary People by Tems
- No Woman No Cry
- Hold On
- Turn Me Up
- T-Unit
- Gangsta
- Unfortunate
- Mr Rebel
- Get it Right by Asake
- Interference
- Damages
- Ready
