Nigerian singer and songwriter Tems has made history by achieving the biggest streaming day of all time for a Nigerian female artist on Spotify, with an impressive 8.028 million streams.
Tems released her debut album on June 7. Her debut album, which featured 18 songs, had lots of exciting artistes. These include Asake and J. Cole who have a tracks in the album.
In an interview for Apple Music 1, Tems goes into further detail about Born in the Wild:
“Born in the Wild’ is actually about my journey. It’s about my experience as me and about the experiences I’ve had so far. And it really felt like the life I lived before, the life I was accustomed to felt like a wilderness. And it’s not really more so, yes, I was raised in Lagos and that’s a part of me, but it’s not really about the place, it’s more about the state of being. It was a wilderness in the environment I lived in and there’s so many things that happened and so many lessons I learned to come and be this person now. It is basically coming out of the wilderness. So that’s basically what ‘Born in the Wild’ is about.”
Tems came into the limelight in the year 2018 with her first song, “Mr. Rebel.” Nonetheless, it was her beautiful song “Damages,” released in 2020, that placed her in the spotlight. It blew into great popularity and indeed ranked high on Nigerian music charts.
In 2021, Tems collaborated with Drake and Future on the song “Wait For U,” which earned her a Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance.
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The Grammy award-winning star has been nominated and/or won several awards, including the BET Awards, MTV Africa Music Awards, The Headies, and others. She has also been named one of the most influential people in the world by TIME Magazine.
Her music is a fusion of R&B, soul, and Afrobeats, which has endeared her to fans across the globe. Her soulful voice, captivating stage presence, and genre-bending sound have made her a standout artist in the music industry.
