Considered one of the hottest female artists in Africa at the moment, let us quickly look at the biography of Tems, her net worth and Investments.
BIOGRAPHY
Popularly known as Tems or Tems Baby, the artiste’s real name is Temilade Openiyi and she was born on June 11, 1995. As a singer, songwriter and producer, it is remarkable to note that the artiste performs exceedingly well in the areas noted especially her vocals and songwriting skills which have received both local and international recognition from various colleagues.
Despite working on several singles and features over the years, she finally got global dominance after she was featured on afrobeat artiste – Wizkid‘s Made in Lagos Album in the global hit track titled Essence. The song was remixed featuring the legendary Justin Bieber, and it made its way to the top ten songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and also earned her a nomination from the Grammys.
In 2020, shortly after being featured on Wizkid’s album, she earned a feature with rapper, Drake on his song titled Fountains. With the global recognition she was enjoying, she went on to release a new project later that year titled For Broken Ears which was an extended play, with one of the songs titled Free Mind debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2021, in recognition of her craft, she was signed to RCA Records which is the record label for a lot of A-list artists like Wizkid, and so on. She marked her signing to the record label with the release of her second extended play titled If Orange Was a Place.
The vocals for her song titled Higher were sampled by ace rapper, Future in his global hit track titled Wait for U which was released in 2022, and owing to this, she was featured on the track. The song, as we already stated, was a global hit as it debuted at the No.1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the first African to debut at the top position, and the second Nigerian to achieve this landmark.
She was once more in the global limelight for her cover of the legendary Bob Marley’s hit song No Woman, No Cry which was the soundtrack for the highly commercially successful Marvel movie – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which was released in mid-2022.
As an artiste that went from being a local act to being an internationally-recognized artiste, Tems has gathered a lot of awards and nominations for her craft which includes:
- 1x Grammy Nomination
- 2x BET Awards Winner
- 2x NAACP Image Awards
- 1x Soul Train Music Award
NET WORTH
Aside from her illustrious career as seen from her biography, Tems has made quite a net worth to commensurate with her career, with a net worth of arguably $2 million.
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