Introduction
Tenille Townes (born Tenille Nicole Nadkrynechny; January 20, 1994) is a Canadian country music singer, from Grande Prairie, Alberta. In 2011, at the age of 17, she was nominated for a Canadian Country Music Award for Female Artist of the Year.
History
Townes was raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and attended Peace Wapiti Academy for high school. In 2009, she released the single "Home Now", a song she wrote from the perspective of a daughter whose father is posted in the war in Afghanistan, a topic she learned about in school. The track was produced by country musician Duane Steele.
She released her first album, Real, in June 2011. She has raised over $1.9 million for Sunrise House, a shelter for homeless youth in Alberta, through her annual fundraiser, Big Hearts For Big Kids. She appeared on the national television show Canada AM in August 2011, performing her single "Real Me", and has released multiple songs to radio. She released her second album, Light, in March 2013.
On April 13, 2018, she announced through her official Facebook page that she had signed a record deal with Columbia Nashville. She released her first single with the label, "Somebody's Daughter," in September 2018, and it became her first to chart where it reached number 92 on the Canadian Hot 100 and was a Number One hit on the Canadian Country chart dated February 2, 2019.
In 2018, she served as the opening act for all dates for Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town on their joint The Bandwagon Tour. In 2019 she appeared on Donovan Woods's album The Other Way, as a duet vocalist on the song "I Ain't Ever Loved No One".
Townes was nominated for and won four awards at the 2019 Canadian Country Music Association Awards, including Female Artist, and "Somebody's Daughter" won Single, Song, and Video of the Year.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details |
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| Real |
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| Light |
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| The Lemonade Stand |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| CAN | ||
| Living Room Worktapes |
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| Road to the Lemonade Stand |
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91 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN |
CAN Country |
USCountry |
USCountryAirplay | |||
| 2009 | "Home Now" | — | — | — | — | Real |
| 2010 | "Wendy (Can You Hear Me Peter Pan)" | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Pictures on a Crooked Wall" | — | — | — | — | |
| "Real Me" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Home Now" | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
| 2012 | "Starts with You" | — | — | — | — | Light |
| 2013 | "Dear Heart" | — | — | — | — | |
| "Halfway to Somewhere" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018 | "Somebody's Daughter" | 92 | 1 | 29 | 26 | The Lemonade Stand |
| 2019 | "White Horse" | — | 8 | — | — | |
| "Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)" | 88 | 1 | — | — | ||
Other charted songs
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Country |
USCountry | |||
| 2019 | "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" (with Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Caylee Hammack, and Elle King) |
— | 47 | Wildcard |
| 2020 | "One in a Million" | 45 | — | Songs for Christmas |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "Pictures on a Crooked Wall" | Warren P. Sonoda |
| 2013 | "Dear Heart" | Stephano Barberis |
| 2018 | "Somebody's Daughter" | P.R. Brown |
| 2019 | "Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)" | Mason Dixon |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Canadian Country Music Association | Female Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| 2013 | Interactive Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Interactive Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2019 | CMT Music Awards | Breakthrough Video of the Year - "Somebody's Daughter" | Nominated |
| Canadian Country Music Association | Female Artist of the Year | Won | |
| Single of the Year - "Somebody's Daughter" | Won | ||
| Video of the Year - "Somebody's Daughter" | Won | ||
| Songwriter of the Year | Won | ||
| 2020 | Juno Awards | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Pending |
| Songwriter of the Year | Pending |