Tenille Townes | |
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 Townes performing at The Stoller Hall in Manchester, England, 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tenille Nicole Nadkrynechny |
| Born | January 20, 1994 |
| Origin | Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada |
| Genres | Country pop |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | tenilletownes |
Tenille Nicole Townes (born 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.[1][2]
Townes was raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and attended Peace Wapiti Academy high school.[3] She was introduced to country music by her parents and grandparents during trips in the family car.[4] At the age of nine, she attended a concert by Shania Twain during her Up! Tour bearing a sign asking for chance to sing with Twain on stage, which Twain granted.[5] 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.[3][6] The track was produced by country musician Duane Steele.[6]
Townes released her first album, Real, in June 2011.[7] 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,"[8] and has released multiple songs to radio. She released her second album, Light, in March 2013. That same year, she relocated to Nashville.[5]
Although Townes started her career under her birthname, she later changed her surname. In a 2018 interview on Everything GP, she explained, "Townes is actually from Township Road 722, which is the road that I grew up on and the house that built me essentially, so that’s where that all comes from.”[9]
On April 13, 2018, Townes announced, through her official Facebook page that she had signed a record deal with Columbia Nashville.[10] 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.[11]
In 2018, Townes 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".[12]
Townes won four awards at the 2019 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards, which included one for Female Artist of the year, and three for "Somebody's Daughter" which won Single, Song, and Video of the Year.[13]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
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| CAN [14] |
US Country [15] | ||
| Real |
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| Light |
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| The Lemonade Stand |
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26 | 41 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| CAN [14] | ||
| Living Room Worktapes |
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| Road to the Lemonade Stand |
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91 |
| Masquerades |
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| Train Track Worktapes |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [16] |
CAN Country [17] |
US Country Songs [18] |
US Country Airplay [19] | ||||
| 2009 | "Home Now" | — | — | — | — | Real | |
| 2010 | "Wendy (Can You Hear Me Peter Pan)" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | "Pictures on a Crooked Wall" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Real Me" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Home Now" (with John Landry) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 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 | — | — |
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| 2020 | "The Most Beautiful Things" | — | 43 | — | — | ||
| "Come as You Are" | 82 | 4 | — | — | |||
| 2021 | "Girl Who Didn't Care" | 86 | 5 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2022 | "When's It Gonna Happen" | 87 | 7 | — | — | Masquerades | |
| "The Last Time" | 91 | 5 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 2023 | "The Thing That Wrecks You" (with Bryan Adams)[22] |
—[A] | 30 | — | — | ||
| "Home to Me" | — | 38 | — | — | Train Track Worktapes | ||
| 2024 | "As You Are" | — | — | — | — | TBA | |
| "Thing That Brought Me Here (Truck Song)" | — | 51 | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "I Know" (Train featuring Tenille Townes and Bryce Vine) |
2023 | Non-album single |
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
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| CAN Country [17] |
US Country Songs [18] | |||
| 2019 | "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" (with Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Caylee Hammack, and Elle King) |
— | 47 | Non-album song |
| 2020 | "One in a Million" | 45 | — | Songs for Christmas |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| 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 |
| 2021 | "Girl Who Didn't Care" | |
| 2022 | "When You Need It" | Alex Alvga |
| 2023 | "The Thing That Wrecks You" | Bryan Adams |
| 2024 | "As You Are" | — |
| 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 (shared with Barry Dean, Luke Laird) | Won | ||
| 2020 | Juno Awards | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | ||
| ACM Awards | New Female Artist of the Year | Won | |
| Musical Event of the Year – "Fooled Around and Fell In Love" | Won | ||
| Canadian Country Music Association | TD Entertainer of the Year | Nominated | |
| Fan's Choice Award | Nominated | ||
| Female Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| Interactive Artist or Group of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Songwriter of the Year (shared with Tina Parol, Gordie Sampson) | Won | ||
| Video of the Year – "Jersey On The Wall (I’m Just Asking)" | Won | ||
| CMA Awards | Musical Event of the Year – "Fooled Around and Fell In Love" | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Juno Awards of 2021 | Country Album of the Year – Tenille Townes | Won |
| 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards | Album of the Year – "The Lemonade Stand" | Won[24] | |
| Fan's Choice Award | Nominated | ||
| Female Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| Songwriter of the Year (shared with Marc Beeson, Daniel Tashian) | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Canadian Country Music Association | Entertainer of the Year | Won[25] |
| Album of the Year – Masquerades | Won | ||
| Fans' Choice | Nominated | ||
| Female Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| Single of the Year – "Girl Who Didn't Care" | Won | ||
| Songwriter(s) of the Year (shared with Steph Jones, David Pramik) | Won | ||
| Video of the Year – "Girl Who Didn't Care" | Nominated | ||
| Country Music Association Awards | International Artist Achievement Award | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Canadian Country Music Association | Entertainer of the Year | Nominated[26] |
| Fans' Choice | Nominated | ||
| Female Artist of the Year | Won[27] | ||
| Songwriter of the Year – "The Thing That Wrecks You" | Nominated | ||
| Video of the Year – "The Thing That Wrecks You" | Nominated |
