Tenille Jade Dakota Arts (born April 19, 1994) is a Canadian

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singer from

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. She released a self-titled

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and her debut studio album '' Rebel Child'' with 19th & Grand Records. In 2020, Arts released the album '' Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between'' and won the Rising Star Award from the

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. She released her third studio album ''

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'' in October 2021. In 2022, Arts signed to Dreamcatcher Artists. She released her fourth album ''To Be Honest'' in 2024.

Biography

Arts was raised in her hometown of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, where she began taking lessons in piano and singing, and developed an interest in songwriting in her teenage years. By 2009, she began posting videos of her

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s of popular songs, including one of

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's " Fifteen" that captured the attention of a talent manager from

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. Arts briefly relocated to Nashville to pursue this opportunity, but returned to Canada to finish high school. In 2015, she relocated to Nashville to sign a publishing contract with Noble Vision Music Group and released "Breathe", a

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in support of

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research. She was awarded the Emerging Artists Award from the Saskatchewan Country Music Association and was nominated for the Discovery Artist program from the

, both in 2016, for her burgeoning success. That year, she released her debut, self-titled

through the independent label imprint 19th & Grand Records. "What He's Into" was released to Canadian country radio in January 2017 as her official debut single and reached 47 on the

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airplay chart. Following the success of that record, Arts released her debut studio album, ''Rebel Child'', on October 27, 2017, preceded by the single, "Cold Feet". The album reached number 45 on the sales component chart of the ''

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chart. In 2018, Arts made an appearance on the 22nd season of popular American reality television series, '' The Bachelor'', performing an original

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titled, "Moment of Weakness" and in 2020 performing "Somebody Like That". Exposure from the show led to increased interest in Arts's music and a record deal from indie label Reviver Records, which she signed in March 2018. A deluxe edition of ''Rebel Child'' was issued that year with new tracks including "Moment of Weakness". Her first release for Reviver, "I Hate This", was released in the summer of 2018 and charted on the

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in the United States. A Canadian-exclusive single, "Mad Crazy Love", became Arts's second single to reach the Canadian country airplay charts. Two further singles were released in 2019 – "Call You Names" and "

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" – to promote her second studio album, '' Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between'', which was released on January 10, 2020. On October 22, 2021, Arts released her third studio album ''

'', which included the singles " Give It to Me Straight" and " Back Then, Right Now". In 2022, Arts signed with Dreamcatcher Artists as the flagship artist on their label. As part of the deal, Dreamcatcher acquired her entire catalogue and released the new single " Jealous of Myself". Arts joined

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on his early 2023 "Beer Drinking Opportunity Tour" in Canada along with

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. In May 2024, she released her fourth album ''To Be Honest''. In November 2024, she duetted with fellow Canadian country artist

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on the single "Hangover at My Place".

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

Promotional singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arts, Tenille Living people Canadian women country singers Canadian country singer-songwriters 1994 births 21st-century Canadian women singers Singers from Saskatchewan Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star Award winners 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters People from Weyburn