Tenille Townes 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.
Born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter earned accolades for her wise-beyond-her-years ballads before she moved to Nashville in 2013. After years of taking in sets at the Bluebird Café and pushing herself in writing sessions, she started winning over Music Row with the songs that would eventually shape her acoustic EP, Living Room Worktapes. Each track told a potent story: her buoyant voice soared over love songs like “White Horse” and “Where You Are” with their clever choruses, but “Jersey on the Wall (I’m Just Asking),” in which she questions her faith after a senseless tragedy, and “Somebody’s Daughter,” an empathetic look into the life of a stranger, proved she had the range to write through life’s most difficult challenges.
Her breakthrough single, “Somebody’s Daughter”, was a heartfelt and powerful song about empathy and compassion, which reached number one on the Canadian Country chart and number 92 on the Canadian Hot 100. She also won four awards at the 2019 Canadian Country Music Association Awards, including Single, Song, Video and Female Artist of the Year. She released her third album, The Lemonade Stand, in 2020, which featured collaborations with Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town and Donovan Woods. She is known for her authentic and relatable lyrics, her captivating melodies and her charitable spirit.