Born Temilade Openiyi, Tems is a Nigerian award-winning singer and songwriter. She became most famous for her collaboration with Wizkid on the single ‘Essence’. She is an Afrobeats and RnB artiste with powerful vocals.
Tems was born in Lagos to a Nigerian mother and a British-Nigerian father, they moved to the United Kingdom shortly after her birth. Her parents got divorced when she was 5 and she relocated to Nigeria with her mother and brother.
Tems Age:
She was born on 11 June 1995. Tems is 27 years old.
Education:
Tems attended Dowen college before proceeding to study Economics in Monash, South Africa where she bagged a Bachelor of Science degree.
Religion:
She was born into a Christian family and she grew up in the choir where she played a vital role. She still remains in the Christian faith.
Tems Career:
Temilade has always been a lover of music, but she was first noticed by her teacher and she learned how to play the piano.
In 2018, she quit her job to go after her career in music, she began with self-production skills on YouTube. On the 18th of July, she released her first single ‘Mr Rebel’ mixed, mastered and produced by herself.
In 2019, she released another single ‘Try Me’ and in 2020, Tems was featured alongside Davido on a reworked version of Khalid and Disclosure’s single ‘Know your Worth’. She had gone ahead to release several other singles including the famous ‘Essence’ with Wizkid.
Tems Songs:
- Mr Rebel
- Try me
- Know your Worth – Remake with Davido (Original song by Khalid and Disclosure)
- For Broken Ears – First EP
- Damages
- Essence – Feat Wizkid
- Fountains by Drake – Feat Tems
- If Orange was a Place – Second EP
- Illumination
- Free mind
- Crazy Tings
- Wait For U by Future – Feat Drake and Tems
Awards:
2019
- The Headies (Best Vocal Performance, Female) – Nominated
2020
- The Headies (Next Rated) – Nominated
- BET Awards ( Best International New Act) – Nominated
- The Future Awards Africa (Prize for Music) – Nominated
- MTV Africa Music Awards (Best Breakthrough Act) – Nominated
- Net Honours (Most Played Alternative Song) – Won
- All Africa Music Awards
(Best Female Artist in West Africa) – Nominated
(Best African Collaboration) – Won
(Song of the Year) – Won
(Best Artist, Duo or Group in Africa RnB & Soul) – Nominated
2021
- Soul train Music Awards – Won
- NAACP Image Awards – Won
- Grammy Awards (Best Global Music Performance) – Nomination
2022
The Headies
(Best Vocal Performance, female) – Pending
(Best collaboration) – Pending
(Best RnB album) – Pending
(Best Female Artiste) – Pending
BET Awards
(Best New Artist) – Nominated
BET Awards (Best International Act) – Won
BET Awards (Best Collaboration) – Won.
Relationship:
Temilade Openiyi is single and there are no records of her being in a relationship because she has quite a private life.
Tems Net Worth:
Tems currently earns $100,000 annually and she has a net worth of $1million US.
Cars And Houses:
There’s no record of Tems owning a house but she is a lover of luxury and a huge fan of Sports cars & SUVs. She drives a Toyota 2022 Land cruiser worth 40 million Naira.
Record Label:
Tems is a brand ambassador for RCA records where she is signed for a multimillion naira contract.