Tanya Lacey (born 2 March 1986) is an English recording artist, songwriter and composer.[3] She signed to the record label Sony Music. She is best known for writing and featuring on Loick Essien's single "How We Roll" which peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Later, Tanya supported Bruno Mars as his sole European support for The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour. In 2017 she competed on the Voice UK and made it past the Blind Auditions, joining Team Gavin (Gavin Rossdale). In the second stage of the competition, she was eliminated from Gavin's team, but was 'stolen' by Will (will.i.am).
Tanya Lacey | |
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| Born | 2 March 1986[1][2] Bristol, England |
| Genres | R&B, soul, grime, dancehall, reggae, hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Sony Music Entertainment Laceywood Records |
Music career
edit2011–13: Head Chef
editShe began her musical career after featuring on rapper Tinchy Stryder's song "Spotlight" on his second album, Catch 22. She featured on, and wrote Loick Essien's single "How We Roll" which was released on 3 July 2011. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and number 49 on the Irish Singles Chart. On 2 December 2011, she released her debut single "Letter to My Ex / Born to Fly". She released her song "Greatness" on 22 July 2012 as the lead single from her EP Head Chef. On 7 October 2012 she released "Too Many Cooks" as the second single from her EP Head Chef. On 22 October 2012 she released her debut EP Head Chef. Lacey made three appearances on renowned drum and bass artist Danny Byrd's third studio album Golden Ticket: "Bad Monday", "Love You Like This" and "Golden Ticket". On 9 June 2013 she released the single "Now That You're Gone".
2014–present
editTanya featured on Matrix & Futurebound's single "Don't Look Back", which was released on 6 July 2014. The song became a Top 40 hit charting at No. 38.
In 2017 Tanya became a competitor on The Voice UK and joined Gavin Rossdale's Team.
She was voted off during the Battles. That's when she joined Will.i.am's team. During the Knock Outs she got voted off a second time.
Discography
editExtended plays
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Head Chef |
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Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | "Letter to My Ex / Born to Fly" | — | Breakthrough | ||||||||||
| 2012 | "Greatness" (featuring Kano) |
— | Head Chef | ||||||||||
| "Too Many Cooks" | — | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | "Now That You're Gone" |
— | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
As featured artist
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
UK R&B [5] |
IRE [6] |
Billboard US Dance Airplay[7] | |||||||||||
| 2011 | "How We Roll" (Loick Essien featuring Tanya Lacey) |
2 | 1 | 49 | Identity | |||||||||
| 2013 | "Bad Monday" (Danny Byrd featuring Tanya Lacey) |
181 | - | - | Golden Ticket | |||||||||
| 2014 | "Don't Look Back" (Matrix & Futurebound featuring Tanya Lacey) |
38 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | "Missing" (BODÉ featuring Tanya Lacey) |
30 | Missing | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Introducing: Tanya Lacey Earmilk
- ^ Twitter / TanyaLacey: Feeling very loved and blessed... Twitter
- ^ "Tanya Lacey". Tanyalaceyofficial.com. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
- For "How We Roll": "Chart Archive > July 16, 2011". Official Charts Company.
- ^ Peak positions for R&B singles in the UK:
- For "How We Roll": "Chart Archive > July 16, 2011". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Tanya Lacey – Irish Charts". irish-charts.com/ Hung Medien.
- ^ "Tanya Lacey Missing Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 8 August 2019.