Tanner Adell | |
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Born | Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Genres | Country |
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Years active | 2021–present |
Labels | Columbia |
Website |
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Tanner Adell is an American country music singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Buckle Bunny, was released in 2023.
Half black and half white, Adell was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and was adopted and raised in Manhattan Beach, California. [1] She spent summers growing up in Star Valley, Wyoming. [2] She learned to play piano and taught herself guitar, then studied commercial music at Utah Valley University. [2] She was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and completed two years of missionary service in Stockholm. [1]
Adell moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2021 to enter the country music business. [2] She gained a following on social media and signed with Columbia Records. [2]
Adell released her first album, Buckle Bunny, on July 21, 2023. [2] The term refers to female groupies of rodeo cowboys. [2] The song "Buckle Bunny" was her biggest viral hit to that point, and she had 360,000 followers on Instagram by the next month. [2] It was named one of the best songs of the year by NPR. [3]
In 2024, Adell featured on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album, the second album of her trilogy project. [4] Adell appears on the track "Blackbiird", a cover of The Beatles' song of the same name, and provides background vocals on "Ameriican Requiem". [5]