Today on the show we place the spotlight on the 17 year old who has managed to scale up and stay on the billboard top 100 songs since the release of her chart topping song “ABCDEFU”.
Taylor Gayle Rutherford (born July 8, 2004), known professionally as GAYLE is an American singer-songwriter. She was born in Dallas, Texas and has been professionally active since 2020 but originally started singing when she was seven. After releasing several self-produced singles, she was discovered by former American Idol judge and Arthouse music publisher Kara DioGuardi and was signed to Atlantic Records.
No. 4. Z: Z is actually GAYLE’s favorite letter, so it’s only fitting that it eventually becomes a song. However, it’s a fit thematically, too. She’s part of the so-called Generation Z and she touches upon many different aspects of what she and her contemporary teenagers go through. It was released in 2020.
Gayle plays the guitar professionally and her Music style is said to include Pop, pop rock, pop-punk and power pop.
No. 3. Happy For You: Happy for you by Gayle has over 41k views on YouTube and according to her; it was the first song she released addressing a relationship. It was Written By Willie Breeding, Chelsea Lena & GAYLE.
No. 2. Orange Peel: “The Song comes from more of a confident perspective than the other songs I’ve released, which I’ve found to be extremely liberating. It’s definitely made me more comfortable writing about love” says Gayle. The song was Written By OnenO, Reed Berin, Sara Davis, James Droll & GAYLE.
Gayle Currently has no Album or body of work but seems to be making a lot of waves for an artist who neither has an album nor has been in the industry that long. And our number one song is why.
No. 1. Abcdefu: In 2021, Gayle released “ABCDEFU”, her major-label debut single with Atlantic. It became viral on TikTok and Spotify. “ABCDEFU” peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, “ABCDEFU” topped the charts in Finland, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and the top ten in Australia, Austria, New Zealand, and Switzerland. The song was Written By David Pittenger, GAYLE & Sara Davis and its official video currently has over 61 Million views on YouTube.
