Summer Marjani Walker (born April 11, 1996) is an American R&B singer. In 2017, she signed to Love Renaissance and Interscope Records. Walker was born in Atlanta, Georgia. From 2016 to 2018, she had a small cleaning business, and was also an exotic dancer in Atlanta before she taught herself how to play the guitar by watching tutorials on YouTube. Soon after, she began performing covers, posting various videos of herself to the platform. In an interview with The Face she stated that the experience of being an exotic dancer was “helping her grow out of her shell” and that it was “a fun experience“
NUMBER FOUR: Playing games with Bryson Tiller
With over 86M views on its official music video on YouTube, “Playing Games” is a song by American singer Summer Walker from their debut studio album, “Over It” (2019). The song was released as the lead single from the album on August 23, 2019. The extended version features guest vocals from American singer Bryson Tiller. The song samples Destiny’s Child’s song “Say My Name” (1999). It was released through Love Renaissance and Interscope Records. Produced by London on da track and written by Summer Walker, Aubrey Robinson and more. It has been certified Gold and Platinum in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and United States.
FYI
- Walker was discovered by a woman, who has the same name as her
- Walker has well over 24 tattoos as of 2019, including face tattoos
- Summer Walker has Three Children, one girl for her ex boyfriend And producer and twin bus for her ex boyfriend also.
- “Over It” debuted at number-two on the Billboard 200 chart, breaking the record for the biggest streaming debut-week ever for a female R&B artist; while also being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
NUMBER THREE: No Love ft SZA
With over 30M views on its official lyric audio on YouTube “No Love” is a song by American singers Summer Walker and SZA from Walker’s second studio album Still Over It (2021) released on the 29th of March,2022. The song was written by Walker, SZA, Sean Garrett, Charles Ocasey Jr and Sony Ramos, and produced by Forthenight. It peaked at the 5th spot on New Zealand Hot Singles Chart, UK Hip-Hop / R&B charts and US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 8 on US R&B/ Hip-Hop Airplay. It was certified Gold and Platinum in the United States and Canada.
NUMBER TWO: To Summer, From Cole Ft Jcole
With over 3.9M views on its official music audio, “To Summer, From Cole ” is the first track on Summer Walker’s EP CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE. It is a heartfelt song released on May 19, 2023 that is an expression of gratitude, support, and admiration for Summer Walker. During the tracking week ending June 3, 2023, the song debuted at #63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song marked Summer Walker’s first appearance on the Hot 100 in 2023 at the time. The song was written by J.Cole, Summer Walker and WU10 and produced by WU10 and J.Cole.
Awards/Nominations
- Her accolades include a Billboard Music Award, two Soul Train Music Awards, and a Grammy Award nomination.
- On November 17, 2020, Walker won her first Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist.
- Walker was nominated for Best New Artist and Best Female R&B/Pop Artist at the 2020 BET AWARDS
- She won the Award for Chart Breaker Award at the 2022 Billboard Women in Music
- On October 14, Walker won the Billboard Music Award for the Best Female R&B Artist at the 2020 ceremony, beating out Beyoncé and Lizzo.
- Over It won Album of the Year at the 2020 Soul Train Music Awards.
- Walker was also nominated for Top R&B Artist and Top R&B Album for Over It.
Discography
Studio albums
- Over It (2019)
- Still Over It (2021)
Mixtapes and EPs
- Last Day of Summer (2018)
- Clear (2019)
- Life on Earth (2020)
- Clear 2: Soft Life (2023)
BONUS: White Tee Ft NO1-NOAH
With over 3.6M views on it’s official music video on YouTube, White Tee has been a viral song on social media ever since its release, most notably on TikTok, with multiple trends stemming from the slowed-down or sped-up version of the song. On May 15, 2023, “White Tee” was certified gold by the RIAA. “White Tee” on July 10, 2020, with the song written by NO1-NOAH, Josiah Capers, The Martianz & Summer Walker and produced by The Martianz, CrackGod & Summer Walker.
NUMBER ONE: Girls Need love
“Girls Need Love” is a song by American singer Summer Walker from their debut commercial mixtape, Last Day of Summer (2018). It was released as the album’s lead single on July 26, 2018. This went on to garner over 145M views on its official music video on YouTube. It was written by Summer Walker and Arsenio Archer also produced by Arsenio Archer. It was certified Platinum in United States with over 5M sales. It peaked at the number one spot on US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, number 8 ok US Hot R&B Songs, number 6 on US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Single. “Girls Need Love“, became her first top 40 entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart following a remix featuring Drake.
