In 2009, as Toni Watson, she created a YouTube page and posted a cappella cover versions of songs. She started busking in Melbourne, while working in fashion retail at the Universal Store. I was probably like 7В yearsВ old.' The singer-songwriter had learned to play keyboards and drum pads while at secondary school.

We were all just singing a song and my aunty was like 'oh guys, she can actually hold a note.' I think that's the earliest memory of someone actually pointing me out as someone that has an ability to sing. She explained choosing a music career: 'One day I was at the park with my family, all my cousins and stuff, in Frankston. The artist prefers not to disclose her birth details, explaining, 'I never denied my age. Conflicting reports state she was born in either 1993 or 2000. Toni Watson grew up in Mount Martha on the Mornington Peninsula to the south of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria.

3.4 International Songwriting Competition.

1.2 2019вЂ“2020: 'Dance Monkey' and The Kids Are Coming.

The album's lead single ' Fly Away' peaked at numberВ four in Australia and numberВ 11 in the UK. It debuted at numberВ one on the ARIA Albums Chart. Her debut album, Welcome to the Madhouse, was released via Bad Batch on 16 July 2021. She released her debut extended play, The Kids Are Coming, on 30 August 2019, which peaked at numberВ three in Australia, and topВ 10 in several countries. Tones was the most awarded artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, winning four of eight nominations. 'Dance Monkey' was accredited 16Г— platinum by ARIA for shipments of over 1,120,000 units, by mid-2021.

By mid-January 2020, 'Dance Monkey' had spent its 24th and final week at numberВ one, beating Bing Crosby's all-time Australian record for his version of ' White Christmas', which spent 22В weeks at the top in 1943. In November 2019 it broke the ARIA record for the most weeks at numberВ one on their singles chart by any artist with 16В weeks. Her breakout single, ' Dance Monkey' (May 2019), reached numberВ one in over 30 countries. Toni Watson, known professionally as Tones and I, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Tank when we fuck lyrics