Toni Watson: Tones and I Toni Watson: Tones and I

Toni Watson, our very own mega star is better known as Tones and I.

We don't know why but personal details including her age and birthdate are scarse but she grew up in Mount Martha on Mornington Peninsula. Apparently she prefers not to disclose her birth details, "I never denied my age. I never lied about it. I just don't say anything now... Everything is wrong online."

Wikipedia says: Her second single, "Dance Monkey", was released in May 2019 and reached number one in over 30 countries. In November of that year, she broke the record for the most weeks at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart by any artist with 16 weeks. By mid-January 2020, "Dance Monkey" had spent its 24th and final week at No.1, beating Bing Crosby's all-time Australian record for his version of "White Christmas", which spent 22 weeks (five months, namely June to October) at the top spot in 1943.

"Dance Monkey" was accredited 12Ã- platinum by ARIA for shipments of over 840,000 units. Tones was the most awarded artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, winning four from eight nominations. Tones and I released her debut extended play, The Kids Are Coming, on 30 August 2019.

WHO IS TONES?

ORIGINALLY FROM AUSTRALIA'S MORNINGTON PENINSULA, TONES AND I JOURNEYED TO BYRON BAY IN EARLY 2018 TO TAKE A CHANCE AT BUSKING. ON THE FIRST DAY SHE HAD CROWDS SPILLING ONTO THE STREET, SO TONES QUIT HER RETAIL JOB AND DECIDED TO MAKE BYRON HER NEW HOME WHERE SHE LIVED OUT OF HER VAN FOR THE YEAR.

IN 2019, TONES AND I MADE CHART HISTORY WHEN SHE BECAME THE FIRST ARTIST TO SPEND 24 WEEKS AT #1 ON THE ARIA SINGLES CHART WITH HER GLOBAL SMASH 'DANCE MONKEY'.

SINCE ITS RELEASE IN MAY 2019, THE HIT SINGLE HAS REACHED #1 IN 30 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING A RECORD-BREAKING RUN OF 11 WEEKS AT #1 IN THE UK.

IN TOTAL, THE SONG HAS AMASSED OVER 7 BILLION STREAMS, HELD THE #1 SPOT FOR THE MOST STREAMED SONG GLOBALLY FOR OVER 4 MONTHS, EARNED 3 X PLATINUM CERTIFICATION IN THE US, AND REACHED MULTIPLATINUM OR DIAMOND CERTIFICATION IN FIFTEEN OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING 11 X PLATINUM IN AUSTRALIA.

IN ADDITION TO BEING THE MOST SHAZAMED SONG OF ALL TIME, 'DANCE MONKEY' IS NOW OFFICIALLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST-STREAMED SONGS EVER ON SPOTIFY.

THE SONG REACHED THE TOP 5 IN THE USA BILLBOARD HOT 100, MAKING IT THE FIRST TOP FIVE HOT 100 HIT SOLELY WRITTEN BY A WOMAN IN OVER EIGHT YEARS.

HAVING RECENTLY WON THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION (ISC), TONES AND I HAS CONTINUED HER WINNING STREAK TAKING HOME THE COVETED "SONG OF THE YEAR" AND "BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER" AWARDS AT THE 2020 AUSTRALASIAN PERFORMING RIGHT ASSOCIATION (APRA) MUSIC AWARDS.

AS WELL AS ACHIEVING GOLD STATUS FOR HER DEBUT EP 'THE KIDS ARE COMING', AND STANDALONE TRACK 'BAD CHILD'.

TONES AND I HAS SHOWCASED HER STAGGERING VOICE ACROSS PERFORMANCES OF HER BREAKOUT GLOBAL HIT 'DANCE MONKEY' AND 'NEVER SEEN THE RAIN' APPEARING ON THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON, THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, THE VOICE AND NBC'S TODAY SHOW.

TONES AND I'S NEW SINGLE 'UR SO F**KING COOL' IS AVAILABLE NOW WORLDWIDE.

Source: tonesandi.com October 2020

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