The Music Reporter 
Me & U is the lead single from her upcoming debut album
For the chart dated the week of October 21, 2023, Tems’ Me and U single debuts Number 10 on the Billboard bubbling under Hot 100. It is the lead single from her forthcoming debut album
Me and U by Tems debuts on Billboard bubbling under
Me and U by Tems begins its Billboard run for its first week on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The chart comprises songs that do not have enough streams or radio airplay to debut on the actual Billboard Hot 100 chart, but have the potential of still rising to the actual chart.
Me and U billboard chart position means there is a potential it still charts on Billboard Hot 100. But this possibility is low because songs that rise from bubbling under usually receive more streams and radioplay weeks after they are released. However, Me & U has shown little signs of this. It has garnered 5 million streams in its first 2 weeks of release on Spotify.
But who knows? The song can still make a comeback. If anyone is the queen of charts in their early career, it’s Tems. She is one of the few Nigerian artists to chart multiple songs on Billboard. Although the verdict remains that the song does not sound like it was made for mainstream consumption. It is more personal and less commercially-purposed.
Me & U by Tems is out now. Check out the lyrics here
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Profile
Temilade Openiyi (born 11 June 1995), known professionally as Tems, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer.
She rose to prominence after she was featured on Wizkid’s 2020 single, “Essence”, which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 after the release of a remixed with an additional feature from Justin Bieber, and earned her a Grammy Award nomination.
On 25 September 2020, she released her debut extended play, For Broken Ears. Tems released her second extended play, If Orange Was a Place (2021), after being signed to RCA Records.
In 2022, Tems’ vocals from her song “Higher” were sampled by Future on his single, “Wait for U”, which led to her being credited as a featured artist on the song.
It debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first African artist to debut at number one and the second Nigerian artist to top the chart.
Throughout her career, Tems has received multiple award nominations, winning two NAACP Image Awards, two BET Awards and a Soul Train Music Award.
Tems covered Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” in the Marvel movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, released in July 2022.
In 2018, Tems quit her job to pursue a career in music. She began to learn self production skills on YouTube and on 18 July 2018, she released her debut single, “Mr Rebel”, a song which she produced by herself.
On 7 August 2019, she released the single “Try Me”.
In 2020, DJ Edu chose her as one of “ten artists to watch” that year.
On 23 April 2020, Tems was featured alongside fellow Nigerian singer Davido on a reworked version of American singer-songwriter Khalid and English electronic music duo Disclosure’s single, “Know Your Worth.
On 25 September 2020, Tems released her debut extended play, For Broken Ears. It was produced primarily by her and the single “Damages” from the EP became another follow up hit to “Try Me”, peaking at number one on the Nigerian Apple Music chart and number six on the then-newly launched TurnTable Top 50 chart and garnering five million views on YouTube.
On 30 October 2020, Tems was featured on fellow Nigerian singer Wizkid’s single, “Essence”, from the latter’s fourth studio album, Made in Lagos. The song earned her a number one spot on BBC 1Xtra Airplay Chart and also earned her first career entry on Billboard Hot 100 at number 9.
Tems won a Soul Train Music Awards two NAACP Image Awards, and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Global Music Performance.
On 8 November 2020, Tems was included in The Future Awards Africa: Class of 2020.
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