| Artist: | Tems |
| Studio: | 1 |
| Ep: | 2 |
| Singles: | 14 |
| Soundtrack: | 1 |
| Music Videos: | 9 |
Nigerian singer-songwriter and record producer Tems has released one studio album, two extended plays (EPs), one soundtrack album (alongside Rihanna), and 14 singles (3 of which as a featured artist). In 2020, Tems released her debut EP For Broken Ears, which contained the single "Damages" and later "Free Mind" which impacted US contemporary radio as a single in 2022, it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 46 and breaking the female record for longest charting number one song on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.[1] [2] In 2021, Tems was featured on the Wizkid's single "Essence". It spawned a remix with Justin Bieber and became the first Nigerian song to chart on Billboard's Hot 100 of which it peaked at number 9 and Global 200 chart.[3] [4] Essence was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5] In the same year, Tems released her second EP If Orange Was a Place, after signing with RCA Records.[6]
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 alongside Drake 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.[7] The song received a 3X platinum certification in the United States and also a platinum certification in the United Kingdom.[8]
In 2023, Tems released the single "Me & U", her first solo single since her second EP, If Orange Was a Place. "Me & U" peaked at number 1 on the UK Afrobeats Singles Chart and number 34 on the UK Singles Chart while in the United States, it reached number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[9]
In June 2024, Tems released her debut 18-track album Born in the Wild.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGR [10] | BEL (FL) [11] | CAN [12] | FRA [13] | NLD [14] | SWI [15] | UK | US [16] | |||
| Born in the Wild |
| 3 | 86 | 52 | 74 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 56 | |
| Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [17] | BEL (FL) [18] | CAN [19] | FRA [20] | GER [21] | IRL [22] | NZ [23] | SWI [24] | UK [25] | US [26] | |||
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music from and Inspired By |
| 79 | 50 | 7 | 47 | 73 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 12 | |
| EP details | ||
| For Broken Ears |
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| If Orange Was a Place |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGR [28] | AUS [29] | IRE [30] | NLD [31] | NZ Hot [32] | UK [33] | US [34] | US R&B/HH [35] | US R&B [36] | US World [37] | |||||
| "Mr Rebel" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="4" | ||
| "Looku Looku" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Try Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "These Days" | 2020 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Damages" | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| For Broken Ears | ||
| "Crazy Tings" | 2021 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | If Orange Was a Place | ||
| "No Woman, No Cry" (with Marvel) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| "Free Mind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | 12 | 4 | — | For Broken Ears | |||
| "Me & U" | 2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 22 | 34 | — | — | 12 | 5 |
| Born in the Wild | |
| "Not an Angel" | 33 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | 23 | 9 | ||||
| "Love Me JeJe" | 2024 | 14 | 20 | 97 | 92 | 11 | 36 | — | 41 | 9 | 5 | Born in the Wild | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [40] | IRE [41] | NZ [42] | POR [43] | SWE Heat. [44] | SWI [45] | UK [46] | US [47] | US R&B/HH [48] | WW [49] | |||||
| "Know Your Worth" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Essence" | 2021 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 108 | 1 | 95 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 28 | Made in Lagos | ||
| "Wait for U" | 2022 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | I Never Liked You | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [58] | AUS [59] | FRA [60] | POR | NZ Hot [61] | UK Stream. [62] | US [63] | US R&B/HH [64] | US R&B [65] | WW [66] | ||||||
| "Higher" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| For Broken Ears | ||
| "Fountains" (Drake featuring Tems) | 2021 | 36 | 36 | 70 | 43 | — | 23 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 26 | Certified Lover Boy | |||
| "Found" | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | 17 | — |
| If Orange Was a Place | |||
| "Move" (Beyoncé featuring Grace Jones and Tems) | 2022 | 72 | — | — | 113 | — | 76 | 55 | 22 | 15 | 53 | Renaissance | |||
| "No.1" (Tyla featuring Tems) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | 13 | — | Tyla | |||
| "Free Fall" (featuring J. Cole) | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | Born in the Wild | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Other artist(s) | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Falling" | 2018 | Ladipoe | T. A. P (Talk About Poe) | |
| "Too Bad" | 2019 | Show Dem Camp, Amaarae | ||
| "Tales by Moonlight" | Show Dem Camp | Palm Wine Xpress | ||
| "Good Time" | Lady Donli | Enjoy Your Life | ||
| "Soon" | 2020 | Black Magic | ||
| "Decided" | Odunsi (the Engine) | |||
| "Trouble" | DRB Lasgidi | The Pioneers | ||
| "Peace" | Mannywellz | Mirage | ||
| "Live Life" | 2022 | Show Dem Camp | Palm Wine Music Vol. 3 |
| Song | Year | Artist | Album | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hide & Seek" | 2022 | Stormzy | This Is What I Mean | Song writing |
| 2 | "Lift Me Up" | Rihanna | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Song writing, Background Vocals |