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Summer Walker parents-American R&B singer, Summer Marjani Walker was born on April 11th, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States.
She performed as an exotic dancer in Atlanta from 2016 to 2018, ran a small cleaning business, and then taught herself how to play the guitar by watching YouTube videos.
She soon started singing cover songs and uploading different videos of herself to the platform.
Walker performed as a dancer in an Atlanta nightclub while learning the guitar via YouTube tutorials.
She claimed that the event was “helping her grow out of her shell” and that it was “a fun experience” in an interview with The Face.
Summer Walker career
Walker was found by a woman with the same name as her who manages the studio for the Love Renaissance record company, situated in Atlanta.
She joined this label and Interscope Records in 2017. With “Girls Need Love” serving as the first single, Walker debuted as a professional mixtape artist on October 19, 2018, under the name Last Day of Summer.
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Walker’s CD included reflections on womanhood, doubt, and love. Walker joined 6lack on the From East Atlanta With Love Tour around the end of 2018.
Walker was selected by Apple Music as its newest Up Next artist in 2019 following the popularity of her mixtape, and she quickly rose to become the platform’s eighth-ranked R&B artist globally.
Walker’s first EP, named Clear, including four tracks of acoustic recordings, was published on January 25, 2019. She shared the Drake-featuring remix of her song “Girls Need Love” on February 27, 2019.
Walker’s debut studio album, Over It, included the song “Playing Games” as the first official single on August 23, 2019.
Produced by London on da Track, the song incorporates a portion of Destiny’s Child’s number-one hit “Say My Name.” On September 12, Walker disclosed that LVRN and Interscope Records would release Over It on October 4.
She published the official artwork along with the news of her album. Over With 134,000 units sold in its first week, it debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200. In terms of on-demand audio streams, its debut week set a record for a female artist’s R&B album streaming week.
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Early in 2020, Walker worked on a song called “Secret” with American rapper 21 Savage. Walker additionally made an appearance on Justin Bieber’s song Yummy’s remix.
She appeared on Khalid’s remix of “Eleven” in April 2020. Walker revealed on June 29 that Life on Earth, an EP, would be published on July 10.
After performing “Session 32” and “Come Thru” with Usher at the 2020 BET Awards, where Walker was nominated for Best New Artist and Best Female R&B/Pop Artist, the news was made the following day.
Walker sang “Body” from her debut album Over It as a musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on September 14.
Walker defeated Beyoncé and Lizzo to win the Billboard Music Award for Best Female R&B Artist at the 2020 ceremony on October 14.
Walker’s second album Still Over It, which was released on November 5, 2021, broke the previous record for the largest R&B debut on the US albums chart since Beyoncé’s album Lemonade.
Within the first week of release, the album sold more than 166,000 copies. At the 2021 Soul Train Music Awards on November 29, Walker and Ari Lennox performed the song “Unloyal” together.
On March 21, 2022, news of the “No Love” extended remix with Cardi B was released. It was made available on March 25 along with a music video.
Walker received her first Grammy Award nomination in May for her work on Kendrick Lamar’s song “Purple Hearts” from the album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, which was released in 2022.
Walker and Ciara’s single “Better Thangs” were released on September 28, 2022. On September 30, the official music video, which was directed by Mia Barnes, had its internet debut.
Who are Summer Walker’s parents?
Summer Walker was born to Sheila Walker, and Curtis Walker. She has two older sisters one of whom is Venice Brinkley Walker. Curtis happens to be her stepfather.
Source: www.Ghgossip.com
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