Gayle (singer)

Gayle (singer)
Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd (born June 10, 2004), known professionally as Gayle (stylized in all caps), is an American singer and songwriter. After signing with Atlantic Records and Arthouse Entertainment, she released her hit single "ABCDEFU" in 2021, which has charted worldwide, including reaching number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and on the Billboard Global 200 and earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Song of the Year.
Early life
Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd was born on June 10, 2004 in Plano, Texas. She started singing at the age of seven and eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a musical career. She is dyslexic.
Career
2020–2022: Beginnings, breakout success and EPs
In 2020, she signed her first record with Arthouse Entertainment.
After releasing several self-produced singles, Gayle was discovered by former American Idol judge and Arthouse music publisher Kara DioGuardi and was signed to Atlantic Records and Arthouse.
In 2021, Gayle released "ABCDEFU", her major-label debut single with Atlantic and Arthouse. It became viral on TikTok and Spotify. "ABCDEFU" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "ABCDEFU" topped the charts in Finland, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and the top ten in Australia, Austria, New Zealand, and Switzerland. Gayle subsequently released the song "Ur Just Horny" on January 19, 2022. On March 18, 2022, Gayle released a six-song extended play (EP) titled A Study of the Human Experience Volume One via Atlantic and Arthouse.
On March 19, 2022, Gayle was a fill-in host for the CHR version of Ryan Seacrest's American Top 40, where her song "ABCDEFU" spent its first week at number one.
On September 19, 2022, Gayle announced that she was canceling her Avoiding College Tour.
On October 7, 2022, Gayle released her second extended play, A Study of the Human Experience Volume Two.
On December 9, 2022, Gayle released a third extended play, A Study of the Human Experience Volume Two and a Half. Rather than new bodies of music, the EP consists of eight new versions of songs from her previous two extended plays.
2023: Touring and standalone releases
On March 9, 2023, Gayle released the standalone single, "Everybody Hates Me". She served as an opening act on multiple shows of the US leg of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, and on the European leg of Pink's Summer Carnival tour; from March to August and June to July 2023, respectively. On April 14, 2023, Lauren Spencer-Smith's "Fantasy", a collaboration with Gayle and Em Beihold, was released as the sixth single from Spencer's album, Mirror (2023). Gayle co-wrote Kelly Clarkson's 2023 single "Me", which was released on the same day. On May 5, 2023, she released "Don't Call Me Pretty". Gayle performed and co-wrote "Butterflies"—a re-titled "bedroom-pop" rework of the song "Butterfly" by Crazy Town, which it also interpolates—for Barbie: The Album, which was released in July. In August, she released the single "Leave Me for Dead". Her next song, "I Don't Sleep as Good as I Used to", followed on October 6. Gayle will embark on her debut headlining tour, the Scared But Trying Tour, on October 17; it will commence in Tampa, Florida.
Tours
Headlining
Scared But Trying Tour (2023)
Supporting
AJR - OK Orchestra Tour (2021)
Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour (2023)
Pink – Summer Carnival (2023)
Discography
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Promotional singles
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
External links
2004 births
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
American child singers
Atlantic Records artists
Living people
Singers from Dallas
American people of Scottish descent
Alternative rock singers
American alternative rock musicians
Pop punk singers
Musicians with dyslexia
American women pop singers
American musicians with disabilities