Gayle (singer)
American singer-songwriter (born 2004)
Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd (born June 10, 2004) is an American singer and songwriter. After signing with Atlantic Records and Arthouse Entertainment, she released her hit single "ABCDEFU" in 2021, which 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 reports that she is dyslexic and has chromesthesia, sound-to-color synesthesia in which sound involuntarily evokes an experience of color.
Career
2020–2022: Beginnings, breakout success and EPs
In 2020, she signed her first record deal 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 Records.
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 US 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.
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