Tanika Charles

Data updated on 2025-07-31 07:20:27 UTC

Formerly the best kept secret in soul music, Toronto-based Tanika Charles has become a known staple of the genre both at home and abroad. Her music revels in honesty and attitude, her live show is high energy and endearing, and she continues to win audiences over one stream, one Shazam and one encore at a time.

In 2016 Tanika independently released her debut album Soul Run, which would be re-released through the Italian label Record Kicks in 2017. Soul Run was long-listed for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize and nominated for the 2017 Juno Award for best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year.

Tanika’s 2019 sophomore album The Gumption picks up where Soul Run left off, continuing her tradition of marrying classic soul with modern production and instrumentation. She was again long-listed for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize and had the honour of being named the inaugural Polaris artist-in-residence for 2020 at the Studio Bell National Music Centre. In early 2020 The Gumption was nominated for the Juno Awards 2020 R&B/Soul Recording of the Year. Tanika Charles 3rd studio album “Papillon De Nuit / The Night Butterfly” was released in 2022.

The new album “Reasons To Stay” drops worldwide May 16

Genres

: retro soul

Total plays

5.5 million

Updated on 2025-07-31

Date	Total plays
2025-07-31	5,530,679
2025-07-23	5,510,078
2025-07-14	5,484,774
2025-07-07	5,462,611
2025-06-29	5,439,214
2025-06-20	5,406,415
2025-06-12	5,378,258
2025-06-05	5,339,868
2025-05-27	5,277,748
2025-05-19	5,204,139
2025-05-04	5,166,200
2025-04-24	5,140,785
2025-04-15	5,117,530
2025-04-07	5,097,915
2025-03-30	5,078,255
2025-03-21	5,053,340
2025-03-12	5,026,608
2025-03-03	5,007,767
2025-02-23	4,987,808
2025-02-13	4,958,756
2025-02-05	4,937,522
2025-01-26	4,928,110
2025-01-17	4,919,336
2025-01-08	4,911,618
2024-12-31	4,905,143
2024-12-22	4,898,786
2024-12-14	4,892,787
2024-11-25	4,876,030
2024-06-11	4,721,095
2024-05-31	4,709,941
2024-05-15	4,692,972
2024-04-28	4,674,524
2024-04-13	4,658,829
2024-03-30	4,642,924
2024-03-15	4,625,523
2024-02-28	4,606,722
2024-02-14	4,586,603
2023-11-29	4,489,158
2023-10-19	4,428,124
2023-10-03	4,402,266
2023-09-17	4,375,582
2023-08-29	4,333,819
2023-08-25	4,312,448
2023-08-21	4,194,077

Social media links

Monthly listeners

38,101

Followers

8,270

Top Cities

Toronto

672 listeners
London

437 listeners
Amsterdam

438 listeners
Sydney

464 listeners
Melbourne

456 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Tell Me Something	1,864,166	3:05	2019-05-10
Endless Chain	831,455	3:48	2016-05-10
Soul Run	454,088	3:28	2016-05-10
Silly Happy Wild	303,994	4:03	2010-05-08
Two Steps	202,301	3:46	2016-05-10
Don't Like You Anymore	159,409	3:05	2025-02-05
Frustrated	139,490	3:21	2022-03-18
Reasons To Stay	138,131	3:36	2025-05-16
Dancing with Your Ghost	125,442	2:33	2010-05-08
Love Fool	119,723	3:21	2014-03-03
Money	90,635	2:53	2016-05-10
Heavy	85,201	3:30	2016-05-10
Love Fool	78,648	3:17	2016-05-10
Rent Free	55,592	2:18	2022-04-08
Sweet Memories	50,689	3:47	2017-04-07
I Am Your Woman	46,888	3:18	2010-05-08
Love Overdue	46,420	3:07	2019-04-05
Different Morning	45,025	5:04	2022-02-18
Darkness and the Dawn	38,327	4:02	2016-05-10
Consistency	34,250	3:10	2025-05-16
More Than a Man	33,184	3:35	2016-05-10
Since You Been Gone	29,643	3:06	2019-05-10
Here When You're Ready	29,567	3:20	2025-03-12
Look at Us Now	29,406	4:07	2019-05-10
Waiting	27,033	3:28	2016-05-10
Remember to Remember	24,488	3:32	2019-05-10
Intro	22,948	1:12	2016-05-10
Different Morning - Radio Edit	22,118	3:19	2022-02-18
Million Ways	21,706	3:40	2022-04-08
Cool Scorpio	21,044	4:07	2019-05-10
Hold Me (Like a Grudge)	19,777	3:19	2022-04-01
Parkdale	19,124	3:19	2010-05-08
Can I Be Yours?	17,681	3:35	2010-05-08
Everything for Nothing	17,069	4:07	2012-01-17
Going Home	16,950	3:07	2019-05-10
Cadillac Moon	15,766	1:48	2019-05-10
Dans Les Nuages	14,935	2:48	2019-05-10
Talk To Me Nice	14,669	3:14	2025-04-09
Upside Down	14,578	2:46	2019-05-10
First & Last	14,023	2:39	2019-05-10
Think of You	13,648	4:14	2010-05-08
Think of You - Live in Studio	13,384	4:46	2023-06-21
Don't Let Go	12,052	3:18	2025-05-16
Every Child's Plate	11,994	3:46	2014-01-01
No More	11,444	3:05	2025-05-16
Think of You (Acoustic)	10,442	2:47	2010-05-08
How Long Will It Take	10,420	3:14	2025-05-16
Sound That Nothing Made	10,382	4:23	2017-12-01
Can I Be Yours - Live in Studio	10,039	5:29	2023-07-26
Always Restless	8,596	3:32	2019-05-10
Gin and Wine	8,416	2:29	2022-04-08
Having A Time	7,664	3:06	2025-05-16
Soul Run	7,271	3:31	2017-02-10
Papillon de Nuit	7,152	3:00	2022-04-08
Don’t Be So Entitled	7,141	3:33	2022-04-08
Love Don’t Mean a Thing	6,475	4:14	2022-04-08
Win	6,188	2:35	2025-05-16
Paintbrush and a Palette	6,147	3:25	2022-04-08
Honey Baby	5,612	2:49	2022-04-08
Parkdale - Live in Studio	4,713	4:22	2023-07-26
Endless Chain - Instrumental	4,591	3:55	2017-05-19
The Lament	4,060	1:18	2025-05-16
Since You Been Gone - Live in Studio	3,172	3:29	2023-07-26
Silly Happy Wild - Live in Studio	1,488	4:17	2023-07-26
RENT FREE (Luis V Remix)	1,379	4:48	2024-07-18
Tell Me Something	1,226	3:49	2024-11-06
Life Is Where the Eyes Shine	< 1000	2:18	2017-08-19
YYZ (Fly With Me)	< 1000	3:11	2021-10-08