Tanika Charles

Data updated on 2025-06-12 21:28:44 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

5.4 million

Updated on 2025-06-12

Date	Total plays
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

77,544

Followers

8,099

Top Cities

Toronto

1,065 listeners
London

1,088 listeners
Amsterdam

1,011 listeners
Sydney

941 listeners
Melbourne

923 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Tell Me Something	1,849,598	3:05	2019-05-10
Endless Chain	825,506	3:48	2016-05-10
Soul Run	451,469	3:28	2016-05-10
Silly Happy Wild	300,967	4:03	2010-05-08
Two Steps	199,831	3:46	2016-05-10
Don't Like You Anymore	148,371	3:05	2025-02-05
Frustrated	138,132	3:21	2022-03-18
Dancing with Your Ghost	123,513	2:33	2010-05-08
Love Fool	119,176	3:21	2014-03-03
Money	90,024	2:53	2016-05-10
Heavy	84,471	3:30	2016-05-10
Love Fool	78,288	3:17	2016-05-10
Reasons To Stay	65,991	3:36	2025-05-16
Rent Free	54,651	2:18	2022-04-08
Sweet Memories	50,343	3:47	2017-04-07
I Am Your Woman	46,459	3:18	2010-05-08
Love Overdue	45,946	3:07	2019-04-05
Different Morning (feat. DijahSB)	44,510	5:04	2022-02-18
Darkness and the Dawn	38,120	4:02	2016-05-10
More Than a Man	33,061	3:35	2016-05-10
Look at Us Now	29,041	4:07	2019-05-10
Since You Been Gone	28,444	3:06	2019-05-10
Waiting	26,919	3:28	2016-05-10
Consistency	24,645	3:10	2025-05-16
Remember to Remember	24,283	3:32	2019-05-10
Here When You're Ready	23,985	3:20	2025-03-12
Intro	22,875	1:12	2016-05-10
Different Morning (feat. DijahSB) - Radio Edit	22,032	3:19	2022-02-18
Million Ways	21,314	3:40	2022-04-08
Cool Scorpio	20,740	4:07	2019-05-10
Hold Me (Like a Grudge)	19,413	3:19	2022-04-01
Parkdale	18,834	3:19	2010-05-08
Can I Be Yours?	17,465	3:35	2010-05-08
Everything for Nothing	17,029	4:07	2012-01-17
Going Home	16,805	3:07	2019-05-10
Cadillac Moon	15,303	1:48	2019-05-10
Dans Les Nuages	14,707	2:48	2019-05-10
Upside Down	14,421	2:46	2019-05-10
First & Last	13,795	2:39	2019-05-10
Think of You	13,509	4:14	2010-05-08
Think of You - Live in Studio	13,265	4:46	2023-06-21
Talk To Me Nice	12,571	3:14	2025-04-09
Every Child's Plate	11,749	3:46	2014-01-01
Think of You (Acoustic)	10,388	2:47	2010-05-08
Sound That Nothing Made	10,345	4:23	2017-12-01
Don't Let Go	10,320	3:18	2025-05-16
Can I Be Yours - Live in Studio	9,889	5:29	2023-07-26
No More	8,807	3:05	2025-05-16
Always Restless	8,514	3:32	2019-05-10
Gin and Wine	8,179	2:29	2022-04-08
How Long Will It Take	7,696	3:14	2025-05-16
Soul Run - Instrumental	7,238	3:31	2017-02-10
Don't Be so Entitled	7,034	3:33	2022-04-08
Papillon de Nuit	6,961	3:00	2022-04-08
Love Don't Mean a Thing	6,370	4:14	2022-04-08
Paintbrush and a Palette	6,065	3:25	2022-04-08
Having A Time	6,006	3:06	2025-05-16
Honey Baby	5,530	2:49	2022-04-08
Win	4,590	2:35	2025-05-16
Endless Chain - Instrumental	4,581	3:55	2017-05-19
Parkdale - Live in Studio	4,569	4:22	2023-07-26
Parkdale - Live in Studio - Clean Version	4,553	4:22	2023-07-26
The Lament	3,233	1:18	2025-05-16
Since You Been Gone - Live in Studio	3,052	3:29	2023-07-26
Silly Happy Wild - Live in Studio	1,436	4:17	2023-07-26
RENT FREE (Luis V Remix)	1,331	4:48	2024-07-18
Frustrated - Instrumental	< 1000	3:21	2022-07-01
Life Is Where the Eyes Shine	< 1000	2:18	2017-08-19
YYZ (Fly With Me)	< 1000	3:11	2021-10-08