Gayle (singer)
Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd[3] (born June 10, 2004),[4] known professionally as Gayle (stylized in all caps), is an American singer. 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,[5] Ireland,[6] and on the Billboard Global 200 and earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Song of the Year.
For the Puerto Rican singer, see Gale (singer).
Gayle
Early life[edit]
Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd was born on June 10, 2004 in Plano, Texas.[7] She started singing at the age of seven and eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a musical career.[8] She reports that she is dyslexic[9] and has chromesthesia, sound-to-color synesthesia in which sound involuntarily evokes an experience of color.[10]
Career[edit]
2020–2022: Beginnings, breakout success and EPs[edit]
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.[11]
In 2021, Gayle released "ABCDEFU", her major-label debut single with Atlantic and Arthouse.[12] 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.[13] Gayle subsequently released the song "Ur Just Horny" on January 19, 2022.[14] 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.[15][16][17]
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.[18][19]
On September 19, 2022, Gayle announced that she was canceling her Avoiding College Tour.[20]
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.
Headlining
Supporting
