Tate McRae is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and dancer who rose to fame on So You Think You Can Dance in 2016 before signing with RCA Records. She broke through with “You Broke Me First” and built momentum across two EPs and her debut album I Used to Think I Could Fly (2022). Her 2023 album Think Laterproduced the global hit “Greedy,” and her 2025 follow-up So Close to What debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.
She received Billboard’s Hitmaker of the Year award last night:
She performed a gorgeous stripped down version of Nobody’s Girl:
Came running to post that - what a performance
Official link to her acceptance speech and performance of NOBODY’S GIRL at the 2026 Billboard Women in Music Awards:
The Tate Hate squad have to ignore performances like these to hold onto some semblance of merit in their bias.
I knew she was in Paris for a reason two months ago. She was plotting this slay.
I thought this was Kristin Cavallari at first.
She looked phenomenal on Monday, probably her best red carpet look so far.
Ryan Tedder talked about her upcoming 4th album:
Ryan Tedder reveals Tate McRae has full control over how to launch the new era and says he’s excited about her new music:
“The music is phenomenal. Just the first handful sessions we did, she walked in and she snapped. She’s on another level of writing and inspiration. I’ll just say that I’m extremely excited […] I truly think she could be the biggest artist in the world.”
Need a Tater Bop asap
Listening to So Close to What again and goddamn this album will have a place in my heart until I die. It helped me feel like I could take on the world after I ended up stranded back in the US and feeling like I had no way out when starting my teaching degree.
