Angel Taylor
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Background information | |
Birth name | Angel Mae Taylor |
Born | (1988-03-20) March 20, 1988 (age 36) Sylmar, California, U.S. |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Pop, soul |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, keyboard |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | Aware, Columbia |
Website | www |
Angel Mae Taylor,[1] born 1988, is a guitarist, singer and songwriter based in the Los Angeles area. She has released an LP and two EPs.
Biography
Taylor was born on 20 March 1988 in Los Angeles, California, the youngest of five daughters of LaTonya Taylor. She has lived in both Sylmar and Santa Clarita, California. [citation needed] An older sister, Ebony, appeared on the fifth season of America's Next Top Model.
Musical career
Taylor had no musical education, and taught herself to play piano and guitar. She was inspired to start writing songs at the age of 13 when her sister Ebony, a year older, began writing poetry.[2]
Her recording career began when she contacted producer Mikal Blue, who had worked with Colbie Caillat, Brendan James and Jason Reeves, and was invited to his studio, Revolver Studios. [citation needed] Blue decided he wanted to work with her after hearing two of her songs.[3]
A few months later, Taylor took her first plane ride to the record label studio in New York. [citation needed] After signing with Aware/Columbia Records, she was able to move into her first home with her mother and two of her sisters.
Her debut album, Love Travels,[4] was released on iTunes on March 31, 2009, through Aware/Columbia Records. She had previously released an EP. Her song "Make Me Believe" was offered as the iTunes single of the week during the week of March 30, 2009, and she was featured as one of VH1's You Oughtta Know: Artist on the rise.
Taylor has toured with a variety of artists including Adele, Kate Voegele, Brett Dennen, Brandi Carlile and Gavin DeGraw. She was a supporting artist, with Five For Fighting, Mat Kearney and Sugar Ray, in concerts during the summer of 2009.
She was a contestant on the second season of The Voice, where she picked Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine as her coach. She was eliminated in later rounds and did not perform in the live shows.
Taylor's song "Like You Do" was featured in the score of the next to last episode of The CW's One Tree Hill's sixth season, and a season 2 episode of VH1's Tough Love, in which she also performed on the show. "Make Me Believe" was featured on 90210 on May 5, 2009. She released an EP, Motion, in 2012.
In 2013, Taylor worked with California-based DJ Mako and was the featured vocalist for his song "Beam" (Dannic Mix). In 2014, she was featured vocalist on "Up All Night" by Russian DJ Arty, which became the first single taken from his 2015 album Glorious.
In 2015, she provided vocals for "Make It Right" on Armin van Buuren's album Embrace. She has also collaborated with Tritonal on "Getaway", AFSHeeN on "Would It Be Ok", and HARBER on "Me and My Friends".
In 2019, she was the vocalist on Morgan Page's single "Reason for Living", which was included in "Beat Saber (Original Game Soundtrack), Vol. III".
In 2023 she earned her first Solo #1 Billboard & Mediabase Single with “Speak"[5]
Discography
Albums
- Love Travels EP (2009)
- Love Travels LP (2009)
- Motion EP (2012)
Singles
Title | Year |
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Someone like you | 2012 |
Mama Said | 2019 |
Selfish Kinda Lover | 2020 |
Hard To Hold | 2021 |
References
- ^ "California Births, 1905 – 1995". Familytreelegends.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ Gargano, Paul. "Angel Taylor: Love Travels". December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
- ^ Gargano, Paul. "Angel Taylor: Love Travels". December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
- ^ Leahey, Andrew. "Biography: Angel Taylor". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Angel Taylor Scores First Solo #1 Billboard with "Speak"". TheUrbanMusicScene.com. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
External links
- Official Twitter
- Official MySpace page
- Interview, Clutch Online
- Angel Taylor at AllMusic
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