Summer Walker is an American R&B singer. In 2017, she was signed to Love Renaissance and Interscope Records. The following year, she released the mixtape Last Day of Summer, which spawned the single “Girls Need Love”, that became her first top 40 entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart following a remix featuring Drake. In October 2019, Walker released her debut studio album Over It, which spawned the US top 20 single “Playing Games”.
Over It was released to universal acclaim from music critics, it also debuted at number-two on the Billboard 200 chart, breaking the record for the biggest streaming debut-week ever for a female R&B artist; while also being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
On November 5, 2021, she released her sophomore studio album Still Over It, which debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200. The album broke the record for most album streams in a single day by a female artist on Apple Music, and broke her previous record for largest streaming debut-week for a female R&B artist; while she also tied with Taylor Swift as the only two female artists that have held 18 songs concurrently on the Billboard Hot 100.
On November 5, 2021, Walker released her second album Still Over It which has since broken the record for biggest R&B debut on the US albums chart since Beyoncé’s album Lemonade. The album surpassed 166,000 units within the first week of release. On November 29, Walker and Ari Lennox performed the song “Unloyal” together at the 2021 Soul Train Music Awards.
The “No Love” extended remix featuring Cardi B was announced on March 21, 2022. On March 25, it was released along with a music video. In May, Walker was featured on Kendrick Lamar’s track “Purple Hearts” from the 2022 album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, for which Walker earned her first Grammy Award nomination.
On September 28, 2022, Ciara released the single “Better Thangs”, featuring Walker. The official music video, directed by Mia Barnes, premiered online on September 30.
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