Tinashe

CTL-E-5376 · Person · musician · 1993–present

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Kentucky-born, Los Angeles-raised singer, dancer and actress who began as a child performer, survived the major-label machine, and rebuilt herself as one of independent R&B's most durable artists. Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe was born on February 6, 1993, in Lexington, Kentucky, worked as a child actor and model, and sang in the girl group the Stunners from 2007 until their 2011 split. Recording mixtapes in her home studio, she signed with RCA Records and broke through with the single 2 On (2014), featuring ScHoolboy Q, which topped the Rhythmic airplay chart and peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 ahead of her debut album Aquarius. Nightride (2016) and Joyride (2018) completed her RCA trilogy. Independent, she released Songs for You (2019), 333 (2021), BB/Ang3l (2023) and Quantum Baby (2024), whose single Nasty became her first solo Hot 100 entry in a decade. A 2025 remix of No Broke Boys carried her back to the top 40, and in 2026 she returned to a major label with her eighth album, Popstar, on Atlantic.

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• Also known as: Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe, Tinashe Kachingwe

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Statistics: Born February 6, 1993, in Lexington, Kentucky (AllMusic biography, accessed October 15, 2026) · 2 On peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Rhythmic airplay (AllMusic; biographical summaries) · Nasty peaked at No. 61 on the Hot 100 in 2024, her first solo entry (biographical summaries) · Eighth studio album Popstar issued in 2026 through Atlantic (AllMusic, accessed October 15, 2026) · Curator's Judgment: DRAFT — Tinashe's career is the long-game case study of her generation: child actor, group member, label priority, independent survivor, viral return. CTL files her as a choreographer-singer in the Janet Jackson lineage whose independent decade, not any single hit, is the achievement the graph should remember. · Photo slot: CLEARED — Wikimedia Commons File:Tinashe - 47780921972.jpg, Pia McCoy, CC BY 2.0, verified via Commons API 2026-10-15; direct URL https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tinashe_-_47780921972.jpg/1920px-Tinashe_-_47780921972.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail; master in packet photos/.

Sources

• AllMusic, "Tinashe — Biography, Discography, Albums & Expert Reviews" — https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tinashe-mn0003236942 (primary source)
• Stereogum, "Freedom Sounds Good On Tinashe" (333 review / career profile) — https://www.stereogum.com/2156594/tinashe-333-review/columns/the-week-in-pop/

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