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Tapz

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TAPZ GALLANTINO
Birth nameTapiwa Mutingwende
Born19 October 1995
Wedza District, Zimbabwe[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • record producer
Years active2015–present
LabelsTAPZ GALLANTINO

Tapz Gallantino, (born Tapiwa Mutingwende) .[2][3][4] He won the MTV Europe Music Award for best New Zealand act in November 2017.[5][6][7] He performed at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015. The entertainer has shared the stage with performers such as Lorde, Banks, G-Eazy, Lunice, ASAP Ferg, Danny Brown, Jeremih and Hermitude.

Background

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Tapz migrated to New Zealand when he was 10 years old, then migrated to the US when he was 19.

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Discography

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Extended plays

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Title Album details
Beautiful Nightmare[9][10]
  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Label: TAPZ GALLANTINO 100s + 1000s[11]
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

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  • "Killa" (produced by Mzwetwo, Tapz & JRMN) (#2 Spotify USA Viral Charts, No. 3 Spotify Global Viral Charts)[12]
  • "Shadow" (#20 AUS, No. 1 BELIZE)
  • "The Buzz" Hermitude featuring Mataya & Young Tapz (2015) (#20 AUS, No. 13 USA)[13][14]

Awards and nominations

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ARIA Music Awards

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The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2015 Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude featuring Young Tapz "Through the Roof" Best Video Nominated [15]


References

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  1. ^ "TAPZ - Mushroom Music Publishing". Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ "TAPZ".
  3. ^ "Ten Things You Need To Know About Young Tapz". complex.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ^ "2016 artist to watch: Young Tapz".
  5. ^ "All the Winners from the 2017 MTV EMAs". 13 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Travis Scott stuns 2017 MTV EMAs by performing on robot bird". Newshub.
  7. ^ "TAPZ Wines Best NZ Act at 2017 MTV EMA's | Artist News | NZ Music Commission". nzmusic.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017.
  8. ^ Why Tapz is taking his sweet time with his music, Chris Schultz, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, 10 Aug 2017 8:00 am. Retrieved 29 May 2018
  9. ^ "TAPZ Has Unleashed His Prodigious Debut EP".
  10. ^ "EP BIO: TAPZ - Beautiful Nightmare [100s + 1000s] (out Friday 24 November 2017) | Mushroom Promotions". mushroompromotions.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Beautiful Nightmare – EP". iTunes Store. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Young Tapz: It's Music Versus The Internet". Forbbes. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. ^ "australian-charts.com – Discography Hermitude". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Young Tapz". Billboard.
  15. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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