Sonny Tennet
about the artist
At 14, Sonny began performing alongside his father at pubs in South Shields. Growing up in a household where Soul, Folk, Country and R&B music were cherished, he was deeply influenced by his parents' profound love for music.
After being discovered by his management at 15 while singing in a pub in his hometown, Sonny started travelling to London, to record his debut EP 'Hopeless Romance.' Put out through 'Never Fade' (Gabrielle Aplin) 'Hopeless Romance' has had 23M streams to date.
During lockdown, Sonny decided to start using TikTok to reach his ever growing fanbase, and has since grown his…
MoreAt 14, Sonny began performing alongside his father at pubs in South Shields. Growing up in a household where Soul, Folk, Country and R&B music were cherished, he was deeply influenced by his parents' profound love for music.
After being discovered by his management at 15 while singing in a pub in his hometown, Sonny started travelling to London, to record his debut EP 'Hopeless Romance.' Put out through 'Never Fade' (Gabrielle Aplin) 'Hopeless Romance' has had 23M streams to date.
During lockdown, Sonny decided to start using TikTok to reach his ever growing fanbase, and has since grown his following to over 750k followers, with over 10M likes – Sonny's live stream 'Sonny Sundays' has become a fan favourite.
2024 marks an exciting new era for 25 year old Sonny Tennet, who has recently come away from his record label and is going it alone as an independent artist.
Sonny's stand out vocal and unique songwriting ability have gained him over 70M streams to date and in July 24' released his debut album 'Panorama' with distribution through Believe and PR/Radio with Propeller (EU) and Cannonball PR.
Sonny also opened for England at the EUROS 24' base camp in Germany and often plays for NUFC at St James' Park.
So far, Sonny has had support from Spotify, with placements on New Music Friday UK, and 'Happy Pop Hits' as well as multiple plays on BBC Radio, including BBCR1 'Future Pop' and 'Indie Hits,' Patrick Kielty BBC5 Live and recently BBC introducing featured artist of the week.