Kate Alexandra Tizzard (born 6 July 1988), known professionally as Katy Tiz, is an English singer-songwriter. She covered Rock Mafia's single "The Big Bang" in 2014 to moderate success. She subsequently signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records.
Katy Tiz | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Kate Alexandra Tizzard |
| Born | 6 July 1988 England, U.K. |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | 5Towns Records (former) Atlantic Records (former) Lava, Republic (former) |
Tiz released a second single called "Whistle (While You Work It)".
Career
editIn late 2012, she was signed to Lava/Republic, and Warner/Chappell Publishing, and released three stand-alone singles, "Famous", "Heart" and "Red Cup".[1]
Shortly after parting ways with Lava/Republic in 2013, Tiz partnered with songwriting/production duo Rock Mafia.[2] Tiz released a cover of Rock Mafia's song "The Big Bang", which debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on 17 May 2014.[3]
Besides her own music, Tiz has also written hits for other artists such as Girls' Generation, Cheryl Cole, among others.[4] Other co-writing credits include Dimitri Vegas, Syn Cole, Gabry Ponte, Sarah Jeffery, Park Ye-eun and High15 whose track 'No Drama' was performed at the 2019 Melodifestivalen.[5]
Tiz has co-written and featured on a number of successful dance tracks including the 2016 single 'Samurai' with Canadian DJ and producer Vanic and the Martin Jensen edit of 'So We Go'[6] with Lithuanian music producer Gaullin in 2020. Tiz is also a dolphin trainer.[citation needed]
In May 2014, she was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, where she performed live his single "The Big Bang".
Tiz released a follow-up single in 2015, "Whistle (While You Work It)". Tiz said in an interview that she wrote the song about a darker period in her life where she felt like nothing was going her way, but her brother was there to tell her to chin up, keep moving, and never give up.[7] It was cowritten with Kinetics & One Love and Emily Warren and was produced by JR Rotem.[8]
A music video for "Whistle (While You Work It)" was filmed and released by Syndrome Studio and director James Larese. The Xanadu-like video combines live action with animation elements and shows Tiz springing to life from street art, then proceeding on an adventure with a crew of animated animal friends. As of 2020[update] the video has over 8 million views on YouTube. For The Sims 4: Get to Work expansion pack, Whistle was recorded in the fictional language 'Simlish'.[9] Tiz is an avid animal lover and fan of Banksy's street art and has said in an interview, "This video comes from my love of graffiti artwork and takes inspiration from some of the greatest fairytales of all time."[10]
Her song "Famous" was also covered in Simlish for The Sims 3: Island Paradise expansion pack.
Neeka
editTiz started the indie dance group Neeka[11] in collaboration with Swedish songwriter Negin Djafari. The duo's first single "Following the Sun"[12] was released with Tiz's brother's band Super-Hi (with Super-Hi members George Tizzard and Rick Parkhouse also being the Red Triangle production team).[13][14][15]
"Following the Sun" was released in October 2020 and received significant radio airplay, including being named as BBC Radio 1's 'Song of the Week' in 2021. In January 2021, the track charted in the top 40 radio chart in Germany[16] and by 28 March 2022, the song by Super-Hi x Neeka had climbed to number 21 on the Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles chart.[17][18]
Discography
editSingles
edit| Year | Song | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [19] | [20] | |||||||
| 2012 | "Famous" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| 2013 | "Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Red Cup" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2014 | "The Big Bang" | — | — | 100 | 26 | 11 | ||
| 2015 | "Whistle (While You Work It)" | 42 | 14 | 120 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "Samurai" (Vanic featuring Katy Tiz) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018 | "Life" (featuring Ed Drewett) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020 | "So We Go" (Gaullin featuring Katy Tiz) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021 | "Sorry I Ain't Sorry" (with Syn Cole and Willem)[22] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||
Singles as part of Neeka
edit| Year | Song | Peak chart positions |
Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [23] | [24] | |||||||
| 2021 | "Following the Sun" (with Super-Hi) | 21[25] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Katy Tiz – Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Hampp, Andrew (28 April 2014). "How An Unsigned Unknown Won Over Clear Channel". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ "The Hot 100". Billboard. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "Kate Tizzard BMI writers' credits". BMI. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Melodifestivalen 2019: High15 - "No Drama"". Eurovisionworld.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". YouTube. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Katy Tiz Talks Her Debut Album, Breaking into The American Market & Twerking: Idolator Interview". Idolator. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "The Global Leader in Music Publishing | Warner/Chappell Music". 22 October 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Katy Tiz - Whistle (While You Work It) OFFICIAL VIDEO". YouTube. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Katy Tiz's "Whistle (While You Work It)" Video Is An Animated/Live-Action Blockbuster: Idolator Premiere". Idolator. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Neeka". Spotify. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "SUPER-Hi and Neeka release their "Following the Sun (Acoustic)" single". 16 February 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart".
- ^ "International indie label Blended reveals strategy behind streaming smash Following the Sun".
- ^ "Radio-Charts Deutschland Hauptchart". Radiocharts.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Following the Sun – Single by SUPER-Hi and Neeka on Apple Music". Apple Music. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Hit Makers join forces as SUPER-Hi x NEEKA with chart rising debut single "Following The Sun"". TT Publicity. March 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (4 April 2015). "ARIA Singles: Major Lazer Has No 1 Song". Noise11. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Katy Tiz Whalereport iTunes records". Whalereport. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Sorry I Ain't Sorry - Single by Syn Cole, Willim & Katy Tiz on Apple Music". Apple Music. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (4 April 2015). "ARIA Singles: Major Lazer Has No 1 Song". Noise11. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Katy Tiz Whalereport iTunes records". Whalereport. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart".