Now, you’re probably wondering how she began dating Jayson Tatum. Mai has voiced in numerous interviews which artists have influenced her to make music, citing the likes of Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, Mariah Carey, and Destiny’s Child, among others. She’s gone from an aspiring singer to one of the most talented female artists in the R&B industry today. That same year, Mai won Best R&B Artist and Best Female R&B Artist at the Billboard Music Awards. That proved to be an extremely special year for the R&B phenom, where she was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best R&B Song and Song of the Year for ‘Boo’d up’, winning Best R&B Song. Early in 2019, Mai also went on her first tour. The likes of Chris Brown, H.E.R., and John Legend all appeared on several singles.
Later that year, Mai released the song ‘Trip’ which also shot up the charts and was part of her debut album, which was named after the aforementioned hit. She even toured with Kehlani in ’18 and played the song on numerous occasions as it continued to find its way to nightclubs across the States. It peaked at #1 in the US and was officially deemed her breakthrough hit. The song was labeled by Rolling Stone as one of the biggest singles by a female R&B singer in the last 10 years after she released the music video in early 2018. Mai went on to release another EP later in 2016 and then another in 2017, which had the song ‘Boo’d up’ on it, which is arguably her most popular one to date with 463 million Youtube views and 273 million on Spotify. Just a year later, Mai unveiled her first EP under the record label called ‘Time’ which featured the song ‘She don’t’ with Ty Dolla Sign. It was the beginning of something very special. He decided to then sign the British singer to 10 Summers Records and Interscope Records. Mai released a four-track EP on Soundcloud called ‘troubled’ and not long after, she was discovered on Instagram by DJ Mustard.
It was in 2015 where Ella Mai’s solo career began to take shape.
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During her tenure at the school, Mai appeared on series 11 of the X Factor as part of a trio called ‘Arize’, but they ended up parting ways not long after. Her singing career began in 2014 when she was studying at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute. Mai ultimately moved to New York City when she was just 12 and graduated from high school in Queens before moving back to the UK. The 26-year-old was born in London, England in 1994 to a Jamaican mother and an Irish father. Ella Mai was already a well-known name across the music industry long before she met Tatum.