Tanya Dormevil, known professionally as Devyn Rose (stylized as DEVYN+RO$E), formerly known as Tanya T6, is an American singer-songwriter from New York City.[1][2] She has released a number of singles, of which "Falling 4 U" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Biz Hot Singles Sales Chart.[3] The latter was included on the EP Stellar, released in July 2015.[4] In August 2018 she released the album Thir$ty.[5]

Devyn Rose
Background information
Birth nameTanya Dormevil
Also known asDEVYN+RO$E
MID+NIGHT
BornUnited States
OriginNew York City, U.S.
GenresILL+HOP
OccupationSinger-songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active2021–present
Websitewww.devynrose.com

Early life and education

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Devyn Rose's parents are from Haiti, but her early years were at Mount Vernon, New York.[6] Her friends called her T6, because of her athletic physique.[7] In an interview with Entrique Magazine, she claimed the name "Tanya T6" was given to her by Dame Grease.[8] Rose mentioned she had a "strict upbringing" with little exposure to music.[8][9] She discovered her interest in singing while performing (singing and dancing) in front of her siblings. At school, she was a part of her school choir.[10] She moved to New York City when she was 16 and studied dancing at the Broadway Dance Center, New York.[11] While she had no formal training in song writing,[8] she started writing poems and lyrics for her songs.[12] Subsequently, she adopted the name DEVYN+RO$E as her stage name.[9]

Career

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In 2008, Rose released her first mixtape, Move Over Paris Hilton, There's a New It Girl in Town. Her subsequent single titled "Get It Off" was featured across national and international radio channels.[2] In 2008, she made an EP titled I am...D.E.V.Y.N.[13] In March 2013, Maura Johnston described Rose's song "Who Am I" as "it's a hard listen at first, its swirling elements coming together in that odd way, but its charms eventually took me over."[14] The May 2013 issue of HipHopLead.com reviewed Devyn Rose's work and commented that her songs were "a testimony of her struggle and her accomplishments [while] she sings within her range and makes it work to a tee."[15]

Her song "Falling 4 U" peaked at No. 2 on the Indie Rotation charts in the first week of March 2014.[16] In the week ending December 13, 2014, "Falling 4 U" debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Biz Hot Singles Sales Chart.[3] In February 2015 the song "Cops x The Jury", produced by Dame Grease, was released digitally.[17]

The singles "Cops x The Jury" and "Falling 4 U" were also included on the five-track Stellar EP, released in July 2015.[4][18] In 2016 she released the single "Robothot" produced by Lexi Banks.

Discography

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Mixtapes

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  • ”Move Over..” (2008)
  • ”The Introduction” (2009)
  • ”Reflections of Love” (2010)
  • ”I’m Sorta Like A Big Deal” (2011)
  • ”THIR$TY” (2018)
  • ”$TREAM ME”(2020)

Extended plays

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  • Holidays at Home (2010)
  • Pieces (2011)
  • Devyn (2012)
  • Want It All (2013)
  • Stellar (2015)
  • Killah Bad (2018)

Singles

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  • "Work My Body" (2008)
  • "Swag Boy (2009)
  • "Get It Off" (2009)
  • "Silhouette" (2010)
  • "Coming Home" (2011)
  • "Fly Away" (2012)
  • "Pieces" (2012)
  • "Pay Me" (2013)
  • "Dream" (2013)
  • "Heartbeat" (2013)
  • "Trouble" (2013)
  • "Want It All" (2013)
  • "Home for the Holidays" (2014)
  • "Vine Dat" (2014)
  • "Falling 4 U" (2014)
  • "Cops x The Jury" (2015)
  • "Robothot" (2016)
  • "Mood Killah" (2016)
  • "Cryptic" (2017)
  • "Can't Complain" (2017)
  • "Killah Bad" (2018)
  • "Dracula" (2017)
  • "THIR$TY" (2018)

References

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  1. ^ Devyn Rose, by Isabel Dobson, The Loop Magazine, May 2014 issue, page 48, 55
  2. ^ a b "Devyn Rose Bio – Devyn Rose Career". MTV Artists. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Hot Singles Sales – Falling 4 U". Billboard. Nielsen. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Devyn Rose – Stellar (EP)". urbanmusicdaily.me. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Mel (August 31, 2019). "Thir$ty - DEVYN+RO$E". FrostClick.com | The Best Free Downloads Online. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "Devyn Rose – 'Falling 4 U' Video Review". LadyIndie.com. September 11, 2014. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014.
  7. ^ "Spotlight On: Singer/SongWriter Devyn Rose [Interview]". Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  8. ^ a b c Roes in Blook, Devyn Rose, The Interview, by E. Xavier, January 2013 issue, page 47, retrieved on December 4, 2014
  9. ^ a b Young Voices interview Archived December 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Rykesha Hudson, November 10, 2014, Retrieved November 3, 2014
  10. ^ "Devyn Rose has Stoli falling for her with "Falling 4 U" single". skopemag.com. August 12, 2014.
  11. ^ Devyn Rose is “Falling For U”!, Flavour Magazine review, October 8, 2014
  12. ^ "Interview with Devyn Rose -". Jamendo Blog. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  13. ^ "Spotlight: Devyn Rose Releases New EP And Music Video; Free Download Here". TreeThugger.com. January 10, 2017.
  14. ^ Maura Magazine, Issue Ten Archived December 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, March 2013
  15. ^ Devyn Rose – Want It All, HipHopLead.com, May 2013
  16. ^ Indie Rotation: Ashanti Tops Eric Bellinger & Profyle on the Week's Most Played R&B Songs By Indie Artists, Singers Room, retrieved on December 3, 2014
  17. ^ "Devyn Rose tells it to the "Cops x The Jury" [Premiere]". February 17, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  18. ^ "Review: Devyn Rose, 'Stellar'". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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