Tate Rosner McRae is a famous Canadian singer, songwriter, actress and dancer. She is a pop music artist. McRae first gained popularity at age 13 as the first Canadian finalist on the So you think you can dance, an American reality television show.
After her songs gained prominence on YouTube Tate was signed by RCA Records in 2019. In January 2020, McRae dropped her EP, All the Things I Never Said with. Her track You Broke Me First acquired international fame and topped at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. She was the youngest artist to appear on the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in 2021. Her second EP Too Young to Be Sad released later in the year became the 2021 most streamed EP by female artist on Spotify.
McRae’s first studio album I Used to Think I Could Fly released 2022 acquired massive reception. It summited at number 13 on the Billboard 200 and was in Top Ten in numerous countries. She enjoyed more success with her single Greedy dropped in September 2023 with the track topping the Canadian Hot 100. The single also peaked number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single Exes released in November topped at number 9 and 34 on the Canadian and Billboard Hot 100 charts respectively. In December 2023, she released her second studio album, Think Later which debuted in the top five in several countries.
Record label
RCA Records
Age and Birthday
Born in Calgary, Alberta in Canada on 1 July 2003, McRae is 20 years old as of 2024.
Tate McRae Family and Boyfriend
Parents and sibling
Tate comes from a close-knit family of Todd McRae (father) and Tanja Rosner (mother). Her father a Canadian of Scottish ancestry is the vice-president of Pacific Oil and Gas. The mother a German descent is a dance instructor. She has a brother Tucker McRae who is an established hokey player.
Boyfriend
McRae is reported to be in a relationship with Australian rapper the Kid Laroi.
Tate McRae Career
McRae was introduced to dancing by her mother who started training her at age four. She kicked off recreational dancing while aged six and from eleven years old, she started training in a wide range of dance styles.
Voice acting: 2013-2015
Tate was a voice actress for the Lalaloopsy (2013-2015) an animated children’s television series where she voiced the Spot Splatter Splash part.
Dancing Career: 2013-2018
At the 2013 Dance Awards held in New York City, McRae won the Best Female Dancer Mini Category. She was a finalist at the 2014 National Gala of the New York City Dance Alliance. At the 2015 Youth America Grand Prix, McRae won silver and bronze medals for solo and duet respectively. She consequently received a two-week scholarship at the Berlin State Ballet company. She also danced in the music video of Rule The World, done by Walk off the Earth. At the 2015 Dance Awards, Tate won the Best Female award in Junior Category.
During Justin Bieber’s Purpose World Tour, McRae performed at a concert in June 2016 in Calgary for the Bieber’s performance of Children. Inside the same month, she participated in the 13th season of So You Think You Can Dance under Kathryn McCormick’s mentorship. She made history as she became the first Canadian to progress furthest in the competition when she took third position in the final episode. McRae performed as a finalist at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards. She won the Best Female Dancer for the third time at the 2018 Dance Awards held in Las Vegas this time the Teen Category. This made history as the competition’s first dancer to win in all the categories from mini to teen.
Music Career: 2017-present
Early stages and debut EP: 2017-2019
McRae’s YouTube channel incepted in 2011 at first featured mainly dance videos. She would later in 2017 begin a video series titled ‘Create With Tate’ where would upload songs she had written and recorded in her bedroom. Her debut song One day , which she wrote at just age 14 attained more than 40 million views forcing her to release the song as an independent single. The track would soon be certified gold in Canada to became McRae’s maiden career certification. She followed it up with other uploads which were also greatly received with millions of views. She was consequently named the YouTube Artist on the Rise.
In August 2019, McRae signed for RCA Records since they supported both her music and dancing career. She dropped her five-track debut EP, All the Things I Never Said in January 2020 followed by her maiden headlining tour of Europe and North America. The EP lead single Tear Myself Apart was co-written by Finneas O’Connell and Billie Eilish.
International prominence: 2020
Tate released a single You Broke Me First which became the lead single of her second EP, Too Young to Be Sad. The track amassed international success becoming McRae’s first single on the Billboard Hot 100 and charting in top ten in a numerous countries. At 38 weeks the song became the longest charting on Billboard Hot 100 by a female artist in 2020. It also topped the Mediabase Top 40 chart for 28 weeks breaking the longest climb to number one record by a female solo artist. She released two more singles, Vicious featuring Lil Mosey, an American rapper in June and Don’t Be Sad in August 2020. In October, she dropped Lie to Me done with Ali Gatie, a Canadian singer and in December released r u ok.
Tate acquired huge prominence in 2020 as an upcoming artist. She was named the YouTube Artist on the Rise, Vevo DSCVR artist and the MTV Push Artist for July. She was also named by several media and music institutions as the Artist to watch in 2021. McRae was named in the Rolling Stone’s top ten 2020 greatest breakthrough artists. She was as well appeared in the Forbes 30 under 30 music category list and the Billboard’s 21 under 21 One to watch list. She signed a global publishing contract with Sony/ATV owing to her huge success of You Broke Me First.
Second EP and debut studio album: 2021-2022
In March 2021, dropped her second EP named Too Young to Be Sad. The following month she released the song You together with Regard and Troye Sivan. In May 2021, Tate was nominated for the IHeartRadio Music Award’s Social Star Award. Too Young to Be Sad was the most streamed EP by a female artist in 2021 attaining over 1 billion streams on Sportify. It was also nominated at the 2022 Juno Awards for the Pop Album of the Year and the Album of the Year. In November that year, she dropped Feel Like Shit, the lead single for her first studio album I Used to Think I Could Fly . She released the album on May 2022 and included She’s All I Wanna Be, Chaotic, What Would You Do?
Second studio album and global milestone: 2023-present
The music sensation got five nominations for the Juno awards 2023. In September 2023, Tate dropped Greedy, the lead single for her second studio album titled Think Later. It became her greatest debut ever on Spotify and her first at Top ten on the International Spotify Charts. Moreover, it featured as number one single globally on the Billboard Global 200. She dropped Think Later her second studio album on December 2023. It debuted in the Top five in charts across the world. The album’s second song Exes released on November 2023 featured in top ten in Canada and Netherlands. It also topped in the US, UK and Australia.
Tate made her first American award show performance with ‘Greedy’ at the Billboard Music Awards. She also performed at the 2024 MHL All-Star game and had her debut performance at the Brit Awards. She was the winner of the 2024 Juno Awards’ Artist of the Year and the Single of the Year- Greedy.
Tate McRae Net Worth
McRae has an estimated net worth of $4 million as of 2024.