Tems Biography – The Background & Full Profile Detailed Info Of The Nigerian Finest Female Grammy Winner.
Tems is a Nigerian female singer, songwriter, and music producer. She attained stardom after her song titled, “Try Me” went viral. Her talents were further catapulted after her contributions to Wizkid’s “Essence” song became international.
In 2025, Tems was announced the winner of the “Best African Music Performance” category at the Grammy Award for her song “Love Me, Jeje.”
In this blog post, you’ll read Tems’s exclusive biography profile. You’ll see information about Tems’ controversies, career rise, marital status and so much more, let’s ride!
Profile Summary
| Full Name | Temilade Openiyi |
| Date Of Birth | June 11th, 1995. |
| Age | 30 Years |
| State Of Origin | Lagos State. |
| Nationality | Nigeria |
| Occupation | Singer, Songwriter, and Producer. |
| Net Worth | $15 million. |
Tems Early Life
Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, was born on the 11th of June, 1995. Tems hails from Lagos State, Nigeria. She also grew up in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Temi spent most of her childhood living with her mother and her brother. This is because her parents got divorced when she was just 5 years of age.
Tems Education
Tems completed her primary education at Dowen College located in Lekki, Lagos State. After the completion of her basic education in Nigeria, she flew out of the country for tertiary education.
Temi attended the Monash South Africa University. She eventually graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. At some stage of her basic education, Temi experienced bullying.
She revealed that she experienced bullying from her peers because of her voice. It was also during this period that she started learning how to play musical instruments like the Piano.
Tems Career
Tems started her career as a digital marketer. However, because of the nature of the job and her undying passion for music, she resigned from the job. Temi then began to develop an interest in music production.
To learn the art of music production, she began to watch videos on YouTube to improve her skills. After accumulating some music production knowledge, Temi then proceeded to make her song in 2018 titled “Mr. Rebel.”
The following year, she released a song titled, “Try Me”. The song became a song that she became known for in the early stages of her career. The year 2020 saw Temi attain certain heights in her musical career.
To begin the year, Tems was featured alongside Davido and Khalid in a song titled, “Know Your Worth”. In September of that same year, She released her career-breaking EP titled “For Broken Ears“. The project includes several hit songs which I personally enjoys everytime.
However, one of the most successful songs off the EP was “Damages”. The song peaked as the Number One song in Nigeria’s Apple Music Chart. The song eventually featured on several international charts around Africa.
Later, Tems was featured on Wizkid’s song titled, “Essence”. The song has gone on to become one of the most successful songs in Tems and Wizkid’s career. In 2021, Justin Bieber was featured on the remixed version of the same song.
With Justin Bieber’s impact in the song, Tems talent was then introduced into the international space. In 2022, Temi was featured in a titled, “Wait For You”. The song featured vocals from Drake and Future.
The success of the song made her the first Nigerian female artiste to top the Billboard Top 200 Chart. That same year, she was called upon to cover the Bob Marley “No Woman, No Cry” song.
Along with that, Temi played a huge role in Beyonce’s “Renaissance” album and Rihanna’s “Wake Me Up” song that same year. The popularity she earned in her contributions in there’s international projects caused her to get booked for international shows both in Nigeria and abroad.
In, 2024, after keeping fans in thirst for her album, She released her album titled, “Born In The Wild”. The album contained the Grammy-winning song titled “Love Me, Jeje.”
She performed some songs off the album at Tiny Desk Concert and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.The album earned her three nominations at the 67th Grammy Award Ceremony.
In 2025, Temi became the first African woman to own a football club in the United States. Tems grew up listening to gospel songs.
As she grew up, she diversified her music taste. As a result, she began to listen to songs from Burna Boy and Beyonce, among others. According to her, these were her inspiration for wanting to be an artiste from a young age.
Tems Controversies
Temi has been the center of controversies on several occasions. Here are some of Tems controversial moments:
- In 2020, Tems, alongside Omah Lay, was arrested in Uganda. The artistes were arrested on grounds of violation of the COVID-19 protocols of the country. After much actions from the Nigerian government, the artistes were released and a formal apology from the Ugandan government was made to this effect.
- In 2024, Tems was accused of being pregnant for Future. She debunked the rumors as rubbish and stated that it was baseless.
- In 2025, after being declared the winner of the Best African Music Performance category at the 67 Grammy Awards, Tems was criticized for failing to acknowledge the song she covered in her speech.
She eventually retraced her steps and wrote a Twitter post appreciating Seyi Sodimu for his cooperation in clearing her song.
Tems Awards And Achievements
Below is a list of Temi’s awards and recognitions in the entertainment industry:
- AllL Africa Music Awards (3)
- American Music Awards (2)
- BET Awards (4)
- BET Hip Hop Awards (1)
- Black Reel Awards (1)
- Grammy Awards (2)
- Hollywood Music in Media Awards (1)
- iHeartRadio Music Awards (2)
- NAACP Image Awards (4)
- Soul Train Music Awards (2)
- The Headies (5)
- South African Music Awards (1)
Who Is Tems Father?
Tems’ father’s name is Mr.Openiyi. He is a British Nigerian who married a Nigerian woman (Temilade Mother). The couple separated after their marriage.
Is Tems married?
Temilade is not married as of this moment. However, she has stated that she is not in a relationship with anyone. According to her, she hasn’t had a real boyfriend throughout her life.
Tems Net Worth
Temi is estimated to be worth around $15 million. She makes a large sum of her income from her streaming platforms, show performances, and other ambassadorial deals.
This is why we conclude that her estimated net worth would be around that figure. And as a coonwer of football club, you can clearly see shes worth more than that. Nevertheless, this figures arent certained yet.
Conclusion
The global feat attained by Temi in just a few years after the launch of her professional career screams something. Yes, you guessed right! Hard work.
Despite being a female artiste, Tems’ hard work has helped her achieve feats that, many years ago, were just a dream for female Nigerian artistes to reach. What a personality, what a woman!
