Could Tate McRae be the next Britney Spears? The singer has taken over the Hot 100, Billboard 200, and has been a viral TikTok sensation with her hits like “you broke me first,” “greedy” and more! Keep watching to see Tate’s rise to pop stardom!
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00:00Is Tate McRae the next Britney Spears?
00:03It's okay, I'm okay, and I'm in the first place. It's okay, I'm okay.
00:06Tate is quickly becoming pop's next superstar.
00:09But who is Tate? What's her story? And how does she become pop's newest sensation?
00:15This is Billboard Explains Tate McRae's rise to pop superstardom.
00:19Hi, my name is Tate McRae.
00:22Born in Calgary, Alberta on Canada Day in 2003, Tate began dancing at 6 years old.
00:28She went on to place 3rd in the 13th season of the dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance,
00:34advancing further in the competition than any other Canadian in the show's history.
00:39Tate joined the world of YouTube by creating her YouTube channel in 2011,
00:43which primarily started as a place to show off her dancing skills.
00:47In 2017, she started her Create with Tate video series
00:51that focused on showcasing her original songs she wrote and recorded in her bedroom,
00:55including her song One Day.
00:57It's impossible to get you off my mind
01:02After her songs had gained traction online, Tate signed to RCA Records in 2019
01:07and released her debut EP All The Things I Never Said in January 2020.
01:12All my friends are fake, fake, fake, fake
01:16They just want me for the day
01:19She dropped her second EP Too Young To Be Sad in 2021,
01:22which featured her first U.S. Billboard charting song, You Broke Me First.
01:26The song dominated TikTok and was featured in over 1 million videos
01:30and reached No. 17 on the Hot 100.
01:33You broke me first
01:37You broke me first
01:40Despite her breakthrough coming during the COVID pandemic, that didn't slow her down.
01:44She released her debut studio album I Used To Think I Could Fly in 2022,
01:49featuring the track She's All I Wanna Be.
01:52And she's all I wanna be, all I wanna be so bad
01:57Tate's career went to a whole new level when she dropped her hit Greedy,
02:01which peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100.
02:03I would want myself
02:05Let me please you baby
02:07Soon Tate was seen performing the viral hit Everywhere,
02:10including the 2023 Billboard Music Awards.
02:13I would want myself
02:15Let me please you baby
02:17Let me please you baby
02:19She followed that up with her single Exes off her sophomore album Think Later,
02:23which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
02:26Kisses to my exes who don't give a shit about me
02:29Kisses, kisses to the left
02:31She most recently dropped her jaw-dropping video for It's Okay, I'm Okay.
02:35And we can't wait to see where her career goes next on the Billboard chart.
02:39It's okay, I'm okay when I'm in the first place
02:41It's okay, I'm okay
02:43It's okay, I'm okay