Summer Walker

Summer Walker
Summer Walker in 2025
Summer Walker in 2025
Background information
Birth nameSummer Marjani Walker
Born (1996-04-11) April 11, 1996 (age 30)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
GenresR&B
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2017–present
Labels
Children3
Websitesummerwalkermusic.com

Summer Marjani Walker (born April 11, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter.

She is signed to Interscope Records and Love Renaissance, the latter is a record label. Her commercial mixtape, Last Day of Summer, was released on October 19, 2018. Her first studio album, Over It, was released on October 4, 2019. It got high marks from musical critics.

Her accolades include a Billboard Music Award, a IHeartRadio Music Awards, three Soul Train Music Awards, and four Grammy Award nominations.

In 2022 Billboard Women in Music recognized Walker with the Chart Breaker Award for her achievement on Billboard charts. As of 2026, Walker has sold over 53.5 million certified units from the RIAA between albums and songs.

Awards and nominations

American Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2020 Herself Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Nominated
"Playing Games" Favorite Soul/R&B Song Nominated
Over It Favorite Soul/R&B Album Nominated

BET Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2020 Herself Best New Artist Nominated
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Nominated

Billboard Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2020 Herself Top R&B Artist Nominated
Top R&B Female Artist Won
Over It Top R&B Album Nominated

iHeartRadio Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2020 Herself Best New R&B Artist Won
R&B Artist of the Year Nominated
"Girls Need Love" (with Drake) R&B Song of the Year Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2020 Herself Push Best New Artist Longlisted
"Eleven" (with Khalid) Best R&B Nominated

Soul Train Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2019 Herself Best New Artist Won
R&B/Soul Female Artist Nominated
"Girls Need Love (Remix)" Song of the Year Nominated
2020 "Come Thru" (with Usher) Nominated
Best Collaboration Nominated
Over It Album of the Year Won
Herself Best R&B/Soul Female Artist Nominated
"Playing Games" The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 "Summer Walker Profile: Artist Bio". HotNewHipHop. February 27, 2019. Archived from the original on September 5, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ Leight, Elias (November 4, 2021). "Summer Walker Is a Star. But she Signed a 'Brutal' Record Deal to Get There". RollingStone. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Summer Walker's a Star. She Signed a Brutal Record Deal to Get There". Rolling Stone. November 3, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Take a Walk with Summer Walker". The Vibe Magazine. Retrieved Jan 3, 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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  6. ↑ "Summer Walker | Artist". Grammy Award. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Rouhani, Neena (25 February 2022). "Summer Walker Wants to See the World — Even If She Isn't Crazy About Touring". Billboard. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Archive: Summer Walker". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nominations Announced for the 2020 AMAs". American Music Awards. October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  10. ↑ France, Lisa Respers (29 June 2020). "BET Awards 2020: See who won at the BET Awards". CNN. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  11. ↑ Aniftos, Rania (September 22, 2020). "Post Malone Leads 2020 Billboard Music Awards Nominations With 16: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  12. ↑ Fields, Taylor (January 8, 2020). "2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees Revealed: See the Full List". iHeartRadio. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  13. ↑ Drake, Carolyn (23 July 2020). "Doja Cat, Pop Smoke, And More Are Nominated For VMAs' Best New Artist". Uproxx. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  14. ↑ Ginsberg, Gab (July 30, 2020). "Ariana Grande & Lady Gaga Lead 2020 MTV VMA Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  15. ↑ "2019 Soul Train Awards". BET. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  16. ↑ "H.E.R. & Chris Brown Lead 2020 Soul Train Awards Nominations: Here's the Complete List". Billboard. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.