Ann Marie

Hailing from Chicago, singer, rapper, and songwriter Ann Marie—also credited as Annmarie—has earned notice for her candid, confident, and unfiltered style in present-day R&B. She first cultivated listeners via social platforms, then reached broader audiences through the 2017 album Ann Marie and the two-part Tripolar collection, the latter yielding the 2019 single “Secret,” which peaked at number 22 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart. Later projects such as the 2021 set Hate Love, the 2022 double-volume Pain Never Looked This Good, and 2024’s Scorpiann showcase some of her most fervent ballads, richest slow jams, and sharpest hip-hop cuts.

Born Joann Marie Slater in Chicago during 1995, Ann Marie began singing early and composed poetry while still in elementary school before matching words to instrumentals. She treated music purely as a pastime until her online posts attracted listeners well beyond Chicago’s South Side. Her first commercial recording, the 2015 track “Different,” appeared soon after, followed the next year by the Misunderstood EP. In 2017 she issued the full-length Ann Marie, which contained “Nobody” alongside Englewood neighbor Lil Durk, plus the EP Unfuckwitable. The initial two mixtapes, Tripolar and Tripolar 2, arrived in 2018 and 2019; the latter featured “Secret” with YK Osiris, which reached number 22 on the Hot R&B Songs tally.

Following nearly a year away from the spotlight, Ann Marie resurfaced in 2021 with Hate Love, produced by Hitmaka and including appearances by Tink and Yung Bleu. Pain Never Looked This Good came next in separate “Day” and “Night” editions in 2022—the “Day” portion featured Tink and G Herbo, while the “Night” side spotlighted the vulnerable title track and the sensual Big Boogie collaboration “Freak Nasty,” both among her most-streamed recordings up to that time. After another Tripolar installment and the Poison EP, she delivered Scorpiann in 2024, housing the direct rebuke “The One” and the sultry slow jam “Sweat It Out.”