Tiera Kennedy

Tiera Kennedy crafts music that blends country, pop, and R&B, favoring bright and open-hearted songs that highlight the subtlety within her upbeat vocal style. Tracks such as the romantic single "Found It in You," the relaxed party number "Alabama Nights," and the witty "Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist" first drew listeners her way during 2022 and 2023, each one graceful, tuneful, and polished enough to suit either country or pop playlists. That broad reach also showed through her role hosting The Tiera Show, an Apple Music Country program that ran during the early 2020s.

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she picked up music early, teaching herself guitar through online videos. After attracting local fans in her hometown, she began traveling to Nashville and landed opening slots with established country acts including Rodney Atkins and the Charlie Daniels Band.

A publishing agreement with Songs & Daughters led to two independent releases in 2020, "Be Kind" and an acoustic take on "Found It in You," the same year she secured her Apple Music radio program. She joined Big Machine Records in 2021, which promptly issued the EP Tiera that included "Found It in You," a love song written for her husband Kamren Kennedy. Further momentum came in 2022 from "Gentleman" and "Alabama Nights," and by year’s end she had put out the holiday singles "Blue Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas." In July 2023 she unveiled "Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist," a track that signaled the approaching arrival of her first full-length album.