Toni Watson, popularly known as Tones and I, is an Australian indie-pop singer, songwriter and musician. He was featured on his second single, “Dance Monkey”, released in May 2019, which reached number one in more than 30 countries.
Additionally, as of mid-January 2020, his song “Dance Monkey” spent its 24th and final week at No. 1, beating Bing Crosby’s all-time Australian record for his cover of “White Christmas,” which spent 22 weeks. at number one in 1943. Tones and I became the most awarded artist at the 2019 ARIA Music Awards, winning four out of eight nominations. However, it wasn’t easy for her to acquire this position, scroll down to learn about her struggles and victories over it.
Tones and I: biography, family, early career
Tones and I, the singer, were born Toni Watson on August 15, 2000, in Mornington Peninsula, Australia. However, she was originally held in Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia. Furthermore, she has not revealed any information about her parents, her siblings, or her early days. She, too, has not documented details about her academic qualifications.
She and her family did not realize it until the age of seven while they were in the park. Since then, she started learning keyboards and drum pads during her high school. Also, many of us thought that she had gained this fame overnight. But it is not true that she explained her career growth in an interview.
After high school, he started working the streets in Melbourne and doing odd jobs. To support himself financially by working in a clothing store and a surf shop. After that, in 2009, she created a YouTube channel where she started uploading a cappella songs. After that, she used to perform local concerts and festivals, and she also became the duo’s vocalist in 2014. Furthermore, she has explained that she started singing in small pubs and bars in Mornington together with the guitarist. She later parted ways with her to start on her own or say a solo career. She purchased the RC300 loop station with the money she earned from her retail job. Additionally, she has played venues across the East Coast creating and wowing crowds with her gender diverse style.
Tones and me: career and life achievements
In 2017, while traveling to Byron Bay to search for a partner, she met Jackson Walkden-Brown, who later became one of her talent managers. She then fully committed to her music career after the success of her tour. Additionally, she won the Battle of the Buskers at Buskers by Creek in 2018. In February 2019, she signed Bad Batch Records/Sony Music Australia and a co-management deal with Artists Only and Lemon Tree Music as ‘Tones and I’. In the same month, she debuted her debut single ‘Johnny Run Away’ on an Australian website, Unearthed.
After gaining the success of the track, he officially released the single which picked number 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart and shipped over 210 thousand units. In May 2019, she released her second single ‘Dance Monkey’ which reached number one in 30 different countries including Australia, China, Germany, Sweden and the UK. Furthermore, she says that the track wrote itself in the nearest darkness in less than thirty minutes. Additionally, the single (16 weeks in 2019) also broke the record for the most on the ARIA Singles Chart held by Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ (15 weeks in 2017).
His other singles include: ‘The Kids Are Coming’ and ‘Never Seen the Rain’ also reached a large number of viewers. In January 2020, his three songs ‘Dance Monkey (#4)’, ‘Never Seen the Rain (#15)’ and ‘Johnny Run Away (#26)’, were included in Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019. In addition, kicked off their ‘Kids Are Coming World Tour’ in early February 2020 in Australia, including seven dates in North America.
He has garnered five nominations and five wins for his songs, including ‘Dance Monkey’ and ‘The Kids Are Coming’. Her awards include the Spotify award for herself in the ‘Emerging Artist’ category in 2020 and the ARIA Music Awards 2019 in the ‘Breakthrough Artist’ category and others.
Tones and me: personal life and husband
Currently, the singer-songwriter has a successful career and her career is on the right track. On the other hand, she has kept quiet about her personal life. Since she is devoting her time to building a career, the young star may be setting herself up to bond with anyone right now. Also, she seems like she has no plans to be in a relationship with anyone right now.
Also, he is one of those personalities who does not like to get involved in any kind of controversies or rumours. She is therefore quite busy with herself dedicating herself to her music career.
Tones and Me: Net Worth and Social Media Profiles
The Australian singer has earned a good amount for her career.
She is very active on different social media platforms with verified accounts. On Facebook, she goes for the handle @TONESANDI with over 262.6k followers. She has a Twitter account with 17.4k followers. On Instagram she has an account @tonesandi with 6.4k followers.
