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'''Anaiis''' (stylized '''anaiis''') is a French-Senegalese singer-songwriter based in London who is noted for her diverse style, introspective lyrics and her multilingual singing ability.
== Biography == Anaiis was born in Toulouse, France. While growing up, her family frequently moved from city to city, including Dublin, Dakar, Oakland, New York City, and London, where she would eventually relocate and settle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-19 |title=Anaiis Takes Us Through Her Untitled Sophomore Album |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2021/05/19/anaiis-spring-21-issue-vagabond/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Wonderland |language=en-GB}}</ref> She attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
In 2018, she released ''Before Zero'', her debut EP.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jagota |first=Vrinda |title=anaiis: "window" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/anais-window/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> The following year, she released ''Darkness at Play'', produced by Om'Mas Keith. She would go on to release a number of singles from 2019 to 2021, including "Vanishing", which she performed on A COLORS Show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-05 |title=anaiis featuring Topaz Jones, "chuu" |url=http://officemagazine.net/anaiis-featuring-topaz-jones-%E2%80%9Cchuu%E2%80%9D |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Office Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=anaiis – vanishing |url=https://colorsxstudios.com/shows/anaiis-vanishing |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=COLORSxSTUDIOS |language=en}}</ref> In September 2021, she released her debut album ''This Is No Longer a Dream'' via Dream Sequence Recordings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=anaiis - this is no longer a dream |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/anaiis-this-is-no-longer-a-dream |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Clash Magazine |date=13 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-10 |title=anaiis reimagines her debut album in short film, spirit moves |url=https://www.factmag.com/2021/09/10/anaiis-reimagines-her-debut-album-this-is-no-longer-a-dream-in-short-film-spirit-moves/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Fact Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=anaiis shares debut album this is no longer a dream |url=https://www.thefader.com/2021/09/10/anaiis-shares-debut-album-this-is-no-longer-a-dream |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref>
== Discography == '''Studio albums''' * ''Darkness at Play'' (2019) * ''This Is No Longer a Dream'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-20 |title=anaiis drops introspective debut album 'this is no longer a dream' |url=https://earmilk.com/2021/09/20/anaiis-drops-introspective-debut-album-this-is-no-longer-a-dream/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=EARMILK |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Devotion & the Black Divine'' (2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-20 |title=anaiis Announces New Album 'Devotion & The Black Divine'|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/anaiis-announces-new-album-devotion-the-black-divine |access-date=2025-07-25 |website=LineOfBestFit |language=en-US}}</ref> '''EPs''' * ''Before Zero'' (2018) * ''Anaiis & Grupo Cosmo'' (2024) ** ''Live from BBC Maida Vale Studios'' (2025)
'''Singles''' * "Nina" (2018) * "No Control" (2018) * "Lost My Faith" (2019) * "Learn to Love" (2020) * "Vanishing" (A Colors Show) (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=anaiis debuts new single 'vanishing' |url=https://mixmag.net/read/anaiis-debuts-new-single-vanishing-colors-news |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Mixmag}}</ref> * "Juno" (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=French-Senegalese singer anaiis on joy and new beginnings |url=https://theface.com/music/anaiis-french-sengalese-singer-dr-martens-music-joy-sanah-ahsan-julianknxx |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=The Face |date=23 April 2021 |language=en-gb}}</ref> * "Reverie" (2021) * "Chuu" <small>(featuring Topaz Jones)</small> (2021)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burns |first=Brian |date=2021-10-21 |title=anaiis (feat. Topaz Jones), 'chuu' |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/10/21/1048014961/anaiis-feat-topaz-jones-chuu |access-date=2022-03-24}}</ref> * "Cry in Your Sleep" <small>(featuring Chronixx)</small> (2021)
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:French emigrants to England Category:French women singer-songwriters Category:French singer-songwriters Category:Musicians from Toulouse Category:21st-century Senegalese women singers