Audrey Nuna

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Audrey Nuna
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Audrey Nuna performing at Rapbeat Festival 2022
Background information
Birth nameAudrey Chu
Also known asBlueberry Cheeto
Born (1999-04-02) April 2, 1999 (age 25)
Manalapan, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • songwriter
  • director
Years active2018present
Labels Arista
Website audreynuna.com

Audrey Chu (born April 2, 1999), known by stage name Audrey Nuna, is an American R&B singer and rapper. [1] She is best known for her singles "Damn Right" and "Comic Sans" (featuring Jack Harlow). [2] She was born and raised in New Jersey, [3] and studied in the Clive Davis Music Institute of NYU for her freshman year, but has since taken a break to focus on music. [4] Her songs have been described as pop, R&B, rap and trap. [5] She is signed with Arista Records, under Sony Music Entertainment. [6]

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Early life and career

Raised in suburban Manalapan, New Jersey, Audrey Nuna – known first professionally as Audrey – started making music in her teens uploading covers. Her first experience singing for a large crowd was performing ‘America the Beautiful’ at the US Open Tennis when she was ten. [7] While attending the Clive Davis Institute in Brooklyn, she was contacted by producer and future manager Anwar Sawyer, who saw her Instagram covers. In 2018, she began releasing independent tracks. In 2019, after releasing two more singles, Sony Arista Records signed her to the label. She made her label debut with her singles “Time”, “Paper”, and a collaboration with Jack Harlow in “Comic Sans”. In 2020, she changed her stage name to Audrey Nuna and released more singles, including “damn Right” and "damn Right Pt. 2" with DJ Snake. [8] She issued a ten-track project of previous singles and new tracks in 2021 named ‘A Liquid Breakfast’.

Discography

Projects

TitleDetails
A Liquid Breakfast [9]
Chump Change [10]
(with Deb Never)
Trench

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"80deg"2018Non-album singles
"Party"
"I Try"
"Honeypot"
"Empty Hands"2019
"Soufflé"
"Time"
"Paper"
"Comic Sans"

featuring Jack Harlow

a liquid breakfast
"Long Night"2020Non-album single
"damn Right"a liquid breakfast
"Space"2021
"Blossom"
"That XX -- Spotify Singles"Non-album singles
"IdgaF"2023
"Locket"
"Cellulite"
"Starving"

featuring Teezo Touchdown

2024
"Jokes On Me"
"Suck it up"
”Mine”

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