Tapz

TAPZ GALLANTINO
Birth name	Tapiwa Mutingwende
Born	(1995-10-19) 19 October 1995 (age 29) Wedza District, Zimbabwe [1]
Genres	R&B Hip hop
Occupations	Singer record producer
Years active	2015–present
Labels	TAPZ GALLANTINO

Tapz Gallantino, (born Tapiwa Mutingwende) . ^{[2] [3] [4]} He won the MTV Europe Music Award for best New Zealand act in November 2017. ^{[5] [6] [7]} He performed at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015. The entertainer has shared the stage with performers such as Lorde, Banks, G-Eazy, Lunice, ASAP Ferg, Danny Brown, Jeremih and Hermitude.

Background

Tapz migrated to New Zealand when he was 10 years old, then migrated to the US when he was 19.

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Discography

Extended plays

Title	Album details
Beautiful Nightmare [9] [10]	Released: 24 November 2017 Label: TAPZ GALLANTINO 100s + 1000s [11] Format: Digital download

Singles

• "Killa" (2017) (produced by Mzwetwo, Tapz & JRMN) (#2 Spotify USA Viral Charts, No. 3 Spotify Global Viral Charts) ^[12]
• "Shadow" (2017) (#20 AUS, No. 1 BELIZE)
• "The Buzz" Hermitude featuring Mataya & Young Tapz (2015) (#20 AUS, No. 13 USA) ^{[13] [14]}

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2015	Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude featuring Young Tapz "Through the Roof"	Best Video	Nominated	[15]

References

1. "TAPZ - Mushroom Music Publishing". Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
2. "TAPZ".
3. "Ten Things You Need To Know About Young Tapz". complex.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
4. "2016 artist to watch: Young Tapz".
5. "All the Winners from the 2017 MTV EMAs". 13 November 2017.
6. "Travis Scott stuns 2017 MTV EMAs by performing on robot bird". Newshub . Archived from the original on 19 July 2018.
7. "TAPZ Wines Best NZ Act at 2017 MTV EMA's | Artist News | NZ Music Commission". nzmusic.org.nz. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017.
8. Why Tapz is taking his sweet time with his music, Chris Schultz, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, 10 Aug 2017 8:00 am. Retrieved 29 May 2018
9. "TAPZ Has Unleashed His Prodigious Debut EP".
10. "EP BIO: TAPZ - Beautiful Nightmare [100s + 1000s] (out Friday 24 November 2017) | Mushroom Promotions". mushroompromotions.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
11. "Beautiful Nightmare – EP". iTunes Store. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
12. "Young Tapz: It's Music Versus The Internet". Forbbes. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
13. "australian-charts.com – Discography Hermitude". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
14. "Young Tapz". Billboard .
15. ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.

External links

• Young Tapz