Tia Wood

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Tia Wood is a Cree and Salish pop singer-songwriter from Canada, [1] who received a Juno Award nomination for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2025 for her EP Pretty Red Bird. [2]

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The daughter of Earl Wood of the indigenous round dance group Northern Cree and the younger sister of singer Fawn Wood, she grew up in the Saddle Lake Cree Nation. [3] Tia first launched into the public sphere and built a fan base on TikTok with short videos of her Indigenizing sounds. [4]

Pretty Red Bird, her debut EP, was released in September 2024 on Sony Music. [5]

She has also been an activist with the REDress Project, which seeks to publicize the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women through art, dance and music. [6]

Discography

Extended plays

List of EPs, showing release date, label and formats
TitleDetails
Pretty Red Bird

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum/EP
"Dirt Roads" [8] 2024Pretty Red Bird
"Losing Game" [9]
"Catch & Release" [10]
"Sky High"
List of singles as featured artist, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum/EP
"Victorious" [11]
(Shub featuring Tia Wood)
2025Heritage (Part One)

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, with other artists, showing year released and album name
TitleYearOther artist(s)Album/EP
"Shapeshifter"2024 Snotty Nose Rez Kids Red Future

References

  1. "'It almost felt unreachable': Tia Wood on pursuing music full-time after TikTok stardom". CBC Music, June 25, 2024.
  2. Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2025 Juno nominees". CBC Music, February 11, 2025.
  3. Shayne Stephens, "‘We’re a thriving, beautiful people.’ How a young singer went from TikTok star to one of the first Indigenous women signed by Sony Music Canada". Toronto Star , June 20, 2024.
  4. Christian Allaire, "You Need to Know Tia Wood, a Stylish Native Singer on the Rise". Vogue , July 22, 2024.
  5. Cierra Bettens, "Musician and TikTok star Tia Wood releases debut EP, Pretty Red Bird". APTN News, October 7, 2024.
  6. Hampshire, Gareth (23 April 2017). "Saddle Lake dancer lands prestigious role in one of world's largest powwows". CBC/Radio-Canada. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  7. "Pretty Red Bird by Zeina". Apple Music . Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  8. "Dirt Roads - Single by Zeina". Apple Music . Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  9. "Losing Game - Single by Zeina". Apple Music . Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  10. "Catch & Release - Single by Zeina". Apple Music . Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  11. "Victorious (feat. Tia Wood) – Single by Shub". Apple Music . Retrieved March 24, 2025.