Devyn Rose

Devyn Rose
Background information
Birth name	Tanya Dormevil
Also known as	Devyn Rose
Born	United States
Origin	New York, New York, U.S.
Genres	Pop, R&B, hiphop, reggae
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, drums, piano
Years active	2008-present
Labels	Indie
Website	www.devynrose.com

Tanya Dormevil known by her stage name Devyn Rose, is an American singer-songwriter from New York, New York.^[1][2] She has released a number of singles, of which "Falling 4 U" reached #1 on the Billboard Biz Hot Singles Sales Chart.^[3] The latter was included on the EP Stellar, released in July 2015.^[4] She published a cook book Go Veg! under her own name,^[5] while she also performs live.

Early life

Devyn Rose's parents are from Haiti, but her early years were at Mount Vernon, New York.^[6] Her friends called her T6, because of her athletic physique.^[7] In an interview in the Entrique Magazine, she claimed the name "Tanya aka T6" was given to her by Dame Grease.^[8] Rose mentioned she had a "strict upbringing" with little exposure to music.^[8][9] She discovered her interest in singing while performing in front of her siblings. At school, she was a part of her school choir.^[10] She moved to New York City when she was 16 and learned dancing at the Broadway Dance Center, New York.^[11] While she had no formal training in song writing,^[8] she started penning poems and lyrics for her songs.^[12] Subsequently, she adopted the name Devyn Rose as her stage name.^[9]

Career

In 2008, Rose released her first mixtape, Move Over Paris Hilton, There’s a New It Girl in Town. Her subsequent single titled "Get It Off" was featured across national and international radio channels.^[2] In 2008, she made an EP titled I am...D.E.V.Y.N.^[13] In March 2013, Maura Johnston described Rose's song "Who Am I" as "it's a hard listen at first, its swirling elements coming together in that odd way, but its charms eventually took me over."^[14] The May 2013 issue of HipHopLead.com reviewed Devyn Rose's work and commented that her songs were "a testimony of her struggle and her accomplishments [while] she sings within her range and makes it work to a tee."^[15] She also featured in the film Hangman's Noose (2013).^[16]

In June 2013, her song "Want it all" was featured on the playlist of radio anchor Nsico Michaels' show on 19jaRadio.^[17] Her song "Falling 4 U", was written by Rose 'based on a feeling that I once had and want to feel again'.^[10] A video directed by Pete Polyakov, got featured on radio and online.^[18] Her song "Falling 4 U" peaked at #2 on the Indie Rotation charts in the first week of March 2014.^[19] For the week ending December 13, 2014, Rose's song "Falling 4 U" debuted at #2 on the Billboard Biz Hot Singles Sales Chart.^[3] In February 2015 the song "Cops x The Jury" produced by Dame Grease was released digitally.^[20] In June of the same year, three remixes of "Falling 4 U" by Zed Bias, Mob Tactics and Otic appeared.^[21]

The singles "Cops x The Jury" and "Falling 4 U" were also included on the five-track Stellar EP, released in July 2015.^[4][22] In 2016 she released the single "Robothot" produced by Lexi Banks.^[23]

Discography

Singles

• "Cops x The Jury" (2015)
• "Falling 4 U" (2014)
• "Vine Dat" (2014)
• "Home for the Holidays" (2014)
• "Want It All" (2013)
• "Trouble" (2013)
• "Heartbeat" (2013)
• "Dream" (2013)
• "Pay Me" (2013)
• "Pieces" (2012)

EPs

• Stellar (2015)
• Want It All (2013)
• Devyn (2012)
• Pieces (2011)
• Holidays At Home (2010)

Mixtapes

• I’m Sorta Like A Big Deal (2011)
• Reflections of Love (2010)
• The Introduction (2009)

References

External links

• Official website