Tayla Parx
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Born | Taylor Monét Parks September 16, 1993 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
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Years active | 2006–present |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
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Taylor Monét Parks (born September 16, 1993), known professionally as Tayla Parx, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2018, Parks was credited as a co-writer on three Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles; "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani, "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande, and "High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco. Her writing contributions on Grande's album Thank U, Next earned her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.[1]
Career
Tayla played the role of Little Inez in the 2007 musical movie Hairspray.[2] She has also appeared in the television series Gilmore Girls, Everybody Hates Chris, Carpoolers, Bones, Victorious, and had a recurring role in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP starring Keke Palmer. Parks is also a personal friend of Palmer's.[3][4]
Parks lives in Los Angeles. She has contributed to albums by Ariana Grande, Khalid, Jennifer Lopez, BTS, Jason Derulo, Pentatonix, Mariah Carey, The Internet, Camila Cabello, Fifth Harmony, and Chris Brown (featured on the track "Anyway" from his Royalty album). She has written with various artists/producers including Demi Lovato, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, LeAnn Rimes, DJ Mustard, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Normani, Tyler Hubbard (of Florida Georgia Line), Meghan Trainor, and Marcus & Martinus. Parks has also written hits for K-pop artists BTS, Red Velvet, f(x) and Tao. She also does voice acting for one of the voice types that can be given to Sims in The Sims 4, and has appeared as a judge on a Sims-based game show named The Sims Spark'd.[5] Parks was signed as a songwriter by Jon Platt at Warner Chappell Publishing at age 19.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Hairspray | Little Inez Stubbs | Won Critic's Choice Movie Awards for Best Acting Ensemble |
2007 | Beyond the Pretty Door | Angel Turner | |
2007 | Love... & Other 4 Letter Words | Young Stormy | |
2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Victor Stone (voice) | Direct to Video |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Gilmore Girls | Singing Kid #3 | Season 6, Episode 18 The Real Paul Anka |
2006 | Everybody Hates Chris | Girl #2 | Season 2, Episode 1 Everybody Hates Rejection |
2007 | Carpoolers | Aubrey's daughter | Season 1, Pilot Episode The Toaster |
2009–2010 | True Jackson, VP | Shelley | (3 episodes) |
2010 | Bones | Jill MacIntosh | Season 6, Episode 8 The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck |
2012 | Victorious | Kara | Season 3, Episode 6 Tori & Jade's Playdate |
2020 | The Sims Spark'd | Herself | (Judge; 4 episodes) |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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2014–present | The Sims 4 | Sim (voice) |
2018–2019 | The Walking Dead: The Final Season | Alvin "AJ" Jr. (voice) |
Discography
Albums
Title | Details |
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We Need to Talk[6] |
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Coping Mechanisms |
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Mixtapes
Title | Details |
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Tayla Made |
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Singles
Title | Year | Album |
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"Do Not Answer" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
"I Love You" | 2016 | |
"Bump That" | ||
"Potential" | ||
"Runaway" (featuring Khalid) | 2018 | |
"Me vs. Us" | We Need to Talk | |
"Slow Dancing" | ||
"I Want You"[7] | 2019 | |
"Fight" (with Florida Georgia Line)[8] |
Non-album single |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Album |
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"Anyway" (Chris Brown featuring Tayla Parx) |
2015 | Royalty |
"Your Eyes" (The Knocks featuring Tayla Parx) |
2017 | Testify |
Soundtrack appearances
Title | Year | Album |
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"You Can't Stop the Beat" (with cast of Hairspray) |
2007 | Hairspray |
"Run and Tell That" (with Elijah Kelley) |
Songwriting credits
References
- ^ "Tayla Parx". GRAMMY.com. The Recording Academy. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- ^ "The Hairspray Diaries Taylor Parks shares secrets from the set". Scholastic.com. July 18, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ Bonds, Randy C. (May 27, 2011). "AWP Interviews Keke Palmer & Taylor Parks (Video Inside)". And We Present. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ 7 Secrets episode with Keke Palmer, dat Nickelodeon
- ^ Gundacker, Kai (July 16, 2020). "New Reality Show featuring The Sims". eSports.com. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ "iTunes – Music – We Need To Talk by Tayla Parx". iTunes.apple.com (US). 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ @TAYLAPARX (February 19, 2019). "Guyssss! My first album is coming on April 5th and I'm hyped!! Pushed it back a bit because I added some new joints/shot more videos; you know I gotta do the most for my taylatotts💞The next single 'I Want You' is coming your way March 8th. You ready? Cause #WeNeedToTalk" (Tweet). Retrieved February 20, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ @TAYLAPARX (November 12, 2019). "New song "Fight" dropping this Friday on 15th with my boys @floridageorgialine !!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 13, 2019 – via Twitter.
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