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Also known as Toni Watson

Australian singer, songwriter and record producer

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Tones and I is the stage name of Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer Toni Watson. Born in Mount Martha, she resides in Sydney and began her professional work in 2018. Her musical output spans indie pop, electronic dance music, and pop music. She is an English speaker and has released five works, with "Dance Monkey" listed as a notable piece.

Watson is signed to record labels including Elektra, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group. Her official website is tonesandi.com. On Last.fm, her music has accumulated 12,458,349 plays from 936,281 listeners, with common tags including pop, australian, and female vocalists. She has 5,450,000 social media followers.

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
936,281
Total plays
12,458,349

Tags

popaustralianindie popfemale vocalistsaustralia

Toni Watson, known professionally as Tones and I, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her breakout single, "Dance Monkey", was released in May 2019 and reached number one in over 30 countries. In 2019, she broke the Australian record for the most weeks at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart by any artist with 16 weeks. By mid-January 2020, "Dance Monkey" had spent its 24th and final week at number one, beating Bing Crosby's all-time Australian record for his version of "W

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Key facts

Also known as
Tones Tonah
Born
Toni Watson , Mount Martha, Victoria , Australia
Origin
Frankston, Victoria , Australia
Genres
Pop indie pop
Occupations
Singer songwriter record producer
Instruments
Vocals piano keyboards drum pads
Years active
2009–present
Labels
Bad Batch Sony Elektra
Spouse
Jimmy Bedford ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. March 2023</span>"}]]}'>2023 ) ​
Website
tonesandi .com

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Official website

Tones And I | Official Website

Official website for musician Tones And I, who stretches the scope of pop music with unpredictable and undeniable anthems of her own design.

tonesandi.com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Toni
Family name
Watson
Gender
female
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Mount Martha
Occupation
record producer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Notable work
Dance Monkey
Hair colour
blond hair
Instrument
piano
Record label
Warner Music Group
Official website
www.tonesandi.com
Image
Tones and I - Southside Festival 2022 - IMG 3984 (cropped).jpg
Height
165
Residence
Sydney
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start of work period
2018-00-00
pseudonym
Tones and I
birth name
Toni Watson
Commons category
Tones and I
name in native language
Tones and I
topic has template
Template:Tones and I
social media followers
5450000
date of birth
1993-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Toni Watson , known professionally as Tones and I, is an Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer. She is best known for her 2019 single "Dance Monkey", which went number one in over 30 countries including her native Australia. In 2019–20, "Dance Monkey" completed 24 weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart, beating Bing Crosby's all-time Australian record for his version of "White Christmas", which spent an equivalent of 22 weeks at the top in 1943. "Dance Monkey" was certified 19× platinum by ARIA for shipments of over 1,330,000 units by June 2023.

Tones was the most awarded artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, winning four of eight nominations. She released her debut extended play, The Kids Are Coming, on 30 August 2019; it peaked at number three in Australia, and top 10 in several countries. Her debut album, Welcome to the Madhouse, was released via Bad Batch on 16 July 2021. It debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album's lead single "Fly Away" peaked at number four in Australia, number 11 in the UK and Denmark, and number 10 in Ireland. In February 2024, she became the first female artist to reach over 3 billion streams for a single song on Spotify, with "Dance Monkey".

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