Tia Wood
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]
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] She performed as a singer and dancer with Northern Cree prior to building a fan base on TikTok with short videos of her singing.[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
[edit]Extended plays
[edit]Title | Details |
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Pretty Red Bird |
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Singles
[edit]As lead artist
[edit]Title | Year | Album/EP |
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"Dirt Roads"[8] | 2024 | Pretty Red Bird |
"Losing Game"[9] | ||
"Catch & Release"[10] | ||
"Sky High" |
As featured artist
[edit]Title | Year | Album/EP |
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"Victorious"[11] (Shub featuring Tia Wood) |
2025 | Heritage (Part One) |
Guest appearances
[edit]Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album/EP |
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"Shapeshifter" | 2024 | Snotty Nose Rez Kids | Red Future |
References
[edit]- ^ "'It almost felt unreachable': Tia Wood on pursuing music full-time after TikTok stardom". CBC Music, June 25, 2024.
- ^ Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2025 Juno nominees". CBC Music, February 11, 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christian Allaire, "You Need to Know Tia Wood, a Stylish Native Singer on the Rise". Vogue, July 22, 2024.
- ^ Cierra Bettens, "Musician and TikTok star Tia Wood releases debut EP, Pretty Red Bird". APTN News, October 7, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Pretty Red Bird by Zeina". Apple Music. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ "Dirt Roads - Single by Zeina". Apple Music. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ "Losing Game - Single by Zeina". Apple Music. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ "Catch & Release - Single by Zeina". Apple Music. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ "Victorious (feat. Tia Wood) – Single by Shub". Apple Music. Retrieved March 24, 2025.