Willow Smith

The following year, she released the singles "21st Century Girl" and "Fireball" (featuring Nicki Minaj).

Smith soon after announced her next single, "21st Century Girl".

Willow Camille Reign Smith (born October 31, 2000), also known mononymously as Willow (stylized in all caps), is an American singer and actress.

The only daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, she has received various accolades, including a Young Artist Award, an NAACP Image Award, a BET Award, and nominations for two Daytime Emmy Awards and a MTV Video Music Award.

Smith was born on October 31, 2000, in Los Angeles, California.

She is the daughter of the actress-musician Jada Pinkett Smith and actor-musician Will Smith.

She has two older siblings: her brother Jaden Smith, an actor and musician, and her half-brother Willard Carroll "Trey" Smith III, an actor and DJ.

Smith and her siblings are youth ambassadors for Project Zambi, which, in conjunction with Hasbro, provides assistance for Zambian children orphaned by AIDS.

Smith attended Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles.

Smith made her acting debut in I Am Legend alongside her father.

Smith made her acting debut in the 2007 film I Am Legend alongside her father, and later appeared in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl with Abigail Breslin.

Her next film, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, was released on July 2, 2008.

In 2008, she voiced the character of young Gloria the hippo in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, alongside her mother as Gloria the hippo.

In June 2009, Smith's mother Jada Pinkett Smith announced in an interview on Lopez Tonight that Smith would be releasing an album.

Smith then released her first single, "Whip My Hair", which went platinum in the US and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In the UK, the single peaked at number two.

In 2010, Smith launched her music career with the platinum-certified single "Whip My Hair", which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

That same year, Smith signed to her mentor Jay-Z's record label Roc Nation, becoming the youngest artist signed to the label.

Its video was nominated for Video of the Year at the BET Awards of 2011.

After she performed the song on The Oprah Winfrey Show, she released it the next day on February 3, 2011.

The video was released March 9, 2011.

On January 20, 2011, Will Smith announced he was planning to produce a contemporary remake of the Broadway musical Annie starring Smith in the title role.

On October 6, 2011, "Fireball", a collaboration between Smith and rapper Nicki Minaj, was released.

"Fireball" was a commercial failure, failing to chart in any type of music market, except the US R&B chart, charting at 121.

It was her first song to miss the Billboard Hot 100.

Smith's producer announced that she were almost finished working on her debut album, and that it would be done soon.

He also said it has a similar style to "Whip My Hair".

The title of the album was later announced to be Knees and Elbows.

It was scheduled to be released around April 2012, but was later announced that it would be postponed for release later in the year.

On May 1, 2012, she released a music video for "Do it Like Me (Rockstar)", saying that it was her "first video ever".

On July 2, 2012, Smith released the "I Am Me" music video at the BET Awards.

However, Smith was deemed too old and the title role was given to Quvenzhané Wallis in February 2013.

Smith's debut album, Ardipithecus (2015) explored neo soul.

Its single "Wait a Minute!" was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Her second and third albums, The 1st (2017) and Willow (2019) followed after and were met with positive reception.

Smith began co-hosting the Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk in 2018 with her mother Jada and grandmother Adrienne, which has earned her two NAACP Image Awards and two Daytime Emmy Award nominations.

In 2021, Smith released her fourth album Lately I Feel Everything, which spawned the single "Transparent Soul", which was certified gold in the US.

Later that year, she earned another top 40 entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single "Meet Me at Our Spot" as part of The Anxiety with Tyler Cole.

In 2022, Smith released her fifth album, Coping Mechanism.

In 2023, she released the single "Alone."