In 2012, 2013 and 2015 she received the NRJ Music Award for Francophone Female Artist of the Year.

Tamara Marthe was born on 28 November 1985 in Trappes (a suburb west of Paris),[1][2] France to a Metropolitan French mother and a father from Martinique, in a family oriented to music and creative arts.

A fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beyoncé, she nevertheless grew up to the sound of zouk—a French Caribbean music genre—and R&B.

She began taking lessons in dancing and she earned the nickname "Spicy Tam" as a result of the effort she put in it.

In 2007, she made a guest appearance on the popular French game show, Fort Boyard.

Her first album, Mes fantaisies, has a prominent R&B sound, with pop, soul and hip hop influences.