[1][2] Townes was raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and attended Peace Wapiti Academy high school.

[5] In 2009, she released the single "Home Now", a song she wrote from the perspective of a daughter whose father is posted in the war in Afghanistan, a topic she learned about in school.

She appeared on the national television show Canada AM in August 2011, performing her single "Real Me,"[8] and has released multiple songs to radio.

In 2019 she appeared on Donovan Woods's album The Other Way, as a duet vocalist on the song "I Ain't Ever Loved No One".

[14] To recognize Townes, and pay tribute to the positive impact she has made through her music and philanthropic efforts, on November 19, 2024, The City of Grande Prairie and Grande Prairie Sunrise House announced the renaming of a portion of 107 Avenue to Tenille Townes Way.