Tori Kelly

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Victoria Loren Kelly (born December 14, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress who gradually gained recognition after starting to post videos on YouTube at the age of 14. When she was 16, Kelly auditioned for the American Idol singing television series . After being eliminated from the show, Kelly started working on her own music. In 2012, he independently released his first EP he produced, wrote, and mixed himself, titled Hand-Made Song By Tori Kelly . The following year, Scooter Braun became his manager after viewing his video on YouTube and introducing it to Capitol Records, with whom he signed in September. Kelly's second EP Preface came out in October 2013 as a major major label release. On June 23, 2015, Kelly's debut album, Unbreakable Smile , was released. The lead single, "Nobody Love", was released in February 2015 and became the first Hot 100 US Billboard appearance. Kelly was nominated as Best New Artist at the 58th Grammy Awards. He voiced a shy teen elephant named Meena in the 2016 animated movie Sing .

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Life and career

Kelly was born in Wildomar, California. His father, Allwyn, is of Jamaican, Trinidad and Puerto Rican origin, while his mother, Laura, of Irish and German descent. He has a younger brother named Noah, born August 29, 1996. Growing up, he is exposed to various music by his parents. "I give them a lot of credit because it only plays all the different genres, and no genre is forbidden," he said when asked about his upbringing. Kelly has appeared on the Star Search event. With vocalist Tiffany Evans winning the Junior Champion title in the junior singers division, she did not win the contest.

In 2004, he participated in America's Most Talented Kids, singing Christina Aguilera's song "Keep on Singin 'My Song" and winning, defeating musician Hunter Hayes. He made his second appearance on the show in the Tournament of Champions, but lost to Antonio Pontarelli, a rock musician. At the age of twelve, Kelly was offered a record deal with Geffen Records, which she accepted, but because of conflicting ideas it was agreed upon for her release. In 2007, Kelly started posting videos to YouTube, at the age of 14. The first video he uploaded was a cover of John Wesley Work, Jr. "Go Tell It on the Mountain", which he initially performed, in December. 2004. Kelly gets recognition for her acoustic cover, with fellow YouTuber named Angie Girl, from Frank Ocean "Thinkin Bout You".

Despite failing to reach the top 24 on "American Idol," he took on new tactics in his music, learned how to play the guitar, composed the original song, and recorded it himself on his computer. Tori started posting on YouTube, and quickly reached over 1,000,000 subscribers.

2010-2013: Hand-made Songs by Tori Kelly

In 2010, Tori auditioned for Season 9 of American Idol in Denver, Colorado and made it to Hollywood Week but did not reach the "Top 24" of the artists. He has claimed that 'he was destroyed' but he has 'given him everything'. After that, she was asked to take part in a young version of the 1985 "We Are the World" charity song entitled "We Are the World: The Next Generation". On May 1, 2012, he released his first EP, titled Hand Made Songs by Tori Kelly , released on his own label, Toraay Records. Kelly wrote, produced, engineered, and recorded her own EP in her bedroom. Shortly after its release, EP made it into the Top 10 Album Pop List in iTunes. He calls the EP a "warm up" for the upcoming full album in the future. In 2013, it has sold over 14,000 copies and reached number nine on the US Heatseekers Albums chart.

In February 2013, Kelly released a single titled "Fill a Heart", which she wrote for the Child Hunger Ends Here campaign by ConAgra Foods and Feeding America. The song was later performed by the British boy band The Wanted on Dancing With the Stars . Starting April 2013, Kelly performed in eight places across the continent for a "Heart Fill" tour, assisting in food banks in the cities during the day. He has performed in places like Troubador and Roxy in Los Angeles, the Gramercy Theater in New York and the Bush Hall in London. She has also been featured in magazines such as Teen Vogue , Elle and Glamor .

During mid-2013, Kelly's newly commissioned manager, Scooter Braun introduced him to the head of Capitol Records. He has been "very skeptical" about signing with major record labels in fear that things will not work for him. "I've been burned before, but when I meet those guys, I never feel that way: They are fans and really make me." On September 6, 2013 he signed a contract with Capitol Records.

2013-present: Preface , Unbreakable Smile ," Hollow "and" I ' ll Find You "

In September 2013, she was selected as Artist of the Month of Elvis Duran and featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, where she performed live singles "Dear No One". Kelly on The Today Show that his major label debut, his second EP, titled Foreword , will be released on October 22, 2013 on Capitol Records. By the end of November, the EP had sold more than 16,000 copies, debuting at number 16 on the US Billboard 200.

Kelly is the only supporting act for Ed Sheeran at Madison Square Garden on November 1, 2013 and supports Sam Smith on his tour at Lonely Hour UK in October 2014.

Kelly wrote and recorded a song entitled "Silent" for the Giver: Music Collection, supporting the film adaptation ( Giver ) of the Giver's novel , which was released on iTunes on August 5, 2014. On August 7, 2014, Kelly posted a live acoustic version of the song on her YouTube channel; which has more than 2.6 million views per October 2015. Kelly is featured on "Lullaby" by British rapper Professor Green, which was released in the UK on September 14, 2014. The song reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, thus giving Kelly a hit his first top ten English. Kelly performed in the "Winter Wonderland"/"Do not Worry Be Happy" medley on the Pentatonix album That's Christmas for me released in October 2014. On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Tori Kelly was one of the MTV Artists to watch. She personally brought two songs for MTV: "Funny" and "Dear No One"; both can be found on the Artist To Watch page. Her "Cute" appearance aired on MTV for a few weeks.

Throughout the year 2014, Kelly worked with Braun on her debut album where she had contributions from Toby Gad, Max Martin, and Ed Sheeran. The main single from the album, "Nobody Love", was released on February 8, 2015. It was written by Rickard Goransson, Max Martin, and Tori Kelly himself. Kelly performed "Nobody Love" at the Billboard Music Awards 2015. The album, titled Unbreakable Smile , was released on June 23, 2015, and debuted at number two on Billboard 200. Kelly did "Should've Been Us" at the MTV Video Music Awards 2015.

Pada Oktober 2015, Kelly meliput lagu "Colors of the Wind" di album We Love Disney .

"Hollow" was released on October 22, 2015 as the first single of the new edition of Unbreakable Smile . In the same month, Kelly became the brand-ambassador of William Rast, a clothing line founded by Justin Timberlake. At the end of 2015, Kelly received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 58th Grammy Awards. She performed at the ceremony with British singer James Bay. She became the first artist in history to perform Christian pop songs at the Grammy Awards.

Kelly recorded the latest version of "Baby Baby" with the original artist of the song, Amy Grant. The recording commemorates the 25th anniversary of the song and was released on April 29, 2016. Kelly made her cinematic debut in the animated film Sing (2016), voicing Meena the elephant.

On July 10, 2016, Kelly released the original song "Blink of an Eye" in honor of her friend Christina Grimmie, on the one-month anniversary of her murder while meeting and greeting at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida, on June 10, 2016 while touring with Prior You're Out.

On May 7, 2017, Kelly played the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee opening to Soundgarden in what would be one of their last performances before frontman Chris Cornell committed suicide on May 17th.

On June 9th, Kelly and rapper Lecrae, released the single "I'll Find You", with Kelly as the leading artist. The accompanying music video was released on July 28, 2017. It featured a variety of St. Jude Hospital, and Kelly and Lecrae singing with a black background. It peaked at No. 11 on Billboard R & amp; B/Hip-Hop, No. 1 in Hot Christian Songs and No. 1. 17 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

He also collaborated with country singer Chris Lane in the single "Take Back Home Girl" which has since been mapped at # 92 on the Billboard Hot 100. On March 30, 2018, Kelly released the single "Help Us to Love" featuring the Pregnantones.

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Personal life

Kelly is a practicing Christian. Faith plays a part in the writing of his song, although he does not consider himself part of the Christian music genre.

In October 2017, Kelly announced her engagement to basketball player AndrÃƒÆ' Â© Murillo. On May 20, 2018, he announced their marriage at the instagram post.

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Discography

Hand Made Song by Tori Kelly (2012)
Preface (2013)
Unbreakable Smile (2015)

So Will I (100 Billion X) - Performed by Tori Kelly - YouTube

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Moviesography

American Idol Season 9 Contestant, Top 24
Sing (2016): Meena (sound)
The Voice : Season 9 Final Results and 10th Team Battle Adviser from Team Adam
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