Kina Grannis

Kina Kasuya Grannis (* August 4, 1985 in Mission Viejo, California) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Life

Kina Grannis grew up in Mission Viejo, California, on. In elementary school she composed a simple piano works and thus approached at regional competitions. She played violin in the school orchestra and this led to the high school into further. At 15, she taught herself to play the guitar; it is still their primary instrument.

Career

Kina Grannis won the " Doritos Crash the Super Bowl " contest. Their development in the competition has been documented in The Orange County Register and The Wall Street Journal. As a prize she was awarded a contract with Interscope Records, as well as their videos were played during the commercial breaks of the Super Bowl XLII.

Kina Grannis 2003, enrolled at the University of Southern California ( USC). In 2005, she was selected by the USC Thornton School of Music to produce a CD. The CD entitled " Sincerely, Me " was released in the same year. Grannis graduated with a degree in social sciences with an emphasis on psychology from.

Kina Grannis in 2006 produced two albums and published it himself: One More in the Attic and In Memory of the Singing Bridge. In the spring of 2007, she took on the song " Ours to Keep " written by Rachel Lawrence and Deborah Ellen. It is played regularly at General Hospital. Furthermore, the song was used during an episode of the mini- series Samurai Girl on ABC Family in September 2008.

On 14 November 2007, she released her own YouTube channel on which their videos within a short time had over 40 million visitors. Her first video, " Message From Your Heart" was their ticket to the " Crash the Super Bowl" contest, which gave her a contract with Interscope Records. Kina Grannis should release an album with Interscope, but she chose a different path and announced in January 2009 that she would bring it out yourself.

In June 2009 her songs " Never Never " and " People" were used in the MTV series College Life.

In Front of Me In April 2011, the artist started under the title World their first international tour, which includes not only stations in the United States also performed in Europe ( among others in London, Paris and Berlin).

In November 2011, the singer released the music video for her song In Your Arms, which was produced in stop-motion style, where the artwork is based completely on jelly beans. This 288 000 jelly beans were used. In just three days reached the video over a million views.

Discography

Albums

  • 2005: Sincerely, Me
  • 2006: One More in the Attic
  • 2006: In Memory of the Singing Bridge
  • 2010: Stairwells (Re-Release, Deluxe and European Edition 2011)

Singles

  • Message from Your Heart
  • Valentine
  • The One You Say Goodnight to
  • Strong Enough
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