1. Julia Nunes was born on January 3,1989 and is an American singer-songwriter from Fairport, New York.
23 Facts About Julia Nunes
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Julia Nunes's career has progressed online through her videos of pop songs on YouTube, in which she sings harmony with herself and plays acoustic instruments, primarily the ukulele, guitar, melodica, and piano.
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Julia Nunes's father is a pianist and a composer of children's songs.
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Julia Nunes began writing songs at age 14 and playing the ukulele in 2005.
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Julia Nunes attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Julia Nunes is featured in a YouTube cover video of "Some Nights" by fun.
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Julia Nunes covered the Bruno Mars song "That's What I Like" with the funk band Scary Pockets in 2017.
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In May 2008, Julia Nunes opened four times for one of her idols, Ben Folds, at the musician's request, and the same month she performed at the Bushman Ukulele Luau at The Knitting Factory in New York after having won the 2007 Bushman World Ukulele Video Contest.
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On November 22,2008, Julia Nunes performed her song "Maybe I Will" on YouTube Live '08 in San Francisco.
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Julia Nunes was joined onstage by The YouTube Ukulele Orchestra, which is composed of fellow YouTube ukulele players Wade Johnston, Dustin Domingo, Philip Fernandez, and Narciso Lobo.
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In January 2009, Julia Nunes played four sold-out shows in London, England, and was interviewed and performed on BBC Radio 1.
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Julia Nunes began recording her third album of original music in August 2009, working with Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose as producers.
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Julia Nunes played at Bonnaroo 2010, her second time there.
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Julia Nunes started the event on the main stage at noon, June 11,2010, and played alongside Weezer on the second night.
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Julia Nunes opened for Ben Kweller at Indiana University's Buskirk-Chumley Theater on November 13,2010, as part of Kweller's tour.
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On January 24,2012, Julia Nunes made her television debut, performing "Stay Awake" on Conan.
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On January 3,2017, Julia Nunes began a Kickstarter campaign for her sixth album and achieved over twice its funding goal.
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In December 2008, Julia Nunes participated in the Green brothers' Project for Awesome.
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The record features mostly acoustic tracks, although Julia Nunes is joined on a few songs by a full band.
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Julia Nunes began recording her third album of original music in August 2009, and worked with Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn as producers.
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On June 11,2011, Julia Nunes launched a Kickstarter campaign for her fourth album.
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Julia Nunes's goal was $15,000, but in less than 24 hours, she had already received over $19,000 in donations.
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Julia Nunes updated the Kickstarter project page with a video of her performing "Stay Awake" in the Kickstarter offices.