28 Facts About Kellie Loder

Kellie Loder was born on 1988 and is an independent singer-songwriter from Newfoundland who plays drums, guitar and piano.

Later that year, Kellie Loder won a talent-search contest hosted by YC Newfoundland, a Christian youth conference.

Kellie Loder is a nominee of three MusicNL awards, including Gospel Artist of the Year in 2011.

Kellie Loder has asserted that they chose CCM because it gives purpose to their music; however, they later shifted their focus toward mainstream pop and rock music, stating that they still write music from a spiritual perspective but want to be accessible to a wider audience.

Kellie Loder has come out as queer and non-binary, and uses gender-neutral pronouns.

Kellie Loder was born to Christina and Bob Loder in 1988, and was raised in Badger, a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

At age 10, Kellie Loder was placed in their church's drumming ensemble.

In 2008, while studying nursing at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland through the Western Regional School of Nursing, Kellie Loder met Devin Robinson, a record producer.

Kellie Loder wrote all 11 songs on the album, which was released in August 2009.

The initial run of the album sold out, and Kellie Loder subsequently went door-to-door in small Newfoundland communities selling a second run of the album.

Kellie Loder later said that this manner of selling the album proved to be a good way to develop a fanbase; people invited them into their homes for meals, prayer, and discussions.

Kellie Loder originally conceived "Fearless" as a techno song, and believes that Newman was the one who made that techno feel a reality.

On November 14,2009, Kellie Loder opened for the Newfoundland-based Christian rock band Anyday, which was launching its debut album, Got Extraordinary, at a benefit concert at Springdale's Indian River High School.

Kellie Loder moved to St John's in January 2010, and performed alongside Starfield and Roy Martin later that year at the Exploits Valley Salmon Festival gospel concert in Grand Falls-Windsor.

In early 2012, Kellie Loder made a music video for "Your Love Alone", one of the album's tracks, which was uploaded to YouTube.

Kellie Loder said the nomination was a surprise; they learned about it in a text message from Newman after missing a call from him.

Kellie Loder performed six songs live as part of an interview on CBC Radio in April 2013.

In 2013, Kellie Loder said that they were starting to write and perform songs in other genres, and hoped that they would be able to transition out of CCM as Katy Perry, Lifehouse, and Creed had done previously.

Kellie Loder believes everything that they sing is for God, regardless of the song's subject.

In 2012, Kellie Loder worked as a Child and Youth Worker at a company called Blue Sky.

In 2015, Kellie Loder took part in Bell Media's songwriting challenge, a two-day workshop in Newfoundland for songwriters to showcase their new work.

The album is a combination of folk and pop, and marks an effort to appeal to a mainstream audience; Kellie Loder co-produced 10 of the original tracks.

At the MusicNL awards, Kellie Loder received two nominations for the album: Female Artist of the Year, and Music Video of the Year.

In January 2019, Kellie Loder released the single "Fearless"; the song was positively received and used in an IMAX trailer for Superpower Dogs, a documentary narrated by Chris Evans.

In 2020, Kellie Loder was due to accompany Joel Plaskett's music tour, but it was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, Kellie Loder auditioned for season 2 of Canada's Got Talent.

Kellie Loder placed second in the competition, behind winner Jeanick Fournier.

Kellie Loder won two East Coast Music Awards in 2023, for Songwriter of the Year and Fan's Choice Entertainer of the Year.