Vincent Fantauzzo's portrait of Kimbra was a finalist for the 2012 Archibald Prize.
29 Facts About Kimbra
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Kimbra was featured on the 2011 multi-platinum single "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye, which became her first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 and earned them two awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, including for Record of the Year, making her the third New Zealand singer to win a Grammy Award.
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Kimbra Lee Johnson was born on 27 March 1990 and grew up in Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Kimbra's father, Ken Johnson, was the head doctor at the University of Waikato's student health centre, and her mother Chris was an orthopaedic nurse.
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Kimbra attended Hillcrest High School, competing in the national schools' musical competition Rockquest for three years running, where she was awarded second place in 2004 at the age of 14.
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Kimbra made her first music video, "Smile", for the children's TV show What Now.
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Kimbra was a member of the Hillcrest High jazz choir, Scat.
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Early public performances by Kimbra included singing at the Waikato Times Gold Cup race meeting in 2000 as a 10-year-old and singing the New Zealand national anthem before 27,000 people at the 2002 NPC rugby union final.
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Kimbra signed with Richardson and in 2008 she moved to Melbourne.
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Australian producer 'M-Phazes' produced Kimbra's track "Call Me" and assisted on other tracks on Vows.
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Kimbra has won the Critics' Choice Prize at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards and Best Female Artist and Best Song at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011.
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Kimbra had performed in various location such as at the Forum Theatre, Melbourne on 9 September 2011, at Astor Theatre, Perth on 17 September 2011, at the Adelaide Botanic Garden in Brisbane on 1 October 2011, at Adelaide, Australia on 3 October 2011, at Queenscliff Music Festival, Queenscliff, Victoria and Wellington Square, Perth on 25 November 2011, at Homebake Festival 2011, at Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney on 3 December 2011 and at the Falls Festival Lorne, Australia on 30 December 2011.
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The track appears in the video game, The Sims 3: Pets, which Kimbra recorded in Simlish for the soundtrack.
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Also in January, Kimbra won the "One to Watch" award at the 2012 Rolling Stone Awards.
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On 14 November 2012, Kimbra performed at the Calvin Klein Collection which held an exclusive dinner to celebrate the brand's Women's Creative Director, Francisco Costa.
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On 15 September 2013, Kimbra performed for Rock in Rio Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Kimbra was involved in a non-profit charity organisation called So They Can.
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Kimbra became the ambassador of So They Can within the year of 2013.
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On 19 May 2014, Kimbra released the lead single from The Golden Echo called "90s Music" to largely positive reviews.
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Kimbra is featured in a song by Bilal called 'Holding It Back' from his album In Another Life.
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On 30 September 2016, Kimbra released a non-album single called "Sweet Relief".
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Kimbra is managed by guitarist Ben Weinman, founding member of metal band The Dillinger Escape Plan, since around 2017.
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Kimbra explained the reasons for the push back and gave a song out for free to fans subscribed to her mailing list to make it up to them.
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Kimbra made her acting debut in a big screen adaption of the musical-drama production Daffodils released on 21 March 2019.
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In March 2020, Kimbra released a course with online music school Soundfly on vocal creativity, arranging, and production.
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Kimbra embarked on a Sofar Sounds secret location venue tour of the United States in October and November 2021, previewing her upcoming fourth studio album.
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In 2012, Kimbra was nominated for two awards as a solo artist and won two awards as a featured artist.
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In 2011, Kimbra won one award as a solo artist and two awards as a featured artist.
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Gotye featuring Kimbra performed the single, "Somebody That I Used to Know", at the awards ceremony.