1. Victoria Loren Kelly was born on December 14,1992 and is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
58 Facts About Tori Kelly
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Tori Kelly first gained recognition on YouTube before making it through to Hollywood week on the ninth season of American Idol in 2010 and eventually releasing her debut EP, Handmade Songs.
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In 2013, Kelly signed with Capitol Records and released her first major-label EP Foreword which reached top 20 on the US Billboard 200.
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Tori Kelly followed with Inspired by True Events, A Tori Kelly Christmas, and later signed to Epic Records and released Tori.
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Outside of music, Tori Kelly has voiced Meena in the Sing franchise and competed on The Masked Singer.
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Tori Kelly has received numerous accolades including a BET Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three Grammy Awards and a GMA Dove Award.
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Victoria Loren Kelly was born in Wildomar, California to her father, Allwyn, who is of Jamaican and Puerto Rican ancestry, and her mother, Laura, who is of Irish and German descent.
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Tori Kelly appeared on the show Star Search, but lost to vocalist Tiffany Evans, who won the title of Junior Champion in the junior singer division.
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Tori Kelly made a second appearance on the show in the Tournament of Champions, but lost to Antonio Pontarelli, a rock musician.
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At age twelve, Tori Kelly accepted a record deal with Geffen Records, but both sides agreed to end the contract due to creative differences.
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In 2007, Tori Kelly began posting videos to YouTube, at the age of 14.
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Tori Kelly gained recognition for her acoustic cover, with a fellow YouTuber named Angie Girl, of Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You".
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Tori Kelly began posting her performances on YouTube, and quickly reached over 1,000,000 subscribers.
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In 2010, Tori Kelly auditioned for Season 9 of American Idol in Denver, Colorado and made it through to Hollywood Week but did not reach the "Top 24" of the artists.
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Tori Kelly had claimed that she was 'devastated' but she had given it her all.
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On May 1,2012, she released her first EP, titled Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly, which was released on her own label, Toraay Records.
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Tori Kelly wrote, produced, engineered, and recorded the EP by herself in her bedroom.
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Tori Kelly called the EP a "warm up" to a full-length album that was to come in the future.
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In February 2013, Tori Kelly released a single called "Fill a Heart", which she wrote for the "Child Hunger Ends Here" campaign by ConAgra Foods and Feeding America.
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Tori Kelly has performed in venues such as the Troubador and the Roxy in Los Angeles, the Gramercy Theater in New York and Bush Hall in London.
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Tori Kelly has been featured in magazines such as Teen Vogue, Elle and Glamour.
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Tori Kelly had been "very skeptical" about signing with a major record label in fear that things would not work out in her favor.
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Tori Kelly announced on The Today Show that her major label debut, a second EP, titled Foreword, would be released on October 22,2013, on Capitol Records.
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Tori Kelly was the sole supporting act to Ed Sheeran at Madison Square Garden on November 1,2013, and supported Sam Smith on their In the Lonely Hour UK tour in October 2014.
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Tori Kelly wrote and recorded a song called "Silent" for The Giver: Music Collection, supporting the film adaptation of the novel The Giver, which was released on iTunes on August 5,2014.
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Tori Kelly was featured on "Lullaby" by British rapper Professor Green, which was released in the United Kingdom on September 14,2014.
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On December 1,2014, it was announced that Tori Kelly was one of MTV's Artist's To Watch.
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Tori Kelly privately performed two songs for MTV: "Funny" and "Dear No One"; both can be found on her Artist To Watch page.
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Tori Kelly performed "Nobody Love" at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.
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Tori Kelly performed "Should've Been Us" at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.
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In October 2015, Tori Kelly covered the song "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas on the We Love Disney album.
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In late 2015, Tori Kelly received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 58th Grammy Awards.
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Tori Kelly performed at the ceremony with English singer James Bay.
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Tori Kelly became the first artist in history to perform a Christian pop song at the Grammy Awards.
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Tori Kelly recorded an updated version of Amy Grant's 1991 single "Baby Baby", with Grant herself.
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Tori Kelly made her cinematic debut in the animated film Sing, voicing Meena the elephant.
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On July 10,2016, Tori Kelly released an original song "Blink of an Eye" to honor her friend Christina Grimmie, on the one-month anniversary of her murder.
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On May 7,2017, Tori Kelly played the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee opening for Soundgarden at what would be one of their final performances before frontman Chris Cornell died by suicide on May 17.
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Tori Kelly collaborated with country singer Chris Lane on his single "Take Back Home Girl" which has since charted at No 57 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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In September 2017, Tori Kelly announced her engagement to basketball player Andre Murillo.
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On March 30,2018, Tori Kelly released the single "Help Us to Love" featuring the HamilTones, which served as the lead single to her second studio album.
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On January 18,2019, Tori Kelly announced that she would be going on The Acoustic Sessions tour starting in February.
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On June 26,2019, Tori Kelly announced her third studio album Inspired by True Events which was released on August 9,2019.
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Tori Kelly announced the "Inspired by True Events Tour", which was to visit American and European cities, in October 2019.
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However, on December 18,2019, Tori Kelly announced that the tour would now only involve Europe, Australia, and Asia, with new dates added, and a quiet cancelation of the American leg of the tour.
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On March 18,2020, Tori Kelly canceled her remaining tour stops in Europe, Australia, and Asia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On July 22,2020, Tori Kelly released a cover of Drake's "Time Flies" as the first single of her EP Solitude.
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On July 30,2020, Tori Kelly was featured on Jacob Collier's "Running Outta Love" from his album Djesse Vol.
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In late 2020, Tori Kelly competed on season 4 of The Masked Singer as "Seahorse".
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Tori Kelly made it to the semi-finals of the competition, before being unmasked in a triple elimination alongside Chloe Kim as "Jellyfish" and Taylor Dayne as "Popcorn".
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In 2021, Tori Kelly recorded a cover of "Waving Through a Window" for the soundtrack album of the 2021 film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen, produced by Justin Goldner.
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In February 2023, Tori Kelly performed a rendition of "Hallelujah" alongside Andrea Bocelli for Bocelli's music special The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli.
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In March, it was announced that Tori Kelly had signed with Epic Records, and released her first release under the label, "Missin U", which sampled the 2000s single "Fill Me In" by Craig David.
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In February 2024, Kelly released the single "High Water" and announced her fifth studio album, Tori.
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Tori Kelly married Andre Murillo, a professional basketball player in Germany, in 2018.
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On July 23,2023, Tori Kelly was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after collapsing at a restaurant in Los Angeles.
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Tori Kelly cited gospel music as childhood music influence, praising artists such as Kirk Franklin.
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Tori Kelly cited music productions by Timbaland and Darkchild as inspiration for her works.