Tori Kelly

Victoria Loren "Tori" Kelly is an American singer and songwriter who slowly gained recognition after starting to post videos on YouTube at the age of 14.

Growing up, she was exposed to a variety of music by her parents. "I give them a lot of credit for just playing all different genres, and no genre was off limits." she said, when asked about her upbringing. Kelly has appeared on the show Star Search. She didn't win the contest, but later in 2004, she made an appearance on America's Most Talented Kids, singing Christina Aguilera's "Keep on Singin' My Song" and won, beating out singer and songwriter, Hunter Hayes. She made a second appearance on the show in the Tournament of Champions, but lost to Antonio Pontarelli, a rock singer/songwriter/violinist.

Kelly wrote and recorded a song called "Silent" for The Giver: Music Collection, supporting the film adaptation (The Giver) of the novel The Giver, which was released on iTunes on August 5, 2014. On August 7, 2014 Kelly posted a live acoustic version of the song on her Youtube channel; it has 1,426,619 views to date. Kelly was featured on Professor Green's single "Lullaby" which was released on September 14, 2014. It debuted in the HOT40UK's Top 40 at No. 8 and peaked at No. 2 after 6 weeks on the chart. On December 1, 2014 it was announced that Tori Kelly was one of MTV's Artist's To Watch. She privately performed two songs for MTV: "Funny" and "Dear No One"; both can be found on her Artist To Watch page.Her "Funny" performance was aired on MTV for several weeks.

Today, Kelly is working with manager, Scooter Braun, to release her highly anticipated debut album in the Spring of 2015, in which she has worked with artists including Toby Gad, Pharrell Williams, Max Martin, and Ed Sheeran. Recently it was announced that Kelly's debut single for her new album is called "Nobody Love". The song was written by Rickard Goransson, Max Martin, and Tori Kelly herself; a short teaser for the song was released on Youtube as well as Vine. On January 28, 2015 Kelly announced that her single would be released on February 8, 2015. No release date has been set yet for her album.

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