Kina Grannis
Encyclopedia
Kina Kasuya Grannis is a Japanese American
guitarist
and singer-songwriter
. She is of Japanese, English, Irish, French, and German descent.
Grannis was the winner of the Doritos
Crash the Super Bowl contest. As a result of winning, she earned a recording contract with Interscope Records
and had her music video played during the commercials of Super Bowl XLII
. She recently won Best Web-Born Artist at the 2011 MTV O Music Awards
.
Her progress in the competition was covered in The Orange County Register
and The Wall Street Journal
. Grannis has also been featured on FOX News Los Angeles
, Good Day L.A.
and Yahoo!
.
, California, and it was here where her love for music began. In elementary school, she composed and submitted piano compositions to district art competitions. Soon afterwards, she began playing the violin, an instrument she would play throughout high school. By age 15, she started teaching herself the guitar and it was this instrument with which she fell in love.
She attended Viejo Elementary School, Newhart Middle School and from 1999 to 2003 Capistrano Valley High School
.
Grannis enrolled at the University of Southern California
(USC) in Los Angeles
in 2003. Two years later, staff members of the University's Thornton School of Music
asked her to produce an album in their music and music industry departments. That album, Sincerely, Me, was released the same year. In 2007, she graduated Summa Cum Laude in social science with an emphasis on psychology. While attending USC, she was inducted into academic societies Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi
.
and was in an episode of the ABC Family
's mini-series Samurai Girl
in September 2008.
On November 14, 2007, she created her YouTube
account and began posting videos of her songs online. Her first video, "Message From Your Heart," was entered into Doritios Crash the Super Bowl contest. The contest, which she won, landed her a contract with Interscope Records
. Her YouTube videos have received more than 77 million views and have propelled her to become one of YouTube's most popular personalities. Grannis planned to work with Interscope Records
to produce a new album but in January 2009, she announced that she was leaving the label to be an independent artist.
On February 24, 2008, Grannis sang the national anthem for the Auto Club 500 NASCAR
race in Fontana, California
. In June 2009 her songs "Never Never" and "People" were used in episodes of MTV
's reality series College Life
. On January 13, 2010 Grannis was the headliner at a sold-out show at The Troubadour
club in Los Angeles.
Stairwells was released on February 23, 2010 and included many original songs already appearing on YouTube
, as well as three previously unreleased songs: "World in Front of Me," "In Your Arms" and "Mr. Joo." Stairwells debuted at No. 139 on the Billboard 200
, No. 5 on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart, No. 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and No. 18 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. The location of her release party for Stairwells, the Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica, was the subject of an article in the Orange Country Register because the venue enabled her to show her gratitude to her fans.
On March 13, 2010, her single "Valentine" was played by Paul Gambaccini
on BBC Radio 2
, the most popular radio station in the UK. The music video for "Valentine" directed by a young and talented viral video director Ross Ching
has been viewed well over 10 million times on YouTube.
Grannis' Stairwells Springtime Tour began in San Francisco on May 24, 2010 and concluded in late June after several stints on the East Coast
and in Canada
. Her Fall Tour began on September 17, 2010 and concluded on November 17, 2010. On July 10, 2010 she played at Lilith Fair
in St. Louis, Missouri
.
In 2010, Grannis was featured as Judy in a miniseries by Wong Fu Productions
entitled "Funemployed".
In early 2011, Grannis was awarded the title of Sirius/XM
CoffeeHouse's 2010 Singer-Songwriter Discovery of the Year after a months-long online voting period.
Her song "Heart and Mind" was used for the German TV series Anna und die Liebe
.
On November 3, 2011, Grannis released a stop-motion music video for the single In Your Arms, using 288,000 Jelly Belly
jelly beans. It took about 2 years to complete the project. The video accumulated over 1 million views within the first three days.
, continuing down the eastern and southern regions of the United States
. She continued in May through the northwest region of North America
back up to British Columbia
, and ending in Los Angeles
. Shows in Europe
and southeast Asia
followed into the fall of 2011.
. and her mother Trish a graphic designer
. An avid supporter of cancer research, Grannis has performed at several Southern California Relay For Life
functions over the years. In late 2007, she contributed her music to the Band Together: To Fight Measles benefit album. In October 2008, she participated in the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco to support the Leukemia Lymphoma Society
in honor of her mother, raising $6,000 for the organization. In 2009, the philanthropic organization Sister to Sisters adopted her song "Message From Your Heart."
Japanese American
are American people of Japanese heritage. Japanese Americans have historically been among the three largest Asian American communities, but in recent decades have become the sixth largest group at roughly 1,204,205, including those of mixed-race or mixed-ethnicity...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. She is of Japanese, English, Irish, French, and German descent.
Grannis was the winner of the Doritos
Doritos
Doritos is a brand of seasoned tortilla chips created by Arch West and produced since 1964 by the American food company Frito-Lay ....
Crash the Super Bowl contest. As a result of winning, she earned a recording contract with Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
and had her music video played during the commercials of Super Bowl XLII
Super Bowl XLII
Super Bowl XLII was an American football game on February 3, 2008 that featured the National Football Conference champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League champion for the 2007 season...
. She recently won Best Web-Born Artist at the 2011 MTV O Music Awards
MTV O Music Awards
The MTV Online, Open, Ongoing Music Awards, also known as the OMAs, are one of the major annual awards established by MTV to honor the art, creativity, personality and technology of music into the digital space. It uses a "spinoff" of the VMAs, but using online features, such as Twitter, YouTube,...
.
Her progress in the competition was covered in The Orange County Register
The Orange County Register
The Orange County Register is a daily newspaper published in Santa Ana, California. The Register is the flagship publication of Freedom Communications, Inc., which publishes 28 daily newspapers, 23 weekly newspapers, Coast magazine, and several related Internet sites.The Register is notable for its...
and The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
. Grannis has also been featured on FOX News Los Angeles
KTTV
KTTV, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles, California. Serving the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area, KTTV is a sister station to KCOP , Los Angeles' MyNetworkTV station...
, Good Day L.A.
Good Day L.A.
Good Day L.A. is a television talk show aired on KTTV , the Fox Broadcasting Company-owned and operated station in Los Angeles, California. The show airs Monday through Friday mornings from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and is simulcast live on myfoxla.com...
and Yahoo!
Yahoo!
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.
Early life and career beginnings
Kina grew up in Mission ViejoMission Viejo, California
Mission Viejo is a city located in southern Orange County, California, U.S. in the Saddleback Valley. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States, and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado, in its size...
, California, and it was here where her love for music began. In elementary school, she composed and submitted piano compositions to district art competitions. Soon afterwards, she began playing the violin, an instrument she would play throughout high school. By age 15, she started teaching herself the guitar and it was this instrument with which she fell in love.
She attended Viejo Elementary School, Newhart Middle School and from 1999 to 2003 Capistrano Valley High School
Capistrano valley high school
Capistrano Valley High School is a public high school at the southern border of Mission Viejo, California that belongs to the Capistrano Unified School District. It is set on a hilltop overlooking the I-5 freeway corridor and Saddleback Mountain. It is located on Via Escolar, off the Avery exit of...
.
Grannis enrolled at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
(USC) in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in 2003. Two years later, staff members of the University's Thornton School of Music
USC Thornton School of Music
The University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, founded in 1884 and dedicated in 1999, is one of the premier music schools in the United States...
asked her to produce an album in their music and music industry departments. That album, Sincerely, Me, was released the same year. In 2007, she graduated Summa Cum Laude in social science with an emphasis on psychology. While attending USC, she was inducted into academic societies Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society established 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study and to promote the "unity and democracy of education"...
.
Solo career
In 2006, Grannis recorded and self-released two more albums, One More in the Attic and In Memory of the Singing Bridge. In early 2007, she recorded "Ours to Keep" written by Rachael Lawrence and Deborah Ellen. This song would be featured regularly on General HospitalGeneral Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
and was in an episode of the ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
's mini-series Samurai Girl
Samurai Girl
Samurai Girl could refer to:* Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School- A 13-episode anime series based on a six-volume manga written by Reiji Saiga.* Samurai Girl - a fictional series by Carrie Asai....
in September 2008.
On November 14, 2007, she created her YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
account and began posting videos of her songs online. Her first video, "Message From Your Heart," was entered into Doritios Crash the Super Bowl contest. The contest, which she won, landed her a contract with Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
. Her YouTube videos have received more than 77 million views and have propelled her to become one of YouTube's most popular personalities. Grannis planned to work with Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
to produce a new album but in January 2009, she announced that she was leaving the label to be an independent artist.
On February 24, 2008, Grannis sang the national anthem for the Auto Club 500 NASCAR
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
race in Fontana, California
Fontana, California
Fontana is a city of 196,069 residents in San Bernardino County, California. Founded in 1913, it remained essentially rural until World War II, when entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser built a large steel mill in the area...
. In June 2009 her songs "Never Never" and "People" were used in episodes of MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's reality series College Life
College Life
College Life is a popular song, first published in 1905 and written by Hery Frantzen. Today the most well-known version is by Billy Murray, who recorded a 1906 version for Victor Records which has entered the public domain.-External links:* *...
. On January 13, 2010 Grannis was the headliner at a sold-out show at The Troubadour
The Troubadour
The Troubadour is a nightclub located in West Hollywood, California, USA, at 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard just east of Doheny Drive and the border of Beverly Hills.The club was founded in 1957 by Doug Weston...
club in Los Angeles.
Stairwells was released on February 23, 2010 and included many original songs already appearing on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, as well as three previously unreleased songs: "World in Front of Me," "In Your Arms" and "Mr. Joo." Stairwells debuted at No. 139 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, No. 5 on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart, No. 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and No. 18 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. The location of her release party for Stairwells, the Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica, was the subject of an article in the Orange Country Register because the venue enabled her to show her gratitude to her fans.
On March 13, 2010, her single "Valentine" was played by Paul Gambaccini
Paul Gambaccini
Paul Matthew Gambaccini is a radio and television presenter in the United Kingdom...
on BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
, the most popular radio station in the UK. The music video for "Valentine" directed by a young and talented viral video director Ross Ching
Ross Ching
Ross Ching is an American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. For all his works thus far, he has been credited as director, cinematographer, and editor. He started as a teenager making skateboarding videos with his friends, which were considered slick for high school level productions...
has been viewed well over 10 million times on YouTube.
Grannis' Stairwells Springtime Tour began in San Francisco on May 24, 2010 and concluded in late June after several stints on the East Coast
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
and in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Her Fall Tour began on September 17, 2010 and concluded on November 17, 2010. On July 10, 2010 she played at Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair was a concert tour and travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. It...
in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
.
In 2010, Grannis was featured as Judy in a miniseries by Wong Fu Productions
Wong Fu Productions
Wong Fu ProductionsShort films by Wong Fu Productions prior to the group's graduation from the University of California, San Diego, included a logo with the Chinese characters for "Wong Fu" . The last film to feature this logo was License Plate, released on August 18, 2006. Films produced after the...
entitled "Funemployed".
In early 2011, Grannis was awarded the title of Sirius/XM
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
CoffeeHouse's 2010 Singer-Songwriter Discovery of the Year after a months-long online voting period.
Her song "Heart and Mind" was used for the German TV series Anna und die Liebe
Anna und die Liebe
Anna und die Liebe is the eleventh Telenovela made in Germany. It has aired since August 25, 2008 on German channel Sat.1 and Austrian Channel ORF 1.- Summary :...
.
On November 3, 2011, Grannis released a stop-motion music video for the single In Your Arms, using 288,000 Jelly Belly
Jelly Belly
The Jelly Belly Candy, or simply Jelly Belly, is the maker of The Jelly Belly and other candy, formerly known as The Herman Goelitz Candy Company...
jelly beans. It took about 2 years to complete the project. The video accumulated over 1 million views within the first three days.
World in Front of Me Tour
In April 2011, Grannis launched her first world tour. She performed in the eastern regions of CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, continuing down the eastern and southern regions of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She continued in May through the northwest region of North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
back up to British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, and ending in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. Shows in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and southeast Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
followed into the fall of 2011.
Personal life, Charity work
Grannis has two sisters, Misa and Emi, both of whom have occasionally been featured in her video blogs, as well as accompanied her at certain concerts, often while on tour. Her father, Gordon, is a chiropractorChiropractor
A Chiropractor, according to the Association of Chiropractic Colleges , "focuses on the relationship between the body's main structures – the skeleton, the muscles and the nerves – and the patient's health. Chiropractors believe that health can be improved and preserved by making adjustments to...
. and her mother Trish a graphic designer
Graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...
. An avid supporter of cancer research, Grannis has performed at several Southern California Relay For Life
Relay For Life
Relay For Life is the main volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society. Originating in the United States, the Relay For Life event has spread to 21 countries. Relay events are held in local communities, campus universities, military bases, and in cyberspace...
functions over the years. In late 2007, she contributed her music to the Band Together: To Fight Measles benefit album. In October 2008, she participated in the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco to support the Leukemia Lymphoma Society
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society , founded in 1949, is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. LLS's mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of...
in honor of her mother, raising $6,000 for the organization. In 2009, the philanthropic organization Sister to Sisters adopted her song "Message From Your Heart."
Albums
- Sincerely, Me. (2005)
- "Blindly"
- "Highlighted in Green"
- "Next Time"
- "Try"
- "Another Day"
- "People"
- One More In the Attic (2006)
- "Living In Dreams"
- "Why Can't I?"
- "Never Never"
- "Some Days"
- "What Is Said"
- "In Theory"
- "Wandering and Wondering"
- "Running Away"
- "Missing You"
- "Alone Together" (CD Bonus Track)
- In Memory of the Singing Bridge (2006)
- "Walk On"
- "Down and Gone (the Blue Song)"
- "Too Soon"
- "Breathe Honestly"
- "Don't Cry"
- "Night"
- "!"
- "Memory"
- "Untitled"
- Stairwells (2010)
- "World in Front of Me"
- "In Your Arms"
- "Valentine"
- "Strong Enough"
- "Together"
- "The Goldfish Song"
- "Heart And Mind"
- "Cambridge"
- "Stars Falling Down"
- "Delicate"
- "Message From Your Heart"
- "Stay Just A Little"
- "Back To Us"
- "Mr. Sun"
- Stairwells (Re-Release 2011)
- "World in Front of Me"
- "Message From Your Heart"
- "Gone"
- "Valentine"
- "In Your Arms"
- "It's Love"
- "The One You Say Goodnight To"
- "Stars Falling Down"
- "Heart And Mind"
- "Without Me"
- "Delicate"
- "The Goldfish Song"
- "Mr. Sun"
- Stairwells Deluxe (2011) also includes:
- "Together"
- "Strong Enough"
- "Cambridge"
- "Stay Just A Little"
- "Back To Us"
- "Sounds of Silence" (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
- "Disturbia" (Rihanna cover)
- "White Winter Hymnal" (Fleet Foxes cover)
Singles
- "Message From Your Heart"
- "Valentine"
- "The One You Say Goodnight to"
- "In Your Arms"
Songs in other media
| Year | Title | Type | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | General Hospital General Hospital General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns.... |
TV series episode | "Ours to Keep" |
| 2008 | Glass City | Feature film | "Down and Gone (The Blue Song)" |
| "Strong Enough" | |||
| "Try" | |||
| J.C. Penney J.C. Penney J. C. Penney Company, Inc. is a chain of American mid-range department stores based in Plano, Texas, a suburb north of Dallas. The company operates 1,107 department stores in all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. JCPenney also operates catalog sales merchant offices nationwide in many... |
Web Ad: "Back-to-School Interactive Initiative" | "My Time With You"(with David Choi David Choi David Yong Choi is an American musician and YouTube video producer living in Los Angeles. He performs a mix of original songs and covers of pop hits. Choi released his debut album, Only You, in October 2008. His second album, By My Side, was released on May 19, 2010... ) |
|
| Samurai Girl Samurai Girl Samurai Girl could refer to:* Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School- A 13-episode anime series based on a six-volume manga written by Reiji Saiga.* Samurai Girl - a fictional series by Carrie Asai.... |
TV mini-series | "Ours to Keep" | |
| Super Bowl XLII Super Bowl XLII Super Bowl XLII was an American football game on February 3, 2008 that featured the National Football Conference champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League champion for the 2007 season... |
TV sports program | "Message From Your Heart" | |
| 2009 | College Life College Life College Life is a popular song, first published in 1905 and written by Hery Frantzen. Today the most well-known version is by Billy Murray, who recorded a 1906 version for Victor Records which has entered the public domain.-External links:* *... |
TV series episode: "Spring Break" | "People" |
| TV series episode: "Year's End" | "Never Never" | ||
| General Hospital General Hospital General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns.... |
TV series episode | "Walking Away" | |
| Sister to Sister | Nonprofit: Theme song | "Message From Your Heart" | |
| 2010 | Agents of Secret Stuff | Web Film | "My Time with You" |
| 2011 | Pretty Little Liars Pretty Little Liars (TV series) Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery-thriller teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family... |
TV episode | "In Your Arms" |
| The Protector | TV episode | "Back To Us" | |
| The Real World The Real World The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the... |
TV episode | "In Your Arms" | |
Television Appearances
- Good Day, LA (KTTV, Los Angeles) – February 5, 2008
- NASCAR California 500 (Fox, National) – February 24, 2008
- The Elliott Show (CBS, National) – June 19, 2010
- San Diego Living (XETV, San Diego) – September 14, 2010
- The Morning Show (WJXT, Jacksonville) – October 6, 2010
- Good Day (WOFL, Orlando) – October 8, 2010
- Taratata (France 2, Paris - France) – November 9, 2011
- Ellen (Syndicated, National) – November 15, 2011
- E! News (E!, National)- November 22, 2011
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Nominated Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Crash the Super Bowl | "Message From Your Heart" | |
| 2010 | Sirius/XM CoffeeHouse's 2010 Singer-Songwriter Discovery of the Year Sirius Satellite Radio Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of... |
Self | |
| 2011 | MTV O Music Awards Best Web-Born Artist MTV O Music Awards The MTV Online, Open, Ongoing Music Awards, also known as the OMAs, are one of the major annual awards established by MTV to honor the art, creativity, personality and technology of music into the digital space. It uses a "spinoff" of the VMAs, but using online features, such as Twitter, YouTube,... |
Self |