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Kiesza
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Kiesa Rae Ellestad (born January 16, 1989), known professionally as Kiesza ( ), is a Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Calgary. She has released multiple singles, including "Hideway" and "Giant in My Heart", as well as the albums Sound of a Woman (2014) and Crave (2020). She has also toured, both as headliner and as opening act, and she has earned several nominations and won multiple awards.
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kiesa Rae Ellestad, known professionally as Kiesza, is a Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Calgary. In 2017, she was involved in a car accident in Toronto, suffering severe injuries that required her to take several years off to recover. To date, she has released the albums Sound of a Woman and Crave.
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- The D'Amelio Show — Self (archive footage)2021
- Canada's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge2020
- Skrillex LIVE @ ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015 — Self2015
- Kiesza - Live at iTunes Festival 20142014
- X Factor — Self - Guest2008
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest2003
- MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Performer1994
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Kiesa Rae Ellestad (born 1989), better known by her stage name Kiesza, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer from Calgary who has most recently worked out of New York City and London. She is best known for her debut single "Hideaway". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kiesza">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Calgary
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- electronic music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.kiesza.com
- Image
- Kiesza @ Hotel Cafe 07 12 2019 (48501263112) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 66.15
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Kiesza
- date of birth
- 1989-01-29
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- Kiesza
- pseudonym
- April
- social media followers
- 787000
- name in native language
- Kiesza
- birth name
- Kiesa Rae Ellestad
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Music career
- 2006–2013: Career beginnings
- 2014–2016: ''Sound of a Woman''
- 2017–present: Hiatus and ''Crave''
- Other ventures
- Discography
- Tours
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Kiesa Rae Ellestad (born January 16, 1989), known professionally as Kiesza ( ), is a Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Calgary. She has released multiple singles, including "Hideway" and "Giant in My Heart", as well as the albums Sound of a Woman (2014) and Crave (2020). She has also toured, both as headliner and as opening act, and she has earned several nominations and won multiple awards.
==Early life== Kiesza was born on January 16, 1989, in Calgary, where she was also raised. Her middle name is Rae, but she prefers to be called by her first name only. Her last name, Ellestad, is Norwegian from her paternal side, and her grandfather is from Fagernes in Norway. In an interview with Metro in July 2014, Kiesza claimed that she can trace her lineage to someone who fought alongside Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn, elaborating, "There's a lot of Scottish people in Canada. Tons. My grandpa was of Scottish heritage—he was of the black Douglases."
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