Victoria Loren Kelly (born December 14, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained recognition after posting videos on YouTube as a teenager, and made it through to Hollywood week on the ninth season of American Idol in 2010. Tori was born in Wildomar, California. Her father is of Afro-Jamaican and Puerto Rican ancestry while her mother is of Irish and German descent.
Four: Nobody Love
Nobody Love a song by American singer Tori Kelly released as the lead single from her debut studio album, “Unbreakable Smile” which was released on the 8th of February, 2015. “Nobody Love” marked her first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It has also garnered over 24M views on its official music video on YouTube. It was also certified Platinum in New Zealand, along with reaching mainstream success in Australia and Canada.
FYI
- In 2018, Kelly Married Andre Murillo, a professional Basketball player in Germany.
- On July 23, 2023 right after releasing her EP, Kelly was hospitalized after collapsing at a restaurant. Apparently Blood Clots had been found in her legs and around her lungs. She was discharged on the 31st of July, 2023.
- She played the voice of Meena (the elephant) in the animated movie called Sing in 2016 and 2022.
Three: Time Flies
Time Flies is a song by Drake from his mixtape Dark Leno Demo Tapes. Tori Kelly covered this song for her EP “Solitude” which was released on the 22nd on July, 2020 serving as the lead single on the EP. It garnered over 757k views on its official visualizer on YouTube. It was written by Aubrey Graham and Ozan Yildirim and produced by Tori Kelly.
Two: High Water
New single “High Water ” released this year to much acclaim, showcases the true Tori,
highlighting her confidence, charm, and charisma, affirming her status as a show stopping 21st century superstar. This song was released on the 9th of February 2024 as a single and has garnered over 123K views on its official music audio on YouTube and over 913k streams on Spotify. This song is off her upcoming album “TORI”. It was written by Tori Kelly, Tenroc and Jon Bellion.
Awards / Nominations
- The California native has garnered two GRAMMY Awards across her career thus far and was nominated for Best New Artist surrounding her first album.
- Kelly was nominated for Best New Artist at the 58th Grammy Awards, and voiced Meena in an animated film Sing (2016), which she reprised in the 2021 sequel, Sing 2.
- Her second studio album Hiding Place (2018) peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200 chart and received two Grammy Awards, for Best Gospel Album and Best Gospel Performance/Song, respectively.
- “Should’ve Been Us” was nominated for Best Crush at the Radio Disney Music Awards in 2016.
Discography
- Unbreakable Smile (2015)
- Hiding Place(2018)
- Inspired by True Events (2019)
- A Tori Kelly Christmas (2020)
- TORI (2023 EP)
One: Should’ve Been Us
Should’ve Been Us is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Tori Kelly for her debut studio album Unbreakable Smile (2015). The song was written by Kelly with Ludvig Söderberg, Jakob Jerlström, Oscar Holter, Laleh Pourkarim, Alexander Kronlund and James Alan, and produced by The Struts and Holter. Should’ve Been Us was firstly released as the second promotional single along with the album pre-order on May 12, 2015,but later the song was sent to US mainstream radio as the second single from the album on June 2, 2015. It garnered over 52M views on its official music video on YouTube and it peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming Kelly’s highest charting single to date in the United States while also being certified Platinum in the country.
