Kira Isabella

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Kira Isabella
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Kira Isabella performing at the Boots and Hearts Music Festival 2013
Background information
Birth nameKira Isabella Wilkie
Born (1993-09-18) September 18, 1993 (age 30) [1]
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genres Country
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2011–present
Labels Sony Music Canada
HitShop Records

Kira Isabella Wilkie, who is known by her stage name Kira Isabella is a Canadian country music artist. Isabella was signed to Sony Music Canada in 2009. [2] Her first single, "Love Me Like That", was released in 2011 and charted on the Canadian Hot 100. Isabella released her second single in 2011 entitled "A Real Good Radio". Her third single, "A Little More Work", was released in 2012. Her debut studio album, Love Me Like That , was released in October 2012, and produced two further singles. Kira Isabella announced dates for a 2013 Canadian tour with Terri Clark in October 2012 and Carrie Underwood in December 2012. [3] In 2013, Isabella signed with U.S. record label HitShop Records. [4] The lead single from her second album, "Quarterback", was released in spring 2014.

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Early life

Kira Isabella began singing and playing the guitar at 7 years old, under the tutelage of her father and her singing teacher Trina Langthorne. Her ethnic background is Colombian. [5] She was inspired by fellow Canadian country singer Shania Twain and her then recent album, Up! , to enter the country music industry. Her songwriting began development through writing poetry, beginning in the fourth grade. [6] At the age of 14, Kira Isabella won the Rising Star Award in the Female Open Category of a Blyth, Ontario, arts festival. The consequential media exposure that led well-known music producers to Kira Isabella would help launch her career as a country singer. [7]

Influences

Female country singers such as Faith Hill, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain and Taylor Swift have been cited by Kira Isabella as strong musical influences. [6]

Tours and festivals

To date, Kira Isabella has performed as a guest singer on two tours. From October to December 2012, she has worked with Carrie Underwood on her Blown Away Tour and in 2013, with Terri Clark. [3] She will have performed in the Boots and Hearts Music Festival line-up for two years consecutively by August 2013. Her first headlining show was June 30, 2013 in Calabogie, Ontario at the Calabogie Country Music Fest. [3] She also performed at the free biweekly Peterborough Musicfest on July 31, 2013. [8]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Love Me Like That
Caffeine & Big Dreams
  • Release date: October 14, 2014
  • Label: Sony Music Canada
Sides
  • Release date: March 15, 2019
  • Label: Creator Brand

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Side A
  • Release date: November 23, 2018
  • Label: Creator Brand
Side B
  • Release date: January 11, 2019
  • Label: Creator Brand

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions		Album
CAN Country
[9] 		CAN
[10]
2011"Love Me Like That"1199Love Me Like That
"A Real Good Radio"22—
2012"A Little More Work"568
"Songs About You"1393
2013"Blame It on Your Truck"18—
2014"Quarterback"1079Caffeine & Big Dreams
"Gone Enough"10—
2015"Shake It If Ya Got It"19—
2016"I'm So Over Getting Over You"17—Non-album singles
2017"Missing You"——
2018"I Don't Wanna Know"——Sides
"Little Girl"14—
"Danger Danger"44—
2019"We Should Be Together" [11] [12] (featuring Levi Hummon)42—
"Soon"——
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
YearSinglePeak chart
positions		Album
CAN Country
[9]
2017"That's When You Know" [13]
(with Chris Buck Band)		19Chris Buck Band

Christmas singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions		Album
CAN Country
[9] 		CAN AC
[14]
2013"A Country Boy for Christmas" [15] 38—Non-album singles
2014"Baby, It's Cold Outside"
(with Tyler Shaw)		—31

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
2011"Love Me Like That" [16] Sean Danby
"A Real Good Radio"Jordan Eady
2012"A Little More Work"Ben Knechtel
"Songs About You"
2013"Little White Church"
2014"Quarterback" RT!
"Gone Enough"
2015"Shake It If Ya Got It" Ally Pankiw
2016"I'm So Over Getting Over You" [17] Emma Higgins
2018"I Don't Wanna Know" (acoustic)Ted Ellis

Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2016Kira Isabella Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year [18] Nominated
2015Kira Isabella Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the YearNominated
Caffeine & Big Dreams Juno Award for Country Album of the Year [19] Nominated
2014Kira Isabella Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the YearNominated
2013Kira Isabella Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year [20] Won
"A Little More Work" Canadian Country Music Association CMT Video of the Year [20] Nominated
Kira Isabella Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year [21] Nominated
2012Kira Isabella Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star Award [22] Won
2017"That's When You Know" (with Chris Buck Band) Canadian Country Music Association Video of the YearNominated

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