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| Birth name | Kirsten C. Price |
| Born | 8 September 1979 Islington, London, England |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | KPI |
| Website | Official website |
Kirsten Price (born 8 September 1979) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. She released her first single "Magic Tree", [1] from her debut album Guts & Garbage , [2] in 2007. Subsequently, she released her next single, "With or Without You" [3] and her second LP, Brixton to Brooklyn , [4] in 2010.
Price was born in Islington, London, where she received classical training playing piano and singing in various choirs. She moved to New York City in early September 2001. [5]
Price was signed to Sony Records in 2007, and began recording Guts & Garbage . On that album she collaborated with Raphael Saadiq and Danny Saber. [5] Following business complications with the label, Price took the initiative to form her own label, KPI, [6] and released the album in 2008.
Around this time, Price recorded several covers and an original song for other commercial usage. In 2007, she recorded a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Feeling Groovy", which appeared in a Clinique commercial. In 2007, she recorded a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke" for a Lee Jeans commercial.[ citation needed ]
In 2008, Price also recorded vocals for the opening track, "We Will Be Heroes", of the Pokémon DP: Battle Dimension television series, and the ending track, "I'll Always Remember You", for two Pokémon movies, The Rise of Darkrai and Arceus and the Jewel of Life .
Price collaborated on the production of Kidz Bop 15 in 2009, where she acted as vocal producer. [7]
The single from the Guts & Garbage album, "Magic Tree", was used by a number of major TV syndicates, such as Showtime and ABC. [8] [9] This single also appeared on a compilation album by Showtime. [10]
In 2010, she released "With or Without You" as the lead single from her self-produced second album, Brixton to Brooklyn . [5] Several songs from the album, including the single, have also been picked up for use on more network shows, such as on Oxygen's The Bad Girls Club , [11] MTV's The City , [12] and VH1's Mob Wives. [13]