YouTube has brought us some great musicians and artists and Kina Grannis was one of those who took the opportunity to bring together a crowd of fans and listeners. She is an American singer-songwriter who plays guitar and is a faithful user of YouTube. Her story is an exciting one that would inspire you to be the best that you can despite the obvious limitations. Read on to get a handle on some personal details of Kina’s life.
Kina Grannis Bio (Age, Ethnicity)
Kina Grannis was born with the full name KinaKasuya Grannis on August 4, 1985. She has Japanese ancestry through her mother. She was raised in Mission Viejo, California, where she attended Viejo Elementary School, followed by Newhart Middle School, and then enrolled in high school at Capistrano Valley High School. She then attended college at the University of South Carolina (USC), where she received a summa cum laude degree in social sciences with a concentration in psychology in 2007.
While still at USC, she was invited by the university’s Thorton School of Music to create an album with the music industry department. The album is called Sincerely I was released in 2005. She was also inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Academic Society while still at USC. She was still in school when she recorded and released two more albums on her own in 2006. Their titles were Another One in the Attic and In Memory of the Singing Bridge .
career
A song she recorded in 2007 entitled Ours to Keep was featured quite a bit in episodes of General Hospital and an episode of the ABC Family miniseries Samurai Girl. In the same year 2007, she finally created a YouTube account through which she uploaded videos online. Her first video on the platform, titled Message from the Heart , entered the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl competition. Kina Grannis won that competition and got a deal with Interscope Records as part of her win.
To date, her YouTube videos have gotten over 99 million views and she is undoubtedly one of the most popular personalities on YouTube. She announced in January 2009 that she would be returning to independent artists and leaving Interscope Records. She has also attempted to be part of a few short film and serial productions including The Last One, Funemployed and Single through 30 . She also appears in videos with other YouTube stars such as Boyce Avenue.
In April 2014, Kina Grannis joined Patreon and started her own record label, made up of backers who fully funded the creation of her album. She named the record label KGRecords on the advice of her supporters and began recording and releasing songs from the upcoming album in 2017.
Family – parents, siblings
Kina Grannis was born to Trish and Gordon Grannis. Trish Grannis, her mother was a graphic designer and her father, Gordon Grannis, was a chiropractor. She also has two sisters named Misa Grannis and Emi Grannis and the two are known for appearing on her videos and accompanying her on her concerts and tours.
Is Kina Grannis Married? Man
Kina Grannis is married to another singer-songwriter named Jesse Epstein. The two married in Los Angeles, California after being the textbook definition of high school sweethearts. They met while they were both attending Capistrano Valley High School, where Jesse Epstein had been a grade below his future wife. The two often collaborate on their music and Kina Grannis used some of their wedding footage to do the music video for her song My Darling .
Height
Kina Grannis stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches 163 centimeters. She is of slim build and her profession as a singer and her singing style – playing soft and sultry music while playing the guitar – does not require as much movement or activity. But it’s still a recognizable fact that the singer-songwriter works out regularly.