Tori Kelly

Tori Kelly
Kelly in 2023
Born	Victoria Loren Kelly (1992-12-14) December 14, 1992 (age 31)[1] Wildomar, California, U.S.
Occupations	Singer songwriter actress
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	André Murillo ​ (m. 2018)​
Musical career
Origin	Canyon Lake, California, U.S.
Genres	R&B pop soul gospel[2]
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar
Labels	Epic Beautiful Mind Capitol Schoolboy Geffen
Musical artist
Website	torikellymusic.com
Signature

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. Thereafter, she independently released her self-produced debut EP in 2012, Handmade Songs.

In 2013, after Scooter Braun became her manager, Kelly signed with Capitol Records. Her second EP and first major-label release, Foreword (2013), followed soon after. Kelly's debut studio album Unbreakable Smile (2015) peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States with its lead single, "Nobody Love", marking her first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Kelly was nominated for Best New Artist at the 58th Grammy Awards, and voiced Meena in the 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. In 2019, Kelly released her third studio album Inspired by True Events, followed by her fourth studio album, A Tori Kelly Christmas, in 2020. After signing to Epic Records and Jon Bellion's Beautiful Mind, Kelly released an EP Tori (2023), closely followed by her fifth studio album, the Y2K-inspired Tori. (2024).