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Kiesza

Canadian singer and songwriter

PersonAge 37humanQ16730833

Also known as Kiesa Rae Ellestad

Born: January 29, 1989
, January 16, 1989
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Birthplace: Calgary
Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: dancer
, singer
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, beauty pageant contestant
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Education: Berklee College of Music
, Springbank Community High School
, The Royal Conservatory of Music
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Height: 66.15 in
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Kiesa Rae Ellestad, known professionally as Kiesza, is a Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Calgary. She has released multiple singles, including "Hideaway" and "Giant in My Heart", as well as the albums Sound of a Woman (2014) and Crave (2020). She has also toured, both as headliner and as opening act, and she has earned several nominations and won multiple awards.

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Sex or gender: female
Website: kiesza.com
Instrument: electronic keyboard
voice
guitar
Genre: folk music
house music
pop music
electronic music
Discography: Kiesza discography
Family name: Ellestad
Nickname: Kiesza
Given name: Rae
Pseudonym: Kiesza
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Voice type: soprano
Military branch: Naval Reserve
Social media followers: 787,000(May 4, 2024) youtube channel id: UC-h7O5eERbl6lLuOgYJ0GbQ
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87,444(February 10, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20436712
775,000(March 21, 2023) youtube channel id: UC-h7O5eERbl6lLuOgYJ0GbQ
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88,754(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20436712
713,000(July 3, 2021) youtube channel id: UC-h7O5eERbl6lLuOgYJ0GbQ
90,776(January 10, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20436712
93,076(April 13, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20436712
Name in native language: Kiesza
Birth name: Kiesa Rae Ellestad
Start of work period: 2005

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