Kiiara

Kiiara
Birth name Kiara Saulters[1]
Born (1995-05-24) May 24, 1995
Wilmington, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2013–present
Labels

Kiara Saulters (born May 24, 1995), known professionally as Kiiara, is an American singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Illinois.[3][4] She is currently signed to Atlantic Records. Her music is described as downcast electronic pop with bass-heavy, trap-style rap production.[5]

Early life

Kiara Saulters is the youngest of three children of Scott R. Saulters (born October 9, 1956) and Jacqueline Ann Tulley (born November 24, 1960).[6] She first attended Saint Francis Xavier Day School in La Grange, Illinois. After her parents divorced, Kiiara grew up in Wilmington, Illinois.[7] She attended Wilmington High School where she played for the school's volleyball team.[7] While recording her breakout EP, she also worked as a hardware store clerk. She started a studio internship to help familiarize herself with the music process and get practice recording.[1][3]

Career

In 2013, under her real name, Kiara Saulters, she independently released an acoustic pop single, called "Bring Me Back".[1][8]

In June 2015, after signing a deal to Atlantic Records and changing to her stage name from Kiara Saulters to Kiiara, Kiiara released her debut single, called "Gold".[3][9] In 2015, the song "Gold" was chosen as background music of a 15-second Apple Watch commercial, titled "Style".[10] The music video for "Gold" was published on March 21, 2016. Her debut extended play (EP), low kii savage was released on March 22, 2016.[11][12] The video for "Gold" quickly garnered popularity, reaching at five million views during mid-May 2016.[13]

On September 15, 2016, Kiiara made her television debut, performing "Gold" on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.[14] Kiiara was featured on Linkin Park's single, "Heavy", which was released digitally on February 16, 2017, and on radio on February 21.[15][16] This became their last song that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Influences

Kiiara cites Eminem, Rihanna, Yelawolf and Linkin Park as her influences.[17]

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[18]		 US
Heat.
[19]		 AUS
[20]
Low Kii Savage 41 13 46

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[21]		 AUS
[20]		 BEL
(FL)
[22]		 CAN
[23]		 DEN
[24]		 IRE
[25]		 ITA
[26]		 NZ
[27]		 SWE
[28]		 UK
[29]
"Bring Me Back"[30] 2013 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Gold" 2015 13 5 15 20 12 32 53 22 29 48 Low kii savage
"Feels"[39] 2016 — — — — — — — — — —
"Hang Up tha Phone"[40] — — — — — — — — — —
"Dopemang"[41]
(featuring Ashley All Day)		 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Whippin"
(featuring Felix Snow)		 2017 — — —[upper-alpha 1] 94 — — — —[upper-alpha 2] — — TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[21]		 AUS
[20]		 BEL
(FL)
[22]		 CAN
[23]		 IRE
[25]		 ITA
[26]		 UK
[29]
"Heavy"
(Linkin Park featuring Kiiara)[43]		 2017 45
[44] 		33
[45] 		—[upper-alpha 3] 46
[46] 		88
[47] 		78
[48] 		43 One More Light
"Complicated"
(Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and David Guetta featuring Kiiara)		 — — 39 — — — — Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Whippin" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 46 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[22]
  2. ↑ "Whippin" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number six on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[42]
  3. ↑ "Heavy" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 4 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Kiiara". MTV Artists. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kiiara - Warner Music Canada". Warner Music Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Golden, Zara (June 17, 2015). "Kiiara Won't Stand To Be Treated Anything Less Than 'Gold' - The Fader". The Fader. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ Williott, Carl (June 17, 2015). "Kiiara Strikes 'Gold' With Debut Single: Listen - Idolator". Idolator. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Kiiara Bio | Kiiara Career". MTV Artists. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcgeehaley/corneliushaley.pdf
  7. 1 2 "High school volleyball: Consistency key for Wilmington". Daily Journal. September 21, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Kiara Saulters: Bring Me Back - Music on Google Play". Google Play. October 25, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Kiiara: Gold - Music on Google Play". Google Play. October 26, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  10. ↑ Louie & Ralph (16 December 2015). "Apple iWatch Werbung Commercial TV Spot mixe deinen Stil / mix your style 2015" – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ Breihan, Tom (June 17, 2015). "Kiiara - 'Gold' - Stereogum". Stereogum. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  12. 1 2 "iTunes Store (US) - Music - Kiiara - low kii savage - EP". iTunes Store (US). March 22, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  13. ↑ Kiiara (March 21, 2016), Kiiara - Gold (Official Video), retrieved May 20, 2016
  14. ↑ Williot, Carl (16 September 2016). "Kiiara Almost Redeems Jimmy Fallon's Trump Episode With "Gold" | Idolator". Idolator. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  15. ↑ Mench, Chris (February 13, 2017). "Linkin Park Premieres The Lyrics To New Single "Heavy" Featuring Kiiara". Genius. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Linkin Park – Heavy Lyrics". Genius. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  17. ↑ Conan Geisler Eigenmann Eminem, Yelawolf, Linkin Park influenced me: ‘Gold’ singer Kiiara Yibada July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Kiiara - Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Kiiara – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  20. 1 2 3 "Kiiara - Discography". Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  21. 1 2 "Kiiara - Chart history (Billboard Hot 100)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  22. 1 2 3 4 "Discografie Kiiara". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  23. 1 2 "Kiiara - Chart history". Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Kiiara - Discography". Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  25. 1 2 "Discography Kiiara". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  26. 1 2 "Kiiara Discography".
  27. ↑ "Kiiara - Discography". Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Sverigetoplistan > Search for Kiiara". Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  29. 1 2 "Kiiara". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Kiara Saulters: Bring Me Back – Music on Google Play". Google Play. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  32. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2016 Singles". ARIA. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  33. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2016". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  34. ↑ "Certified Awards" (Enter the keyword "Kiiara" into the box and select "Artist" into Search By). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Kiiara "Gold"" (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  36. ↑ "Gold & Platinum".
  37. ↑ "Gold/Platinum - Music Canada". Music Canada. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  38. ↑ "Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  39. ↑ "Feels - Single by Kiiara on iTunes". Apple Inc. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  40. ↑ Williott, Carl (March 21, 2016). "Kiiara Returns With "Hang Up Tha Phone" & A Video For "Gold"". Idolatort. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  41. ↑ "dopemang (feat. Ashley All Day) - Single by Kiiara". iTunes. November 4, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  42. ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  43. ↑ "Amazon.com: One More Light: Linkin Park: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Amazon.com. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  44. ↑ "Linkin Park - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com.
  45. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  46. ↑ "Linkin Park - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com.
  47. ↑ "IRMA - Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  48. ↑ "Classifica settimanale WK 8" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
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