Kimbra Lee

Kimbra Lee: Biography in Details

Who is Kimbra Lee?

Kimbra Lee is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and actress recognized for fusing pop, R&B, jazz, and rock musical elements. She has also won Grammy Awards and ARIA Music Awards.

Kimbra was most recently seen as a musical guest in Helpsters. In 2023, she also released her fourth album, A Reckoning. Besides, there is no information available concerning her next projects.

Kimbra Lee: Bio, Age, Parents, Education, Ethnicity

Kimbra Lee Johnson, popularly known as Kimbra Lee, was born in Hamilton, New Zealand on March 27, 1990. As of 2023, she is 33 years old. Kimbra is a Christian who has become a naturalized New Zealander citizen. Her natal sign is also Aries.

Her father, Ken Johnson, was the chief doctor at the University of Waikato’s student health clinic, and her mother, Chris, was an orthopedic nurse. Matthew Johnson is her brother’s name.

Kimbra began creating music when she was ten years old. When she was 12 years old, her father purchased her a guitar, and after a few years of tuition, she was on stage playing with her guitar teachers.

Kimbra went to Hillcrest High School and competed in the national schools’ musical competition Rockquest for three years in a row, earning second in 2004 at the age of 14. She sang in the Hillcrest High School jazz chorus, Scat.

Kimbra Lee: Profession, Career

Kimbra Lee’s early public engagements as a 10-year-old included singing the New Zealand national anthem in front of 27,000 people during the 2002 NPC rugby union final at the Waikato Times Gold Cup race meeting.

She drew the attention of ex-Independiente Records boss Mark Richardson (Jamiroquai, Paula Abdul) and his newly formed management company and independent label Forum 5 in Melbourne, Victoria, in 2007, after winning the Juice TV award for Best Breakthrough Music Video for her second single “Simply on My Lips.”

She also signed with Richardson and moved to Melbourne in 2008. “Settle Down,” Kimbra’s debut single for Forum 5, was released in June 2010. She started working on the song four years ago and finished it alongside François Tétaz.

She also appears in the song video, which includes wide-angle and kaleidoscopic images of her going across golden fields while dressed in face paint and clothing. “Cameo Lover” by Kimbra was a finalist in the 2011 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition, which she subsequently won.

Franklin also directed the music video for her following track, “Cameo Lover,” which came out in April. Kimbra performed in Sydney’s Oxford Arts Factory on March 13 for the Moomba Festival and ChillOut Festival to promote the premiere of her new track, “Cameo Lover.”

On February 10, 2013, Kimbra and Gotye won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Show for “Somebody That I Used to Know.” With this accomplishment, she became only the third New Zealand vocalist in history to receive a Grammy Award.

Some of the television series that she has contributed so far are as an actress:

• Rockwiz
• Saturday Night Live
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Project Runway Australia
• Last Call with Carson Daly
• Rock in Rio
• Late Show with David Letterman
• Sesame Street
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
• Late Night with Seth Meyers
• Helpsters and more.

Awards and Nominations

• APRA Award
• ARIA Awards
• Billboard Music Award
• Grammy Awards
• New Zealand Music Awards
• MTV Europe Music Award
• MTV Video Music Award
• Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition
• Juice TV Awards
• J Award
• GAFFA- Prisen Awards and many more.

Kimbra Lee: Net Worth, Salary

Kimbra Lee is a New Zealand singer-songwriter who has made a good living from her music. Kimbra’s net worth is projected to be approximately $3.5 million, and her yearly income is $450k as of 2023.

Rumors, Controversy

Viewers were critical of Kimbra Lee’s performance, which included a subpar version of Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. Twitter exploded with outrage following the Grammy-winning singer’s performance in Sydney.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

When it comes to her height, Kimbra Lee stands 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 52 kg. Kimbra’s physical measurements are 34-27-33 inches, her eyes are grey, and her hair is black. She also wears a dress size 6 and shoes size 7 (US).

Is Kimbra Lee active on Social Media?

Kimbra Lee is an extremely active Instagram user, with 252k followers and the Instagram handle @kimbramusic. Her Instagram account has also been confirmed with a blue check mark.

Similarly, her Twitter handle @kimbramusic has 117.9k followers, who joined in May 2009. Her Facebook page, @Kimbra, has 453k followers. Finally, she has her own YouTube account, @kimbramusic, where she has 331k subscribers.

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