Kina Grannis

Kina Grannis: Biography in Details

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Kina Grannis is a famous Japanese-American singer-songwriter, YouTuber, and guitarist.

Grannis won the 2008 Doritos Crash Super Bowl contest and earned a recording contract with Interscope Records.

Kina Grannis: Age, Parents, Siblings, Nationality, Ethnicity

She was born on August 4, 1985, in Mission Viejo, California, United States. Her full name is Kina Kasuya Grannis.

She was born to her father Gordon Grannis and her mother Trish Grannis.

Her father, Gordon worked as a chiropractor and her mother Trish worked as a graphic designer.

She has two sisters: Misa and Emi Grannis.

Kina Grannis holds American citizenship but her ethnicity is a mix of French, English, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Welsh, German, Swiss-German, and Japanese.

Education, School/College University

Kina Grannis joined Viejo Elementary School, Newhart Middle School, and then Capistrano Valley High School from which she graduated in 2003.

After that, she attended the University Of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.

Kina Grannis graduated from the same in the year 2007 summa cum laude in social science with an emphasis on psychology.

She was offered to produce an album in Thornton School of Music’s music and music industry departments when she was a student at the University of Southern California.

Kina Grannis: Professional Life and Career

In 2006, Kina Grannis released two albums which were recorded and self-released which were titled ‘One More in the Attic’ and ‘In Memory of the Singing Bridge’.

On November 14, 2007, she created her own YouTube channel and her first video is Message from Your Heart this song entered the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest.

She worked with the label to release her album but she left the label to become an independent artist in January 2009.

After that, she released ‘Sincerely, Me’ (January 12, 2006), ‘One More in The Attic’ (August 23, 2006), ‘In Memory of the Singing Bridge’ (August 24, 2006), ‘Stairwells’ (February 23, 2010, and re-released on April 5, 2011), ‘Elements’ (May 6, 2014), ‘In The Waiting’ (June 29, 2018).

Kina Grannis made her first world tour in 2011, the World in Front of Me Tour, and then her tour In Your Arms Tour (2011-2012).

Moreover, she joined a site created by Jack Conte in April 2014 to provide artists with a living via direct support called The Patreon.

Similarly, she created a record label in April 2017 with the help of her patrons and supporters and named the label KG Records.

She recorded, produced, and released her own songs through KG Records.

Kina Grannis won the Doritos Crash Super Bowl contest and was offered a contract with Interscope Records.

Kina Grannis: Net Worth, Salary

She has an estimated net worth of around $3 million as of 2022,  and she has earned that sum of money from her professional career.

Kina Grannis: Rumors and Controversy

Kina Grannis headed to Jakarta, Indonesia on a tour on September 14, 2015, but due to complications with her work visa, she was detained for 100 days in Indonesia.

Also, she was told not to make YouTube videos and not talk about her struggles but she wrote two of her songs California and For Now.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Kina Grannis has a height of 5 ft. 4 inches and weighs 54 kg.

She has dark brown eyes and black hair. Her distinctive features are short hair and arc-shaped eyebrows.

Social Media

Kina Grannis has around 207.5k followers on Instagram, about 153k followers on Twitter, and around 620k followers on Facebook.

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