Kina Grannis
| Kina Grannis | |
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Grannis performing live
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kina Kasuya Grannis |
| Born | August 4, 1985 |
| Origin | Mission Viejo, California, United States |
| Genres |
Acoustic Pop |
| Occupation(s) |
Guitarist Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments |
Guitar Vocals |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Labels | One Haven (2010–present) Independent (2009–2010) Interscope Records (2008) |
| Associated acts | David Choi, Boyce Avenue, Joseph Vincent, I Fight Dragons, Hoodie Allen, Marié Digby, Imaginary Future, Kurt Hugo Schneider |
| Website | www.kinagrannis.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Taylor 814ce Taylor K22ce Cordoba 45-R Kamaka HF-2 Concert |
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Kina Kasuya Grannis (born August 4, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Grannis was the winner of the 2008 Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest. As a result of winning, she earned a recording contract with Interscope Records and had her music video played during the commercials of Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008. She won Best Web-Born Artist at the 2011 MTV O Music Awards.
Her progress in the competition was covered in The Orange County Register and The Wall Street Journal. Grannis has also been featured on FOX News Los Angeles, Good Day L.A. and Yahoo!.
Grannis grew up in Mission Viejo, California, and it was here where her love for music began. In elementary school, she composed and submitted piano compositions to district art competitions. Soon afterwards, she began playing the violin, an instrument she would play throughout high school. By age 15, she started teaching herself the guitar and it was this instrument with which she fell in love.
Grannis attended Viejo Elementary School, Newhart Middle School and, from 1999 to 2003, Capistrano Valley High School.
Grannis enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles in 2003. Two years later, staff members of the University's Thornton School of Music asked her to produce an album in their music and music industry departments. That album, Sincerely, Me., was released the same year. In 2007, she graduated summa cum laude in social science with an emphasis on psychology. While attending USC, she was inducted into academic societies Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.
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