Kina Grannis Biography
Kina Grannis (Kina Kasuya Grannis) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and YouTuber. She was the winner of the 2008 Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest. There, she earned a recording contract with Interscope Records and also had her music video played during the commercials of Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008.
Kina Grannis Age
Kina Kasuya Grannis was born on 4 August 1985 in Mission Viejo, California, United States. She is 33 years old as of 2018.
Kina Grannis Parents
Grannis was born to Trish Grannis a graphic designer, and Gordon Grannis a chiropractor. She has two sisters Misa and Emi who have occasionally been featured in her video blogs and also have accompanied her at concerts and on tour.
Kina Grannis Husband
Grannis met frequent musical collaborator Jesse Epstein while attending Capistrano Valley High School; Jesse was in the grade below Kina. The couple got married in a small ceremony in Los Angeles, California on August 31, 2013.
Kina Grannis Career
Kina recorded and self-released two albums, One More in the Attic and In Memory of the Singing Bridge in 2006. She then recorded “Ours to Keep” written by Rachael Lawrence and Deborah Ellen in early 2007. The song would be featured regularly on General Hospital and was also an episode of the ABC Family’s mini-series Samurai Girl in September 2008.
It was also in an episode of the ABC Family’s mini-series Samurai Girl in September 2008. She created her YouTube account on November 14, 2007, and began posting videos of her songs online. Her first video “Message from Your Heart,” was also entered into Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest.
She sang the national anthem for the Auto Club 500 NASCAR race in Fontana, California on February 24, 2008. Her songs “Never Never” and “People” were used in episodes of MTV’s reality series College Life in June 2009. She was the headliner at a sold-out show at The Troubadour club in Los Angeles on January 13, 2010.
She released her album Stairwells and the music video for “In Your Arms” in 2010. The album leads to appearances on The Ellen Degeneres Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Her longtime collaboration with Wong Fu Productions culminated in a starring role in the YouTube Red Original romantic comedy series Single by 30. She released In the Waiting in 2018 shortly after making a cameo appearance in Crazy Rich Asians.
Kina Grannis Jakarta
Grannis and her band left Los Angeles heading to Jakarta, Indonesia on September 14, 2015. that would have been the first concert in a tour of Southeast Asia. Kina was detained for 100 days in the country due to complications with her work visa. Grannis was told not to talk about her struggles or create any YouTube videos.
Kina Grannis’s Net Worth
The American YouTube personality has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Kina Grannis Philanthropy
Being an avid supporter of cancer research, she has performed at several Southern California Relay For Life functions over the years. Grannis contributed her music to the Band Together: To Fight Measles benefit album in late 2007.
Grannis also participated in the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco to support the Leukemia Lymphoma Society in honor of her mother, raising $6,000 for the organization in October 2008.
the philanthropic organization Sister to Sisters adopted her song “Message from Your Heart” in 2009.
Grannis launched a charity project called Run Team Kina dedicated to the promotion of personal health and wellness and to raising money for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society in 2012. Run Team Kina raised $71,886 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in 2012.
Kina Grannis Songs
- Can’t Help Falling In Love
Crazy Rich Asians (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2018 - My Dear
ELEMENTS · 2014 - I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You
All My Love · 2018 - In Your Arms
Stairwells · 2010 - The One You Say Goodnight To
Stairwells · 2010 - Message From Your Heart
Stairwells · 2010 - Valentine
Stairwells · 2010 - For Now
In the Waiting · 2018 - Dear River
ELEMENTS · 2014 - Cups
2013 - Stay Just a Little
Stairwells · 2010 - You Are My Sunshine
2008 - Stars Falling Down
Stairwells · 2010 - Little Worrier
ELEMENTS · 2014 - Birdsong
In the Waiting · 2018 - World in Front of Me
Stairwells · 2010 - I Found You
All My Love · 2018 - The Goldfish Song
Stairwells · 2010 - Oh Father
ELEMENTS · 2014 - When Will I Learn
In the Waiting · 2018 - History
In the Waiting · 2018 - Lonesome
In the Waiting · 2018 - Forever Blue
ELEMENTS · 2014 - Write It in the Sky
ELEMENTS · 2014 - In The Waiting
In the Waiting · 2018 - Heart and Mind
Stairwells · 2010 - Sweater Weather
ELEMENTS · 2014 - The Fire
ELEMENTS · 2014 - Back To Us
Stairwells · 2010 - Down and Gone
In the Memory of the Singing Bridge · 2006 - All Along
In the Waiting · 2018 - It’s Love
Stairwells · 2010
