Kira Isabella Wilkie (born September 18, 1993) is a Canadian country music artist. Isabella was signed to Sony Music in 2009. Her first single, "Love Me Like That", was released in 2011 and charted on the Canadian Hot 100. Isabella released her second single in 2011 entitled "A Real Good Radio". Her third single, "A Little More Work", was released in 2012. Her debut studio album, Love Me Like That, was released in October 2012, and produced two further singles. Kira Isabella announced dates for a 2013 Canadian tour with Terri Clark in October 2012 and Carrie Underwood in December 2012. In 2013, Isabella signed with U.S. record label HitShop Records. The lead single from her second album, "Quarterback", was released in spring 2014.
Early life
Kira Isabella began singing and playing the guitar at 7 years old, under the tutelage of her father and her singing teacher Trina Langthorne. Her ethnic background is Colombian. She was inspired by fellow Canadian country singer Shania Twain and her then recent album, Up!, to enter the country music industry. Her songwriting began development through writing poetry, beginning in the fourth grade. At the age of 14, Kira Isabella won the Rising Star Award in the Female Open Category of a Blyth, Ontario, arts festival. The consequential media exposure that led well-known music producers to Kira Isabella would help launch her career as a country singer.
Influences
Female country singers such as Faith Hill, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain and Taylor Swift have been cited by Kira Isabella as strong musical influences.
Tours and festivals
To date, Kira Isabella has performed as a guest singer on two tours. From October to December 2012, she has worked with Carrie Underwood on her Blown Away Tour and in 2013, with Terri Clark. She will have performed in the Boots and Hearts Music Festival line-up for two years consecutively by August 2013. Her first headlining show was June 30, 2013 in Calabogie, Ontario at the Calabogie Country Music Fest. She also performed at the free biweekly Peterborough Musicfest on July 31, 2013.
Discography
Studio albums Title Details Love Me Like That Release date: October 2, 2012 Label: Sony Music Canada Caffeine & Big Dreams Release date: October 14, 2014 Label: Sony Music Canada Sides Release date: March 15, 2019 Label: Creator Brand
Extended plays Title Details Side A Release date: November 23, 2018 Label: Creator Brand Side B Release date: January 11, 2019 Label: Creator Brand
Singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album CAN Country "That's When You Know": "We Should Be Together": CAN 2011 "Love Me Like That" 11 99 Love Me Like That "A Real Good Radio" 22 — 2012 "A Little More Work" 5 68 "Songs About You" 13 93 2013 "Blame It on Your Truck" 18 — 2014 "Quarterback" 10 79 Caffeine & Big Dreams "Gone Enough" 10 — 2015 "Shake It If Ya Got It" 19 — 2016 "I'm So Over Getting Over You" 17 — rowspan="2" 2017 "Missing You" — — 2018 "I Don't Wanna Know" — — Sides "Little Girl" 14 — "Danger Danger" 44 — 2019 "We Should Be Together" 42 — "Soon" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Featured singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album CAN Country 2017 "That's When You Know" 19 Chris Buck Band
Christmas singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album CAN Country CAN AC 2013 "A Country Boy for Christmas" 38 — rowspan="2" 2014 "Baby, It's Cold Outside" — 31
Music videos Year Video Director 2011 "Love Me Like That" Sean Danby "A Real Good Radio" Jordan Eady 2012 "A Little More Work" Ben Knechtel "Songs About You" 2013 "Little White Church" 2014 "Quarterback" RT! "Gone Enough" 2015 "Shake It If Ya Got It" Ally Pankiw 2016 "I'm So Over Getting Over You" Emma Higgins 2018 "I Don't Wanna Know" (acoustic) Ted Ellis
Awards
| 2016 | Kira Isabella | Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year
| rowspan="2"| 2015 | Kira Isabella | Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year
| Caffeine & Big Dreams | Juno Award for Country Album of the Year
| 2014 | Kira Isabella | Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year
| rowspan="3"| 2013 | Kira Isabella | Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year
| "A Little More Work" | Canadian Country Music Association CMT Video of the Year
| Kira Isabella | Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year
| 2012 | Kira Isabella | Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star Award
| 2017 |"That's When You Know" (with Chris Buck Band) | Canadian Country Music Association Video of the Year
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