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Orange County, CA (2001 – present)

Kina Kasuya Grannis (born August 4, 1985, of Japanese, English, Irish, French, and German descent) is a Japanese-American guitarist and singer-songwriter from Orange County, CA. She started performing in 2001 after getting over with her shyness. Kina independently released her first full-length album, Stairwells, on February 23, 2010. Her music is both sweet and melancholy, but always filled with hope.

Kina started playing shows at the age of four in front of her stuffed animals. Now she plays in front of people, though it wasn’t the quickest transition for the admittedly shy songstress. While attending college at USC, Kina often retreated to the secluded stairwells around campus where she could write and sing without being heard. Protected by their quiet confines, she found a safe haven and a creative outlet for her music. Armed with a guitar and a cup of tea, Kina wrote in every stairwell she came across. And it was within these stairwells that she developed her confidence as a songwriter and her poise as a performer.

In 2007, Kina joined YouTube, made a music video and entered herself into a contest. A few months later, her video for “Message From Your Heart” aired during the Superbowl and its 97 million viewers (or 194 million eyeballs, depending on how you’re keeping track) and she walked away with a record deal.

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1		Valentine			657
2		Fast Car (feat. Kina Grannis)			614
3		In Your Arms			597
4		The One You Say Goodnight To			307
5		Message From Your Heart			266
6		With Or Without You (feat. Kina Grannis)			264
7		World In Front Of Me			255
8		Stars Falling Down			202
9		Heart And Mind			188
10		Mr. Sun			187
11		The Goldfish Song			182
12		Delicate			180
13		Gone			159
14		It's Love			154
15		Use Somebody (Kings of Leon Cover)			139

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