Tori Kelly
Tori Kelly is a California singer-songwriter whose music brings together pop, R&B, soul and gospel, from her early YouTube covers to God Must Really Love Me.
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Tori’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus her backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
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Overview
- From
- Wildomar, California
- Born
- December 14, 1992
- Work
- Singer and songwriter
- Early releases
- Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly (2012)
- Breakout album
- Unbreakable Smile (2015), No. 2 on the Billboard 200
Mini bio
How it started.
Tori grew up in California and appeared on American Idol in 2010. YouTube gave her a place to keep building: her early uploads included a 2007 cover of “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” followed by acoustic performances and collaborations. She independently released Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly in 2012.
Finding her audience.
Her cover of Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You” helped introduce listeners to her voice. By the end of 2012, her YouTube channel had more than 250,000 subscribers. Unbreakable Smile reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2015, with songs including “Nobody Love” and “Should’ve Been Us.”
More ways to tell a story.
Hiding Place put gospel at the center of her second studio album and brought Grammy wins for the album and “Never Alone.” She also voiced Meena, the shy teenage elephant in Sing. TORI. followed in 2024 as her first studio album with Epic Records.
Where she is now.
God Must Really Love Me brings together R&B, soul, acoustic pop and gospel. Tori wrote much of it around the arrival of her son, Zayden, and kept recordings of his voice in the music. Her main collaborators on the album included Tommy King and Dan Farber.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026God Must Really Love MeSinger and songwriter
- 2026A Million ChancesCollaborator with Jamie MacDonald
- 2025Make A BabyLead artist, featuring Lucky Daye
- 2025this is what floating feels likeCo-artist with JVKE
- 2024TORI.Recording artist
- 2018Hiding PlaceRecording artist
- 2015Unbreakable SmileRecording artist
Film
- 2016SingVoice of Meena
Awards
- Grammy: Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella2025 · “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” with Jacob Collier and John Legend.
- Grammy: Best Gospel Album2019 · Hiding Place.
- Grammy: Best Gospel Performance/Song2019 · “Never Alone,” with Kirk Franklin.
- Grammy nomination: Best New Artist2016 · Nominated following Unbreakable Smile.
Quotes
At the end of the day, I want people to feel loved when they hear this record.Tori Kelly, official Shore Fire Media biography
Speaking about God Must Really Love Me and the connection she hopes listeners find in it.
Trivia
- Her first YouTube upload highlighted by YouTube’s own career retrospective was a 2007 cover of “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”
- Her January 2012 cover of “Thinkin Bout You” appeared before Frank Ocean officially released the song.
- “Bliss” began as a lullaby she wrote while holding her son.
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