Kaylee Bell

Kaylee Bell is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. In 2013, she won the Toyota Star Maker award and experienced local success with the single, "Pieces", with fellow award-winner Jared Porter. She subsequently released her debut studio album, Heartfirst, later that year. Bell has placed multiple singles in the top 10 of the Australian country music charts and won multiple awards for her music. She was the most-streamed female country artist in Australasia in 2020, and third-most overall behind Keith Urban and Morgan Evans.[1] Her second album, Silver Linings, is scheduled for release in November 2021.

Kaylee Bell
BornWaimate, Canterbury, New Zealand
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active2013–present
Websitekayleebellmusic.com

Career

Kaylee Bell was born in Waimate in Canterbury, New Zealand and began singing at the age of four.[2] She won the NZ Gold Guitar Award at age 18 and moved to Australia four years later to pursue a career in country music.[2] In 2013, she won the prestigious Toyota Star Maker award, which earned her a recording contract which led to her releasing the single "Pieces" with fellow Australasian, Jared Porter.[3] The song received substantial airplay in Australia and earned the duo an APRA Award for Best Country Music Song at the 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards and the overall grand prize at the US Unsigned Only Competition, marking the first time a non-American had won the latter award.[4][5][2] Bell independently released her debut studio album, Heartfirst, in 2013 that included her first solo single of the same name.[6] Heartfirst won Best Country Album at the 2014 New Zealand Music Awards.[7]

In 2016, Bell released a cover of Lucy Hale's song "That's What I Call Crazy" and the single "Getting Closer", with the latter charting on the New Zealand Heatseekers singles chart. She released the song "Next Somebody" in 2017 to modest success. Bell started reaching career highs on the Australia country music charts with the release of her singles "One More Shot", "Who I Am", "Keith", and "Wasted on You" in 2018 and 2019; these songs and "Getting Closer" were later repackaged as The Red EP in 2021. Three further one-off singles were released in 2020: "Light On", "Home", and "Be With You".[8] In 2021, Bell released three collaborative singles "That Summer" with Josh Mirenda or Lepnani,[1] "Before I Met You" with The McClymonts, and "Living Free" with Lindsay Ell, and announced that her second studio album, Silver Linings, would be released November 26, 2021.[9]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Album details
Heartfirst
  • Release date: 5 July 2013
  • Label: Rural Press Events
Silver Linings
  • Release date: 26 November 2021
  • Label: Independent

Extended plays
Title EP details
The Red EP
  • Release date: February 26, 2021
  • Label: Independent

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS Airplay
[10]		 AUS Country
[11]		 NZ
Hot
[12]
"Heartfirst"[13] 2013 ——— Heartfirst
"Pieces"[14]
(with Jared Porter)		 2014 ——— East to West
"That's What I Call Crazy"[15] 2016 ——— Non-album single
"Getting Closer" —13—[upper-alpha 1] The Red EP
"Next Somebody" 2017 —17—[upper-alpha 2] Non-album single
"One More Shot" 2018 —30—[upper-alpha 3] The Red EP
"Who I Am"[19] ———
"Keith" 2019 131025
"Wasted on You" —6—[upper-alpha 4]
"Light On"[21] 2020 ——— Non-album singles
"Home"[22] ———
"Be With You" ———[upper-alpha 5]
"That Summer"
(featuring Josh Mirenda or Lepani)		 2021 ——17 Silver Linings
"Before I Met You"
(featuring The McClymonts)		 —5—[upper-alpha 6]
"Living Free"[25]
(featuring Lindsay Ell)		 —23—[upper-alpha 7]
"—" denotes recording that failed to chart or was not eligible to chart.

Notes
  1. "Getting Closer" was released prior to the creation of the current Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number 7 on the New Zealand Heatseekers Chart which ranked the top ten singles outside the main singles chart.[16]
  2. "Next Somebody" was released prior to the creation of the current Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number 3 on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart which ranked the fastest-rising singles outside the main singles chart by New Zealand artists.[17]
  3. "One More Shot" did not enter the Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart which tracks only songs by New Zealand artists.[18]
  4. "Wasted on You" did not enter the Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number 12 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart which tracks only songs by New Zealand artists.[20]
  5. "Be With You" did not enter the Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart which tracks only songs by New Zealand artists.[23]
  6. "Before I Met You" did not enter the Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number 20 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart which tracks only songs by New Zealand artists.[24]
  7. "Living Free" did not enter the Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number 20 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart which tracks only songs by New Zealand artists.[26]

References
  1. "Kaylee Bell to Release New Single 'That Summer'". New Zealand Music Commission. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. "Kaylee Bell | NZ Artist Directory". New Zealand Music Commission. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. Scronin (26 January 2013). "Kaylee Bell crowned 2013 Toyota Star Maker". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  4. Ashby-Coventry, Esther (24 May 2015). "Top Country Music Winners". Stuff. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. "Jared Porter and Kaylee Bell have won the Unsigned Only Music Competition". Northern Daily Leader. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. "2013: The year in pictures". Western Advocate. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. "'Holy crap, thank you!' - Lorde wins all the Tuis at New Zealand Music Awards". New Zealand Herald. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  8. "Spotify - Kaylee Bell - Discography". Spotify. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  9. Ashby-Coventry, Esther (28 September 2021). "From Waimate to New York: Kaylee Bell lights up Times Square". Stuff. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  10. Peak positions on the all-genre Australian Air Radio Play chart:
  11. Peak positions on the Australian Countrytown Hot 50 chart (formerly the Country or Country Top 50 chart):
  12. Peak positions on New Zaeland's Hot Singles Chart:
  13. Daykin, James (15 February 2019). "LYRICinterviews: Kaylee Bell On Her New Single 'Keith', Life In Australia & Making It In Nashville". Lyric Magazine. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  14. "Toyota Star Maker". Tamworth Country Music Festival. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  15. "Whats new on Australian Country Radio". Australian Country Radio. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  16. "NZ Top 10 Discover Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  17. "Top 20 New Zealand Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  18. "Hot NZ Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  19. "Kaylee Bell Declares 'Who I Am'". New Zealand Music Commission. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  20. "Hot NZ Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  21. "Light On - Single by Kaylee Bell". Apple Music. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  22. Holden, Joanne (1 July 2020). "Waimate stars in country musician Kaylee Bell's new single". Stuff. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  23. "Hot NZ Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  24. "Hot NZ Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  25. "Locals Only: Kiwi artist Kaylee Bell wants to bring country music back to Aotearoa". New Zealand Herald. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  26. "Hot NZ Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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