<sod>'''Victoria Loren "Tori" Kelly''' (born December 14, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer who slowly gained recognition after starting to post videos on [[YouTube]] at the age of 14. When she was 16, Kelly auditioned for the singing competition television series ''[[American Idol]]''. After being eliminated from the show, Kelly began to work on her own music. In 2012, she independently released her first EP that she produced, wrote, and mixed herself, titled ''Handmade Songs By Tori Kelly''. The following year, [[Scooter Braun]] became her manager after seeing her videos on [[YouTube]] and introduced her to [[Capitol Records]], with whom she signed in September. Kelly's second EP ''[[Foreword (Tori Kelly EP)|Foreword]]'' came out in October 2013 as her first major label release. On June 23, 2015, Kelly's debut album, ''[[Unbreakable Smile (Tori Kelly album)|Unbreakable Smile]]'', was released. The lead single, "[[Nobody Love]]", was released in the spring and became her first US  [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] appearance. Kelly was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] at the [[58th Annual Grammy Awards|58th Grammy Awards]]. She will star as a shy teenage elephant named Meena in the 2016 movie- musical SING.<eod>
<sod>'''Victoria Loren "Tori" Kelly''' (born December 14, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor who slowly gained recognition after starting to post videos on [[YouTube]] at the age of 14. When she was 16, Kelly auditioned for the singing competition television series ''[[American Idol]]''. After being eliminated from the show, Kelly began to work on her own music. In 2012, she independently released her first EP that she produced, wrote, and mixed herself, titled ''Handmade Songs By Tori Kelly''. The following year, [[Scooter Braun]] became her manager after seeing her videos on [[YouTube]] and introduced her to [[Capitol Records]], with whom she signed in September. Kelly's second EP ''[[Foreword (Tori Kelly EP)|Foreword]]'' came out in October 2013 as her first major label release. On June 23, 2015, Kelly's debut album, ''[[Unbreakable Smile (Tori Kelly album)|Unbreakable Smile]]'', was released. The lead single, "[[Nobody Love]]", was released in the spring and became her first US  [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] appearance. Kelly was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] at the [[58th Annual Grammy Awards|58th Grammy Awards]]. She will star as a shy teenage elephant named Meena in the 2016 movie- musical SING.<eod>