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Artist
Kerli
12+ albums
alternativepopfemale vocalistsestonianrock
about
Kerli Kõiv (born February 7, 1987), known simply as Kerli, is a singer-songwriter from Elva, Estonia. Avant-garde, mystical, and magical are just some of the ways her fans describe Kerli's music. As Estonia's most successful music export, this unique artist has defied genre and created a musical world all her own; an eclectic style, drawing on a wide range of influences such as electronic, pop, goth, and experimental. In 2002, she began competing in numerous singing competitions and winning most of them. She later moved to the United States where she was signed to Island Records by L.A. Reid. There, she worked with David Maurice on numerous songs, three of which were released on her EP "Kerli". Her debut album, "Love Is Dead", in 2008 which charted on the Billboard 200. The lead single, "Walking on Air," was featured as the iTunes single of the week where it was downloaded over 500,000 times, a record at that time. In 2010, she appeared on the album "Almost Alice" with the song "Tea Party" and "Strange", the latter being a duet with Tokio Hotel. In March 2013 her second EP and third major release overall, "Utopia", was released in digital form. The album peaked at #196 on the Billboard Top 200, #7 on U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums, and #23 on the Itunes US chart. Singles "Army of Love", Zero Gravity", and "The Lucky Ones" entered the top 10 Billboard Hot Dance, two of them peaking at number 1. Two of the songs written by Kerli for this album - "Skyscraper" and "I Fee
