Victoria Loren "Tori" Kelly (born December 14, 1992) is an American singer and songwriter 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 came out in October 2013 as her first major label release. On June 23, 2015, Kelly's debut album,
Unbreakable Smile, was released. The lead single, "
Nobody Love", was released in the spring and became her first US
Billboard Hot 100 appearance. Kelly is currently nominated for
Best New Artist at the
58th Grammy Awards.