Kiwi singer Kimbra is excited about the release of her new album.
Kiwi singer Kimbra who is set to take the world by storm will be marking the release of her debut album in the United States and Canada with two live shows.
The Hamilton-raised recording artist, who was in Perth today, will be flying to the US tomorrow for the launch of Vows.
Kimbra was planning to spend the week in Los Angeles, where she would appear on late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday, and perform a sold-out show at the Masonic Lodge of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Thursday.
Kimbra recently exploded into the international music charts as the featured singer on Australian Gotye's hit song, Somebody That I Used To Know.
Her previous TV performances with Gotye on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Saturday Night Live introduced her to the US public, fortifying her meteoric rise to fame overseas.
Since starting out recording her own songs as a student on a small eight-track recorder borrowed from her school's music department she has made enormous strides.
Her album, Vows, was released in New Zealand and Australia last year, and in its first week of release it charted at #3 in New Zealand and #5 in Australia.
Kimbra was up for the APRA Song of the Year and Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year awards.
Earlier this month, she was awarded the Grand Prize of the Nashville-based International Songwriting Competition.
Kimbra has already won top prize in the Pop Category of the International Songwriting Competition for Cameo Lover, the Critics' Choice Award in 2011 and the Best Female Artist award at the ARIAs in Australia.
After a week in Los Angeles, Kimbra would continue on her tour with Foster the People with a concert in New York on May 29.
- © Fairfax NZ News
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