Artist
Kiesza
Kiesza is a singer-songwriter artist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada formed in 2010. 78 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Singer-Songwriter · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Best singer-songwriter albums
- 78
- Releases
- 2008–2026
- Active years
- 2010
- Formed
Discography
4
Most popular
Sound of a Woman
2014 · 13 tracks
Popular tracks
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Singles & EPs
74
Hideaway
Single · 2014
Crave
Single · 2020
When I'm Dancing
Single · 2026
Good Morning America
Single · 2026
Dancing Through It All
Single · 2026
I Go Dance (Remixed)
Single · 2025
Stays In Bed
Single · 2025
Dancing and Crying: Vol. 2
EP · 2025
Heaven Ain't Calling
Single · 2024
Heaven After Dark
Single · 2024
Dancing and Crying: Vol. 1
EP · 2024
I Go Dance
Single · 2024
Egyptian Sun
Single · 2023
Tree
Single · 2023
Christmas Without You
Single · 2023
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Single · 2022
One More Time (Curbi Remix)
Single · 2022
One More Time
Single · 2022
Passenger
Single · 2022
One More Time (Remixes)
Single · 2022
Bitch I Care
Single · 2022
Slow Motion Fighting
Single · 2022
Tommy
EP · 2022
Tectonic
Single · 2021
All Of The Feelings (Race Banyon Remix)
Single · 2021
Crave (Robots With Rayguns Remix)
Single · 2021
Ghost Vision
Single · 2021
Out Of My League (with Kiesza)
Single · 2021
Dance With Your Best Friend (LICK DROP Remix)
Single · 2021
Crave (Daddy Squad Remix)
Single · 2021
I Think That I Like You (Low Steppa Remix)
Single · 2020
Dark Tales EP
EP · 2020
Bridged By A Lightwave
Single · 2020
Sensuum Defectui
Single · 2020
Love Me With Your Lie (Lucas & Steve Remix)
Single · 2020
The Feelings
Single · 2020
Love Me With Your Lie (Medun Remix)
Single · 2020
Love Me With Your Lie (ZIZ Remix)
Single · 2020
Love Me With Your Lie (Max Lean Remix)
Single · 2020
Love Me With Your Lie
Single · 2020
I Think That I Like You
Single · 2020
Eleanor Rigby
Single · 2020
When Boys Cry
Single · 2020
Love Me With Your Lie (Glockenbach Remix)
Single · 2020
Love Me With Your Lie (BLEM Remix)
Single · 2020
Storm
Single · 2020
All Of The Feelings
Single · 2020
Naked (With My Headphones On - Tungevaag Remix)
Single · 2020
Naked (With My Headphones On)
Single · 2019
You're The Best (Boye & Sigvardt Remix)
Single · 2019
Sweet Love
Single · 2019
Naked (With My Headphones On - Remixes)
Single · 2019
You're The Best
Single · 2019
Phantom Of The Dance Floor
Single · 2018
Mother
Single · 2018
3 Hos
Single · 2018
Weird Kid
EP · 2018
Dearly Beloved
Single · 2017
Hello Shadow
Single · 2017
Sound Of A Woman (US Remix EP)
EP · 2015
Give It To The Moment (Remixes)
Single · 2015
Cut Me Loose (Seeb Remix)
Single · 2015
Stronger (From Finding Neverland The Album)
Single · 2015
Give It To The Moment
Single · 2015
Hideaway (Gorgon City Remix)
Single · 2014
Hideaway (Zac Samuel Remix)
Single · 2014
Giant In My Heart (LOE Remix)
Single · 2014
Hideaway (Static Revenger vs Latroit Remix)
Single · 2014
Giant In My Heart (Arches Remix)
Single · 2014
Giant In My Heart (No Artificial Colours Remix)
Single · 2014
Giant in My Heart
Single · 2014
Hideaway (Bixel Boys Remix)
Single · 2014
Giant In My Heart (Billon Remix)
Single · 2014
Giant In My Heart (Blood Diamonds Remix)
Single · 2014
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2Releases by other artists featuring Kiesza.
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Past shows
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About
Kiesa Rae Ellestad, better known by her stage name Kiesza, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Calgary who has most recently worked out of New York City and London. She is best known for her debut single "Hideaway". Kiesza was born and raised in Calgary. Her last name Ellestad is Norwegian from her paternal side. Her grandfather is from Fagernes in Norway. When she was 16 she took part in the Sail and Life Training Society (SALTS) program and a year later she joined the reserves of the Royal Canadian Navy along with her brother, with whom she became a NavCom (Naval Communicator). It was whilst she was at crew singalongs at the Navy that she taught herself to play guitar. Meanwhile, she also entered the Miss Universe Canada pageant. She attributes her time in the Navy as a reason why, in 2008, she gave away 4,500 CDs to Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan.
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Kiesza took part in the Young Canadians, performing tap and jazz dancing, as well as theatre. She also trained as a ballerina. However, a knee injury at age 15 ended her ballet career. When Kiesza was 18, she says that her parents' divorce caused her to write her first song, as a way of expressing her feelings. The same year, she heard a song of hers played on the radio. In an interview with the Metro, Kiesza revealed that she can trace her lineage to the Battle of Bannockburn to someone who fought alongside Robert the Bruce, elaborating "There's a lot of Scottish people in Canada. Tons. My grandpa was of Scottish heritage - he was of the black Douglases". CKUA Folk Routes host Tom Coxworth selected her to perform for a live audience and to be broadcast live on his radio show. Shortly after, she was accepted to the Selkirk College in Nelson, BC, where she studied keyboard, voice and guitar. Next, Kiesza obtained a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, New England. After attending Berklee, she went to New York City in 2010 to advance her music career. Although Kiesza started as mainly a folk singer, after attending Berklee and then living in New York, she moved to a more "uptempo sound" for which she works with producer Rami Samir Afuni. In 2010 she was selected to play at the Canada Day celebrations at Trafalgar Square in London for 30,000 people. In 2012, Kiesza released her first single after starting work with Afuni in New York, a "disco-infused pop" single titled "Oops" about a couple that had unprotected sex. She labelled her style of music at the time as "SteamPop", described by AjanWrites as "a flaming brew of bold, boisterous pop filled with tongue-in-cheek lyrics". In a later 2014 interview, she said "Oops" was made as a joke. Kiesza was featured in the single Triggerfinger by the Norwegian band Donkeyboy in 2013. She has also written for other artists, such as Rihanna, Kylie Minogue and Icona Pop.
Kiesza in brief
- How many Kiesza releases are on Riffiter?
- 78 releases are catalogued, spanning 2008 to 2026.
- When was Kiesza formed?
- Kiesza formed in 2010, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- What genre is Kiesza?
- Kiesza is catalogued under Singer-Songwriter.
- What is the most recent Kiesza release on Riffiter?
- When I'm Dancing, released in 2026.