Kaylee Bell is an award winning Country Pop Artist originally from small town Waimate, on the South Island of New Zealand. Kaylee's powerful vocals and energetic live shows with her band, channels the likes of icons Sheryl Crow and Carrie Underwood. Kaylee was invited to perform #1 US single ‘WE WERE US’ with International Superstar KEITH URBAN on his 'Light The Fuse' World Tour of Australia in 2014 and again on his 2016 'ripCORD' World Tour at the infamous 'Cake Tin' arena in Wellington. Bell was a Support Act for THE DIXIE CHICKS on their World Tour in NZ at Mission Estate, April 2017 to a 30,000 strong crowd.
Kaylee began singing in Country Music talent quests at the age of 4 and after winning the NZ Gold Guitar Award at age 18, Bell completed a Bachelor Of Performing Arts at the National Academy Of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA) and moved to Australia having just turned 22 to carve out a career as a successful country music artist. Bell quickly captured the attention of music heavyweights and industry folk with her winning the prestigious Toyota Star Maker in 2013. Since the release of her debut album ‘Heartfirst', Bell has had over ten Top 10 singles on the Australian Country Music charts. Her single 'Pieces' written and released with fellow Toyota Star Maker Jared Porter, charged straight to #1 on radio charts across Australia. The song picked up the US Unsigned Only Competition Overall Grand Prize from over 10, 000 entries of all genres of music and was the first time anyone outside the US has won the award. Kaylee also took out the 'Best Female Country Artist' at the NZCM Awards as well as 'Best NZ Country Album' at the Vodafone NZ Music Awards in 2014 with ‘Pieces’ also winning the NZ APRA 'Best Country Song' in 2015.
Bell has spent the past ten years back and forth to Nashville, USA writing and perfecting her craft. Bell's breakout song 'That’s What I Call Crazy’ was one of Australia's most played country songs of 2016. More recently her single ‘Getting Closer’ written with Australian country music star Morgan Evans has gained international attention from US country pop superstars Carrie Underwood and Kelsea Ballerini and continues to clock up some impressive streaming stats online.
Kaylee has performed at the Global Artist Showcase in Nashville, The Bluebird Cafe, C2C London, Key West Songwriters Festival, Florida USA aswell as opened for Dixie Chicks, Morgan Evans, Lee Kernaghan, The McClymonts and has played mainstage at many premier country music festivals in Australia and New Zealand including CMC Rocks Festival, Deni Ute Muster, Gympie Muster and Top Paddock Country Music Festival NZ.
Bell won the 2018 US Unsigned Only Country Section from 6000 entries worldwide and has spent 2019 touring internationally playing C2C London, C2C Australia, Key West Songwriters Festival, Florida USA, Hometown Festival Australia and just announced to play CMC Rocks Australia 2020 . Bell's single 'One More Shot' has had 1 million plays in three months since release and cracked the Top 50 Radio Disney Country US Top 50 Chart at #35. Bell's tribute to Keith Urban, 'Keith' has already clocked up over 2 million streams and was the #1 song on NZ Official Radio chart first week of release and spent over 25 weeks on The Music Network Chart, Australia. Bell's single 'Wasted On You' was co written by Morgan Evans, Adam Eckersley, Ashley Gorley and Michael Fatkin. With over 10 million streams, Bell solidifies herself as the 'Most Streamed Female Country Artist' in Australasia.
Kaylee began singing in Country Music talent quests at the age of 4 and after winning the NZ Gold Guitar Award at age 18, Bell completed a Bachelor Of Performing Arts at the National Academy Of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA) and moved to Australia having just turned 22 to carve out a career as a successful country music artist. Bell quickly captured the attention of music heavyweights and industry folk with her winning the prestigious Toyota Star Maker in 2013. Since the release of her debut album ‘Heartfirst', Bell has had over ten Top 10 singles on the Australian Country Music charts. Her single 'Pieces' written and released with fellow Toyota Star Maker Jared Porter, charged straight to #1 on radio charts across Australia. The song picked up the US Unsigned Only Competition Overall Grand Prize from over 10, 000 entries of all genres of music and was the first time anyone outside the US has won the award. Kaylee also took out the 'Best Female Country Artist' at the NZCM Awards as well as 'Best NZ Country Album' at the Vodafone NZ Music Awards in 2014 with ‘Pieces’ also winning the NZ APRA 'Best Country Song' in 2015.
Bell has spent the past ten years back and forth to Nashville, USA writing and perfecting her craft. Bell's breakout song 'That’s What I Call Crazy’ was one of Australia's most played country songs of 2016. More recently her single ‘Getting Closer’ written with Australian country music star Morgan Evans has gained international attention from US country pop superstars Carrie Underwood and Kelsea Ballerini and continues to clock up some impressive streaming stats online.
Kaylee has performed at the Global Artist Showcase in Nashville, The Bluebird Cafe, C2C London, Key West Songwriters Festival, Florida USA aswell as opened for Dixie Chicks, Morgan Evans, Lee Kernaghan, The McClymonts and has played mainstage at many premier country music festivals in Australia and New Zealand including CMC Rocks Festival, Deni Ute Muster, Gympie Muster and Top Paddock Country Music Festival NZ.
Bell won the 2018 US Unsigned Only Country Section from 6000 entries worldwide and has spent 2019 touring internationally playing C2C London, C2C Australia, Key West Songwriters Festival, Florida USA, Hometown Festival Australia and just announced to play CMC Rocks Australia 2020 . Bell's single 'One More Shot' has had 1 million plays in three months since release and cracked the Top 50 Radio Disney Country US Top 50 Chart at #35. Bell's tribute to Keith Urban, 'Keith' has already clocked up over 2 million streams and was the #1 song on NZ Official Radio chart first week of release and spent over 25 weeks on The Music Network Chart, Australia. Bell's single 'Wasted On You' was co written by Morgan Evans, Adam Eckersley, Ashley Gorley and Michael Fatkin. With over 10 million streams, Bell solidifies herself as the 'Most Streamed Female Country Artist' in Australasia.