Kiesza

About

Kiesza (Kiesa Rae Ellestad, born 1989 in Calgary) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She broke through in 2014 with the deep house single "Hideaway" and her debut album Sound of a Woman, and the one-shot video for the song remains her best-known calling card. Before music took over she served in the Canadian Navy and studied at Berklee College of Music. She now releases her dance-pop independently, most recently through the Dancing and Crying EP trilogy.

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streams of the hit "Hideaway"

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placement for "I Go Dance" on US Dance Airplay in summer 2024

What's new

2026-05
Kiesza released the EP Dancing and Crying: Volume 3 on May 8, 2026 and subsequently toured in the USA and Europe, including a stop at Hotel Cecil in Copenhagen on May 28.
2026-04
In April 2026, the single "When I'm Dancing" was released with a music video, and Kiesza confirmed at the same time that Volume 3 will be the final part of her dance trilogy.
2026-03
The single "Good Morning America" featuring KYLIE was released in March 2026 as a preview to the EP.
2026-05
Kiesza was on the program at the Mighty Hoopla festival in London on May 31, 2026.
2024-07
In summer 2024, "I Go Dance" reached number one on the American Dance Airplay chart.