Kendra Checketts Biography
Kendra Checketts is an American singer and songwriter who is famous after making it to the top 24 on NBC’s The Voice Season 16 in 2019. In addition, she is also famous for auditioning on ABC’s reality television show American Idol season 20 premiering on February 27, 2022.
Kendra Checketts Age|Birthday
Checketts was born on April 2, 1999. Therefore, she is 22 years old as of 2022 and celebrates her birthday on 2nd April every year.
Kendra Checketts Height|Weight
The singer’s height and other body measurements are currently unavailable to the public domain. However, we will update you on Checketts’s body measurements as soon as they are publicly available.
Kendra Checketts Family
Checketts was born in San Diego, California, the United States to her American parents. Moreover., the singer’s parents used to drive the singer from San Diego to Los Angeles for auditions. However, Checketts has not disclosed details of if she has any siblings.
Kendra Checketts Boyfriend
Checketts has had at least a few relationships but she is currently single. However, the singer has not been previously engaged.
Kendra Checketts Career
The Voice
Checkett sang Sober by Demi Lovato for her first audition during The Voice season 16. Although all the judges were impressed, it was judge Blake Shelton who couldn’t put his hands off the buzzer hence ending up in Blake’s team. The singer was highly praised for her mind-blowing singing in The Voice.
Moreover, Checketts told viewers that she has always been a fan of The Voice. She said that it was cool being able to put her own take on the song Sober although she does not relate to the song in the way she sings it.
The singer said that she was planning on releasing her debut album once the show was over and described it as Dark, R&B, pop. Additionally, the singer-songwriter said that she takes a lot of influence from older songs and artists like Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse as well as old jazz. Moreover, she added that she likes to put an R&B twist on pop music to introduce more of the younger community to older music. Also, she said she loves incorporating weird sounds when it comes to the dark side of her songs. Moreover, she says her style is sort of a creepy Billie Eilish vibe and her songs are electro-pop.
In addition, by early 2019, the singer had five singles. After appearing in season 16 of The Voice, the songwriter found a wider audience.
American Idol
Checketts loved acting and often performed mimicries in front of her parents while growing up. During her fourth grade, the singer’s talent was exposed while performing in a school talent show.
In addition, after her father suffered a brain hemorrhage which left him hospitalized for a whole year, she became more inclined to music. To boost her father’s spirit, she began singing and used to play piano in the hospital lobby to cheer him up. Moreover, whenever she had the chance the singer began rehearsing songs and performed in local events. Additionally, she has helped raise over $80,000 for various charities through her singing.
Furthermore, at the age of 11, the singer co-produced her first single titled Wind Across the Water. Moreover, by 2017, she began producing songs of her own and she has multiple releases on Apple Music and Spotify. The singer’s most successful single is I’m Not Sober which has been streamed over 330,000 times on Spotify.
Trivia
The singer’s voice has been compared to that of Adele, Aretha Franklin, and Amy Winehouse.
Kendra Checketts Net Worth
Checketts’ net worth ranges between $1 million and $5 million.
American Idol Season 20 Contestants
The other contestants of the 20th Season of ABC’s reality singing competition American Idol include:
- Julia Jewel
- Tyler Allen
- Tristen Gressett
- Kendra Checketts
- Allegra Miles
- Christian Guardino
- Mike Parker
- Kenedi Anderson
- Yoli Mayor
- Betty Maxwell
- Manda Malina
- Jade Flores
- Abby LeBaron
- Jacob Moran
- Rebecca Howell
