Kirstin Maldonado
Born May 16, 1992
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Other names kirstin
Occupation Singer
Years active 2011–present
Partner(s) Jeremy Michael Lewis
Website www.kirstinmaldonado.com
Musical career
Genres
A cappella pop R&B soul
Kirstin Taylor “Kirstie” Maldonado (born May 16, 1992), is an American singer and songwriter, and a member of the a cappella group Pentatonix. Together with Pentatonix, Maldonado has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awards, and sold over six million albums.
Maldonado debuted her solo career on May 19, 2017 with the song “Break a Little” under the moniker Kirstin (stylized as kırstın™), with her debut EP L O V E released on July 14, 2017.
Kirstin Taylor Maldonado was born in Fort Worth, Texas on May 16, 1992. Her mother is Spanish-Italian, while her father, Michael Cisneros, is Mexican. Maldonado was raised by her mother Angelica Maldonado in Arlington, Texas. Maldonado was only five years old when she first expressed her wish to become a singer. At eight years old, she sang at her mother’s wedding reception, ultimately convincing her mother to enroll her in voice lessons. Maldonado also got into theater and starred in several local productions. It was through the local theater community that Maldonado met Mitch Grassi, a future fellow Pentatonix member.
Maldonado attended Holy Rosary Catholic School and later Martin High School. At Martin High School, she met Scott Hoying with whom she and Grassi would later form Pentatonix. The three friends created an a cappella trio and started getting attention around their school for their covers of popular songs. Maldonado graduated from Martin High School in 2010 and went to The University of Oklahoma where she was a Musical Theatre Performance major. She dropped out in order to form Pentatonix.
Pentatonix
In 2011 Maldonado was contacted by her high school friend Scott Hoying who wanted to put together a group for NBC’s a cappella competition The Sing-Off. Maldonado agreed to join the group, which also included Mitch Grassi, another of her high school friends. Together they formed the a cappella group Pentatonix along with Avi Kaplan and Kevin Olusola. The group entered and eventually won the third season of The Sing-Off. Since then, they have released several albums and EPs, reached 13 million YouTube subscribers and over 2 billion YouTube views, and toured the world. As a member of Pentatonix, Maldonado has won three Grammy Awards. On February 8, 2015, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the “Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a cappella” category for their song “Daft Punk”, a medley of songs by Daft Punk. On February 15, 2016, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the same category, this time for “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from their “That’s Christmas to Me” album. On February 12, 2017, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the “Best Country duo/group performance” category for “Jolene” which featured Dolly Parton.
Personal life
As of May 29, 2016, she is engaged to Jeremy Michael Lewis.
Discography
EPs
2017: L O V E – EP (credited to Kirstin)
Singles
2017: “Break a Little”
2017: “All Night”
2017: “Naked”
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