Kiesza (pronounced /kiːzə/; born Julie Panebianco; September 15, 1985) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and DJ. Her musical style has been described as pop, dance-pop and electropop. Her debut single "Hideaway" peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart in September 2010. The song was later included on her debut studio album, Sound of a Woman, released in March 2011.
Her second single, "Give It Up", was released in March 2011
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The song became her highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 10.
Kiesza was born Julie Panebianco in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Italian parents. She was raised Roman Catholic. She began her career at the age of 16 when she signed to independent record label Nettwerk Music Group.
She has worked with producers including RedOne, Rodney Jerkins, Stuart Price and RedOne again.
Kiesza has performed with other artists including Colbie Caillat and Pitbull on both their tours and at their concerts together which helped raise awareness for the United Nations' HeForShe campaign. On February 28, 2014 Kiesza performed for Canadian Senate Leader Claude Carignan's luncheon in Ottawa to raise money for UN Women HeForShe campaign. Kiesza was featured in Justin Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me" music video which was released April 6th, 2014 on his Believe album .
She also performed "Hideaway" on American Idol season 14 along with Pitbull where they sang it live in front of hundreds if not thousands of fans during the show's live rounds together in May 2014 . Kiesza has toured North America twice in her career so far . The first time being in May 2014 .
Her first tour being named "The Hideaway Tour". Kiesza toured North America again in mid-2014 for about three months . Her second tour being named "The Sound of a Woman Tour" which took place across North America starting off at the beginning of October 2014 ending late January 2015 .
Kiesza also played two shows in Toronto for her third tour named "The Sound Of A Woman Tour : Toronto" which took place back to back on November 18th & 19th , 2015 . Kiesza will be playing her fourth tour starting off in early 2016 then ending sometime towards the end of 2016 . Her fourth tour will
