Simple production hugged in lush harmonies and cascading vocal arrangements sum up Kelly Alaina's pop forward sound. Influences of Prince, Mariah, Britney, Christina and Ariana peak through in her music but ultimately, Kelly's unique and infectious vocal stylings stand on their own.
Working closely with Barry Samuels (Heart, Sweeney Todd), platinum producer Ovi Bistriceanu (‘Burning’, Mia Martina) and Mick DallaVee (Bachmann Turner Overdrive, Revolver, Atlantic, Elton & Billy, Cease and Desist), for the side project ‘Sunny’, the song ‘Hold Me Close Tonight ft. Baby C’ (written by Nick Guilder and James McCulloch) was a chosen victor for Hot 107’s HOT FACTOR and was supported by various Alberta radio stations in 2016. As well, her cover and music video of ‘Dancing In The Street’ hit over 100,000 collective Facebook
views.
As a writer, her ear for a good hook has lead to collaborations including:
-Top-line work for Big Z (20 million streams, supported live by Zedd and Oliver Heldens)
-Consistent work writing for pop artist Rachel Woznow (US Billboard top 30, 3 million Spotify streams, 1 million Soundcloud streams and counting)
-Writing and recording with J Hamz (Digital Empire / 70,000 Soundcloud streams / Release and video debut of ’All Night Long’ ft. Kelly Alaina and Michelle Mollineux)
-writing and recording with ‘Towers’ (Brad Simons-Tupelo Honey/ Velveteen Audio and Brandon Unis-Billboard charted producer / Karl Wolf, Choclaire).
-Writing for Janay Thomas (Manhattan Records, #8 on iTunes R&B/soul chart)
-writing with ‘Iamhill’ (ULTRA Records)
-collaborations with 4ML, Tafari Anthony, Jasmine Singh and more
