Three sold out shows in Australia. Who is she?
Her Youtube songs have received more than 100 million hits. She’s sold out three shows at the Sydney Opera House this weekend. But you’ve probably never heard of her.
Meet Kina Grannis. She’s a 26-year-old singer and songwriter from California. And she’s one of YouTube ‘s biggest finds since Justin Bieber.
The Daily Telegraph reported:
KINA Grannis has sold out three Sydney Opera House shows this weekend but if you are not a member of the YouTube generation, you may be oblivious to her charms and talent.
Grannis has been one of the video hub’s biggest finds since Justin Bieber, with her channel receiving almost 100 million views in the past four years after the Californian singer entered a competition to have a song played during the Superbowl.
Have a look:
Free range hens – not necessarily less stressed.
A new study has cast doubt on whether free-range hens are actually happier than cage hens.
In fact, the study suggests they’re not. A researcher from the University of Sydney looked at hens at 12 farms across NSW and found their stress levels didn’t change if they were free-range, barn or caged. Stress levels were more to do with how hens are handled.
But the research has come under fire because of it’s definition of “free range”. The Free Range Egg and Poultry Association of Australia said the research focused on large-scale farms that do not fall into their definition of free range.
If you need a refresher on factory farming and cruelty, have a look here.
Jason Akermanis apologises for ‘nasty’ Jim Stynes comments
AFL footballer Jason Akermanis said he didn’t understand what all the fuss was about surrounding Stynes’ death and that he was good, but not ‘that good’. “He got a state funeral – do all football players get a state funeral? There’s something about it all that just made me feel uncomfortable. Jim’s good, but is he that good?”
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I first heard about Amina here on Mamamia. You'd included her in the photos of the week, with very little information and I had to Google her story for myself. I asked why and Rick said he was working on an article. I guess you didn't get around to it before this tragic news...
http://insideislam.wisc.edu...
Can someone please answer a youtube question for me?
How do these people become sensations? I've wondered how people knew what to look for? Do people just spend bored hours trawling through all the posts that people have put and sometimes happen upon a clip that is amazing? Or is there an 'organisation' to it that I don't know about yet?
How do these artists wind up with a fan base? How do the fans know about them in the first place?
Here's an interesting analysis of Greyson Chance, a YouTube sensation who Ellen touted as the next big thing. It pointed out there was probably more carefully marketed than they liked to let on.
http://www.csmonitor.com/US...
http://weallmakemusic.com/i...
I came across Kina Grannis when the video above was linked on the blog 22 Words - www.twentytwowords.com. Great place to find random Internet stuff!