Kaylee Bell

Bell’s career to date provides a powerful backdrop to Cowboy Up. She’s performed to over 150,000 people while opening for Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour, earned the Jeff Walker Global Country Artist Award at the CMA Awards in Nashville, and received multiple honours at the Aotearoa Music Awards, including Best Country Artist and the inaugural Te Manu Mātārae Award, recognising her global impact on the genre. She’s also been celebrated at Australia’s prestigious Golden Guitars, become the most streamed female country artist in Australasia five years running, and surpassed 100 million Spotify catalogue streams. Still, it’s in these songs that Bell most clearly defines her voice. Kaylee Bell is an award-winning Country Pop Artist originally from small town Waimate, on the South Island of New Zealand. She is the Most Streamed Female Country Artist for Australasia for the past five years. Bell was presented with the 'Best Female Artist' Winner for 2024 at the Golden Guitar Awards in Australia. After performing original song ‘Keith’ to coach Keith Urban on The Voice Australia, Bell’s single ‘Keith’ written as a tribute has become a global hit with over 60 million Tik Tok plays, 25 million Spotify plays and  charted on the US Billboard Chart Country Digital Sales at #12. She became the first Female Country Artist in 20 years since Kasey Chambers to be awarded a Gold plaque for sales for The Red EP featuring 'Keith' and in 2023 Bell won the Global Artist Of The Year at the CMA Awards in Nashville, where she was awarded the trophy on the red carpet by Tyler Hubbard (Florida Georgia Line). Bell supported Ed Sheeran on his Mathematics World Tour in 2023 playing six sold out shows throughout NZ including Eden Park Stadium, Auckland and Sky Stadium in Wellington to over 200,000 fans. She has headlined her own NZ Tour in 2023 and 2024 playing sold out shows across the country and selling over 20,000 tickets over the two tours. Kaylee began singing in Country Music talent quests at the age of 4 and after winning the NZ Gold Guitar Award at age 18, she completed a Bachelor Of Performing Arts at the National Academy Of Singing and Dramatic Art (NASDA) and moved to Australia having turned 21 to carve out a career as a successful country music artist. Bell quickly captured the attention of music heavyweights and industry folk with her winning the prestigious Toyota Star Maker in 2013. Since the release of her debut album Heartfirst, she has topped the Australian Music Network Country Charts. Her single 'Pieces' written and released with fellow Toyota Star Maker Jared Porter, charged straight to #1 on radio charts across Australia. Bell was the first winner outside of the US to take out the US Unsigned Only Competition Overall Grand Prize from over 10, 000 entries. Bell is a winner of the prestigious Tui for 'Best Country Artist' at the Aotearoa Music Awards and is a recipient of APRA's 'Best Country Song' award. Kaylee has opened for Ed Sheeran, Dixie Chicks, Brad Paisley, Morgan Evans, Lee Kernaghan, The McClymonts and has played mainstage at many premiere country music festivals in Australia and New Zealand including CMC Rocks Festival. 'Boots 'N All' was a breakout Country Pop crossover hit on NZ mainstream radio cracking the Top 20 on Pop Radio charts followed by radio hit single 'Good Things’, off her #1 NZ Album Nights Like This release in 2024. Bell was featured in Times Square, New York as the face of Spotify's EQUAL global campaign representing Female Artists in Music and again on album release thanks to Spotify.