Jen and Kat
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| Origin | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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| Website | jenandkat |
Jen and Kat are an American synth-pop duo that consists of sisters Jeni Niquette and Kyndi Niquette. Their television debut was on MTV in 2007, when they co-starred in The Countdown to Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County,[2] a segment filmed and produced by MTV Studios.[3] While shooting the video for MTV in New York, the sisters also starred in Clean & Clear's Morning Burst Shine Control Cleanser campaign,[4] and appeared on Demanded, an On-Demand original program from Music Choice, co-hosted by a different chart-topping music artist every episode.[5] Their credits have gone on to include work with Summit Entertainment, IFC, LAIKA, Nike, SanDisk, and others.[6]
In March 2015 Jen and Kat's first music single, Better Place, was released worldwide, and in November 2015 their four-song electropop EP entitled Here and Now followed suit. In 2016, Jen and Kat won the Best Music category in the Armstrong Vine Awards, hosted at Mashable headquarters.[7] In November 2017, Jen and Kat released their debut album, The Sound of Goodbye, making a return to their acoustic pop roots, a style first heard in their 2015 single Better Place. In the fall of 2018, Jen and Kat announced they would be releasing a new single monthly, starting October 2018 and running throughout the following year. The sisters have performed on two cross-country tours, and their music Vines have been viewed over 21 million times.
Discography
Albums
- The Sound of Goodbye (November 2017)
EPs
- Here and Now (November 2015)
Singles
- We Pretend (October 2020)
- Are You Still There (July 2019)
- Bad Bad (June 2019)
- Never Slowing Down (May 2019)
- Digital Starlight (April 2019)
- 3-Minute Warning (March 2019)
- Scream It Louder (February 2019)
- Speaking in Code (January 2019)
- There's You, There's Me (November 2018)
- Until You Know (October 2018)
- All I Wanna Do (December 2017)
- Better Place (March 2015)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2016 | Armstrong Vine Awards | Best Music | Jen and Kat's music Vines | Won |
References
- ^ "Jen and Kat - Official Spotify Profile". Spotify.com. November 11, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Maura Lynch (August 15, 2007). "Face Time". Teen Vogue. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ Justin Much (August 15, 2007). "Niquette Sisters Burst Into Stardom". Statesman Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ Johnson & Johnson (August 15, 2007). "Grand Prize Winners of CLEAN & CLEAR(R) 'Burst Into Stardom' Contest are Ready for Their National Television Debut". PR News Wire. Retrieved August 15, 2007.
- ^ Music Choice (May 5, 2009). "Demanded". Music Choice. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ "Official website of the singing/acting sister duo Jen and Kat | Bio". Jen and Kat. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ Tarn Susumpow (January 29, 2016). "2016 Armstrong Vine Awards Winners". Mashable. Retrieved April 22, 2017.