Kat Nestel

Kat
Kat
Birth name	Katherine Maray Nestel
Born	April 3, 1990 (age 34); Orange County, California, United States
Genres	Pop, rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals
Years active	2008–present

Katherine Nestel (born April 3, 1990) is an American recording artist and songwriter from Orange County, California.

Career

Nestel started performing at a young age, and has performed over 300 shows in Southern California since she began playing at the age of 14. Netsel has collaborated with The Dirty Heads and Rome. Recently, Kat made her first national television appearance, when she performed on "Chasing Rainbows" and "Supergirl" on AXS Live.^{[citation needed]}

Kat gained mainstream recognition in 2010 for her brief stint on American Idol.^[1] In 2010, Kat sang background vocals on the Dirty Heads song "Lay Me Down" which eventually became a top hit on the Billboard Alternative and All Formats Rock charts.^[2]

In June 2013 she signed with management company 1916 MGMT,^[3] and soon after she signed a publishing deal with BMG Chrysalis.

As of February 2014, Kat has signed with production team The Monsters and the Strangerz for her artist project. She is currently writing on various Top 40 projects with The Suspex, Jonas Jeberg, Matt Squire, The Stereotypes, Jean Baptiste and more.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2015, she collaborated with Dutch EDM duo Vicetone to provide vocals for the track 'No Way Out' which was released on Spinnin' Records, as well as for 'Nothing Stopping Me' and 'Angels'.

References

^ "Local singer Kat Nestel on 'Idol'". Orange County Register. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
^ "Dirty Heads - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10.
^ "Songwriters | 1916 MGMT". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-11.

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[1] "Local singer Kat Nestel on 'Idol'". Orange County Register. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[2] "Dirty Heads - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10.

[3] "Songwriters | 1916 MGMT". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-11.

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