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{{short description|Australian singer-songwriter and musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Jessica Mimi Porfiri
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1994|10|13}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| origin = [[Italy]]
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| genre = Pop
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* Singer-songwriter
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| instrument = Vocals
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| years_active = 2005–present
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* NLV
* NLV
* [[Astralwerks]]
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* [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
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| associated_acts = [[Nina Las Vegas]]
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'''Jessica Mimi Porfiri''' (born 13 October 1994), who performs as '''Kota Banks''', is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and musician.<ref name="Lefevre">{{cite news|url=http://junkee.com/kota-banks-holiday/133406|title=Kota Banks Is One of Australia's Best New Pop Acts | last = Lefevre | first = Jules | date = 3 November 2017 | work = [[Junkee]] |access-date = 5 August 2018 }}</ref> She signed to [[Nina Las Vegas]]' label, NLV Records, in May 2017, which released Banks' ten-track extended play, ''Prize'' (styled as ''PRIZE''), as a [[mixtape|mix tape]] in mid-2018.<ref name="ONeill">{{cite web | url = http://www.purplesneakers.com.au/2018/06/listen-kota-banks-prize/ | title = Sur-''PRIZE''! Wrap your ears around Kota Bank's future facing pop mixtape | last = O'Neill | first = Holly | work = Purple Sneakers | editor = Emma Jones, Martin Novosel | date = June 2018 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://mushroommusic.com/songwriters/kota-banks/|title=Kota Banks – Mushroom Music Publishing|work=Mushroom Music Publishing|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref> Banks has co-written songs for fellow Australian artists.<ref name="Jones">{{cite web|url=http://www.purplesneakers.com.au/2018/07/interview-kota-banks/|title= Interview Kota Banks|date= July 2018|last1=Jones|first1=Emma|work = Purple Sneakers | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> She supported [[What So Not]] on his national tour.<ref name="theMusic Jun18">{{cite news|url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2018/06/13/kota-banks-signs-to-new-world-artists/|title=Exclusive: Kota Banks Signs to New World Artists|last=staff writer|website=theMusic.com.au|access-date=13 June 2018 }}</ref> Her work is played on high rotation on national youth radio, [[Triple J]],<ref name=":0" />{{primary source inline|date=August 2018}} and by November 2017 had 17 million plays on [[Spotify]].<ref name="Lefevre"/>
'''Jessica Mimi Porfiri''' (born 13 October 1994), who performs as '''Kota Banks''', is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and musician.<ref name="Lefevre">{{cite news|url=http://junkee.com/kota-banks-holiday/133406|title=Kota Banks Is One of Australia's Best New Pop Acts | last = Lefevre | first = Jules | date = 3 November 2017 | work = [[Junkee]] |access-date = 5 August 2018 }}</ref> She signed to [[Nina Las Vegas]]'s label, NLV Records, in May 2017, which released Banks' ten-track extended play, ''Prize'' (styled as ''PRIZE''), as a [[mixtape|mix tape]] in mid-2018.<ref name="ONeill">{{cite web | url = http://www.purplesneakers.com.au/2018/06/listen-kota-banks-prize/ | title = Sur-''PRIZE''! Wrap your ears around Kota Bank's future facing pop mixtape | last = O'Neill | first = Holly | work = Purple Sneakers | editor = Emma Jones, Martin Novosel | date = June 2018 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://mushroommusic.com/songwriters/kota-banks/|title=Kota Banks|work=Mushroom Music Publishing|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref> Banks has co-written songs for fellow Australian artists.<ref name="Jones">{{cite web|url=http://www.purplesneakers.com.au/2018/07/interview-kota-banks/|title= Interview Kota Banks|date= July 2018|last1=Jones|first1=Emma|work = Purple Sneakers | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> She supported [[What So Not]] on his national tour.<ref name="theMusic Jun18">{{cite news|url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2018/06/13/kota-banks-signs-to-new-world-artists/|title=Exclusive: Kota Banks Signs to New World Artists|date=June 13, 2018|website=theMusic.com.au|access-date=13 June 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614013117/http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2018/06/13/kota-banks-signs-to-new-world-artists/|archive-date=2018-06-14}}</ref> By November 2017, her music had accumulated over 20 million plays on [[Spotify]].<ref name="Lefevre"/>


== Biography ==
==Early life==
Kota Banks was born in 1994 in [[Sydney, Australia]], as Jessica Mimi Porfiri,<ref name="BMI Search">{{cite web | url = https://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=1790998&subid=0 | title = Repertoire Search: Songwriter/Composer: Porfiri | publisher = [[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] (BMI) | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> in Sydney. She spent her late childhood and teens in [[Florence]], a formative time that shaped her identity and connection to her heritage. Banks has been singing since the age of 9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/kota-banks|title=Kota Banks|website=triple j Unearthed|language=en|access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref> She returned to Sydney.


==Personal life==
Banks is a [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref name="TDT">{{cite web |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/feature/special-features/aussie-singer-kota-banks-is-your-soundtrack-to-summer/news-story/306d7ae493d3dc8c7aa878c7d166fef8/ |title=Aussie singer Kota Banks is your soundtrack to summer |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |date=16 November 2018 |accessdate=20 June 2020 |author=Hermo, Dominique}}</ref> She [[Christian prayer|prays]] every time she writes music.<ref name="TDT"/> In an article with ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'', she said:<blockquote>"I just feel like it [praying] gives me more depth to my songwriting and opens my mind."<ref name="TDT"/></blockquote>


==Career==
Kota Banks was born in 1994, as Jessica Mimi Porfiri,<ref name="BMI Search">{{cite web | url = https://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=1790998&subid=0 | title = Repertoire Search: Songwriter/Composer: Porfiri | publisher = [[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] (BMI) | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> in Sydney. She spent her late childhood and teens in [[Florence]], where she had been singing since 9 years of age.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/kota-banks|title=Kota Banks|website=triple j Unearthed|language=en|access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref> She returned to Sydney. Her debut single, "N.F.F.A.", was issued in 2016 and was co-written by Banks with Lee Chew (or Toby Chew-Lee) and Cameron Nacson.<ref name="APRA NFFA">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = 'NFFA' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=nffa | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> It was produced by the duo as MOZA<!-- not seen at Moza disambiguation page nor the Zimbabwe association -->.<ref name="Mutton"/> Troy Mutton of ''Pile Rats'' described how she, "dabbles in some seriously fun electronic-pop", where her single is a, "bold track both production-wise and lyrically, catchy as and slotting right alongside artists such as Nicole Millar, Jess Kent and Danish artist MØ."<ref name="Mutton">{{cite web | url = http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/premiere-meet-kota-banks-and-her-fresh-new-tropical-banger-nffa/ | title = Premiere: Meet Kota Banks and her fresh new tropical banger, 'N.F.F.A' | last = Mutton | first = Troy | work = Pile Rats | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref>
Banks' debut single, "N.F.F.A.", was issued in 2016 and was co-written by Banks with Lee Chew (or Toby Chew-Lee) and Cameron Nacson.<ref name="APRA NFFA">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = 'NFFA' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=nffa | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> It was produced by the duo as MOZA<!-- not seen at Moza disambiguation page nor the Zimbabwe association -->.<ref name="Mutton"/> Troy Mutton of ''Pile Rats'' described how she, "dabbles in some seriously fun electronic-pop", and described her single as a "bold track both production-wise and lyrically, catchy as and slotting right alongside artists such as Nicole Millar, Jess Kent and Danish artist MØ."<ref name="Mutton">{{cite web | url = http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/premiere-meet-kota-banks-and-her-fresh-new-tropical-banger-nffa/ | title = Premiere: Meet Kota Banks and her fresh new tropical banger, 'N.F.F.A' | last = Mutton | first = Troy | work = Pile Rats | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref>


Her second single, "Holiday", appeared in 2017, which was co-written with Danny Omerhodic,<ref name="APRA Holiday">{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Holiday' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=holiday | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> who produced the track for NLV Records, as Swick.<ref name="Pile Holiday">{{cite news | url = http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/kota-banks-signs-to-nlv-records-with-monster-pop-tune-holiday/ | title = Kota Banks signs to NLV Records with monster pop tune 'Holiday' | work = Pile Rats | editor = Emma Jones, Martin Novosel | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> "Empty Streets" featuring MOZA, was her next single in that year, which was also co-written with Chew and Nacson.<ref name="APRA NFFA"/><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bigsound.org.au/music-festival/artists/kota-banks | title = Kota Banks | publisher = BigSound | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref name="auspOp">{{cite news | url = https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/03/zoom-into-new-kota-banks-video/ | title = 'Zoom' into New Kota Banks Video | work = auspOp | date = 19 March 2018 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref name="BBC Playlist">{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/21c0024e-6d1f-4fc7-b150-3c5db15bc416 | title = Kota Banks – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News | publisher = [[BBC]] | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> For the [[Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017|Junior Eurovision Song Contest of 2017]], Banks, Chew and Nacson, with Chloe Papandrea, co-wrote Australia's entry, "Speak Up".<ref name="APRA Speak">{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Speak Up' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=speak+up | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> It was performed by Isabella Clarke in [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017|Tiblisi]], where Clarke finished third.<ref name="Jnr Euro">{{cite web | url = https://junioreurovision.tv/participant/isabella-clarke | title = Isabella Clarke 'Speak Up' | publisher = [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] | year = 2017 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref>
Her second single, "Holiday", appeared in 2017, which was co-written with Danny Omerhodic,<ref name="APRA Holiday">{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Holiday' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=holiday | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> who produced the track for NLV Records, as Swick.<ref name="Pile Holiday">{{cite news | url = http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/kota-banks-signs-to-nlv-records-with-monster-pop-tune-holiday/ | title = Kota Banks signs to NLV Records with monster pop tune 'Holiday' | work = Pile Rats | editor = Emma Jones, Martin Novosel | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> "Empty Streets" featuring MOZA, was her next single in that year, which was also co-written with Chew and Nacson.<ref name="APRA NFFA"/><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bigsound.org.au/music-festival/artists/kota-banks | title = Kota Banks | publisher = BigSound | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref name="auspOp">{{cite news | url = https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/03/zoom-into-new-kota-banks-video/ | title = 'Zoom' into New Kota Banks Video | work = auspOp | date = 19 March 2018 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref name="BBC Playlist">{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/21c0024e-6d1f-4fc7-b150-3c5db15bc416 | title = Kota Banks – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News | publisher = [[BBC]] | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> For the [[Australia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017|Junior Eurovision Song Contest of 2017]], Banks, Chew and Nacson, with Chloe Papandrea, co-wrote Australia's entry, "Speak Up".<ref name="APRA Speak">{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Speak Up' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=speak+up | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> It was performed by Isabella Clarke in [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017|Tbilisi]], where Clarke finished third.<ref name="Jnr Euro">{{cite web | url = https://junioreurovision.tv/participant/isabella-clarke | title = Isabella Clarke 'Speak Up' | publisher = [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] | year = 2017 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref>


For the FOMO Festival in Adelaide, Banks joined [[Nina Las Vegas]] (a.k.a. Nina Agzarian) on-stage to perform "Holiday" in January 2018.<ref name="Nguyen">{{cite web | url = https://themusic.com.au/news/all/2018/01/09/fomo-adelaide-review/ | title = FOMO Adelaide Review | last = Nguyen | first = Jenny | work = theMusic.com.au | date = 9 January 2018 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> The pair co-wrote "Alibrandi" with Omerhodic, which Las Vegas performs using Banks on vocals.<ref name="APRA Alibrandi">{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Alibrandi' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=alibrandi | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> In March her single, "Zoom", was premiered on [[Triple J]]'s ''Good Nights'' and subsequently received high rotation on the national youth radio station.<ref name="Amnplify Jun18">{{cite web | url = https://amnplify.com.au/kota-banks-releases-surprise-debut-mixtape-prize/ | title = Kota Banks releases surprise debut mixtape ''PRIZE'' | work = Amnplify | date = 29 June 2018 | accessdate = 9 August 2018 }}</ref> Triple J's Al Newstead declared, "this [track] has grown on us hard. It's a fun, flirty mix of dancehall and pop elevated by the fanciful production."<ref name="Newstead">{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/best-new-music-14.05.18/9753096 | title = Best New Music: Peking Duk, Phantastic Ferniture, Didirri, Channel Tres - Music News | last = Newstead | first = Al | publisher = [[Triple J]]. [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) | date = 14 May 2018 | accessdate = 9 August 2018 }}</ref>
For the FOMO Festival in Adelaide, Banks joined [[Nina Las Vegas]] (a.k.a. Nina Agzarian) on-stage to perform "Holiday" in January 2018.<ref name="Nguyen">{{cite web|url= https://themusic.com.au/news/all/2018/01/09/fomo-adelaide-review/|title=FOMO Adelaide Review|last=Nguyen|first=Jenny|work=theMusic.com.au|date=9 January 2018|accessdate=8 August 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110124131/https://themusic.com.au/news/all/2018/01/09/fomo-adelaide-review/|archive-date=2018-01-10}}</ref> The pair co-wrote "Alibrandi" with Omerhodic, which Las Vegas performs using Banks on vocals.<ref name="APRA Alibrandi">{{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)|title='Alibrandi' at APRA search engine|url= http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=alibrandi|accessdate=8 August 2018}} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> In March her single, "Zoom", was premiered on [[Triple J]]'s ''Good Nights'' and subsequently received high rotation on the national youth radio station.<ref name="Amnplify Jun18">{{cite web |url=https://amnplify.com.au/kota-banks-releases-surprise-debut-mixtape-prize |title=Kota Banks releases surprise debut mixtape 'PRIZE'|work=Amnplify |date=29 June 2018 |accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref> Triple J's Al Newstead declared, "this [track] has grown on us hard. It's a fun, flirty mix of dancehall and pop elevated by the fanciful production."<ref name="Newstead">{{cite web|url= http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/best-new-music-14.05.18/9753096|title=Best New Music: Peking Duk, Phantastic Ferniture, Didirri, Channel Tres|last=Newstead|first=Al|work=[[Triple J]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)|date=14 May 2018|accessdate=9 August 2018}}</ref>


Banks released her debut extended play, ''Prize'' (styled as ''PRIZE''), in mid-2018, as a ten-track mix tape.<ref name="Davies">{{cite news | url = http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/track-by-track-kota-banks-prize/ | title = Kota Banks Details Her Show-Stopping Debut Mixtape, ''Prize'' | last = Davies | first = Hayden | work = Pile Rats | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jplay.com.au/artist-profile/19656/ | title = Kota Banks | work = J Play | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> It was produced by Omerhodic, who shared the song writing with Banks on most of its tracks.<ref name="Amnplify Jun18"/><ref name="Davies"/> ''AltMedia''{{'}}s Jamie Apps rated it at three-and-a-half stars and explained, "[she] is not just a one hit wonder though as throughout the remainder of the record Banks carries the momentum forward as she celebrate feminine strength and empowerment."<ref name="Apps">{{cite web | url = http://www.altmedia.net.au/kota-banks-prize/131969 | title = Kota Banks – ''Prize'' | last = Apps | first = Jamie | work = Altmedia | date = 28 June 2018 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> She is due to undertake a national tour later that year.<ref name="Davies"/>
Banks released her debut extended play, ''Prize'' (styled as ''PRIZE''), in mid-2018, as a ten-track mix tape.<ref name="Davies">{{cite news | url = http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/track-by-track-kota-banks-prize/ | title = Kota Banks Details Her Show-Stopping Debut Mixtape, ''Prize'' | last = Davies | first = Hayden | work = Pile Rats | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jplay.com.au/artist-profile/19656/ | title = Kota Banks | work = J Play | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> It was produced by Omerhodic, who shared the song writing with Banks on most of its tracks.<ref name="Amnplify Jun18"/><ref name="Davies"/> ''AltMedia''{{'}}s Jamie Apps rated it at three-and-a-half stars and explained, "[she] is not just a one hit wonder though as throughout the remainder of the record Banks carries the momentum forward as she celebrate feminine strength and empowerment."<ref name="Apps">{{cite web | url = http://www.altmedia.net.au/kota-banks-prize/131969 | title = Kota Banks – ''Prize'' | last = Apps | first = Jamie | work = Altmedia | date = 28 June 2018 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> Following the release of ''PRIZE'', Banks announced her debut national headline tour, selling out her hometown show.

From July 2019, Banks began releasing her music under [[Sony Music Australia|Sony Music Entertainment Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sonymusic.com.au/news/kota-banks-releases-new-single-let-u-leave/ |title=Kota Banks releases new single 'Let U Leave' |website=[[Sony Music Australia]] |date=5 June 2020 |accessdate=22 April 2020}}</ref> From 2019, she shares her life through [[TikTok]] and tries to get more attention through [[extended play]] (EP).<ref>{{cite web |title=Kota Banks on TikTok |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@kotabanks/video/6761996898787249413?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7281570259126109728 |website=TikTok |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How Does an EP Shape Music Career on Platforms Like TikTok? |url=https://www.soundon.global/seo/forum/the-impact-of-EP-on-music-industry?lang=en |website=www.soundon.global}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
===Mixtapes===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of mixtapes, with release date and label shown
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Prize''{{efn|group=upper-alpha|''Prize'' is stylized in [[all caps]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/prize/1396417226 |title=PRIZE by Kota Banks on Apple Music |website=Apple Music AU |date=29 June 2018 |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>}}
|
* Released: 29 June 2018<ref name="Amnplify Jun18"/>
* Label: NLV Records
* Formats: [[Music download|Digital download]], [[streaming media|streaming]]
|}


=== Extended plays ===
===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of EPs, with release date and label shown
* ''PRIZE'' (mid-2018)
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Sweet and the Spice''
|
* Released: 31 July 2020<ref name="SATS">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/kota-banks-announces-ep-single-never-sleep-2709436/ |title=Kota Banks announces forthcoming EP, shares single 'Never Sleep' |work=[[NME]] |date=17 July 2020 |accessdate=17 July 2020 |author=Bruce, Jasper}}</ref>
* Label: [[Sony Music Australia]]
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
|}


===Singles===
===Singles===
====As lead artist====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles as lead artist, with year released and album shown
! Title
! Year
! Album
|-
! scope="row"| "N.F.F.A"
| 2016
| rowspan="4" {{N/a|Non-album singles}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Holiday"
| rowspan="2"| 2017
|-
! scope="row"| "Empty Streets"<br/>{{small|(featuring MOZA)}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Zoom"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/kota-banks-drops-another-brilliant-pop-gem-in-zoom |title=Kota Banks drops another brilliant pop gem in 'Zoom' |work=Pile Rats |date=16 March 2018 |accessdate=8 August 2018
|author=Davies, Hayden}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2018
|-
! scope="row"| "Fiorentina"<br/>{{small|(featuring Capo Lee)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stoneyroads.com/2018/06/kota-banks-flexes-her-italian-heritage-on-new-track-fiorentina/ |title=Kota Banks flexes her Italian heritage on new track 'Fiorentina' |work=Stoney Roads |date=8 June 2018 |accessdate=20 June 2020 |author=Smith, Joseph}}</ref>
| rowspan="3"| ''Prize''
|-
! scope="row"| "Child"
|-
! scope="row"| "I'm It"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=D4yTe8_sBEI |title=Kota Banks – I'm It (Official Video) |via=[[YouTube]] |date=3 September 2018 |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "20 Missed Calls"
| rowspan="3"| 2019
| rowspan="4" {{N/a|Non-album singles}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Big Bucks"
|-
! scope="row"| "Feel Again"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sonymusic.com.au/news/kota-banks-drops-new-track-and-video-feel-again |title=Kota Banks drops new track and video 'Feel Again' |work=[[Sony Music Australia]] |date=29 November 2019 |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Italiana"<br/>{{small|(standard or acoustic version)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sonymusic.com.au/news/kota-banks-releases-new-track-and-video-for-italiana |title=Kota Banks releases new track and video for 'Italiana' |work=Sony Music Australia |date=13 March 2020 |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref>
| rowspan="5"| 2020
|-
! scope="row"| "Snip Snip"<br/>{{small|(prod. by Swick)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/kota-banks-releases-new-single-snip-snip-with-swick-2669148 |title=Kota Banks releases new single 'Snip Snip' with Swick |work=[[NME]] |date=15 May 2020 |accessdate=20 June 2020 |author=Langford, Jackson}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| ''Sweet and the Spice''
|-
! scope="row"| "Let U Leave"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/kota-banks-shares-new-single-let-u-leave-2686712 |title=Kota Banks shares new single 'Let U Leave' |work=[[NME]] |date=12 June 2020 |accessdate=20 June 2020 |author=Bruce, Jasper}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Never Sleep"<ref name="SATS"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Yes"<ref name="Y">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/kota-banks-drops-ep-shares-latest-single-yes-2718777/ |title=Kota Banks drops EP, shares latest single 'Yes' |work=[[NME]] |date=31 July 2020 |accessdate=31 July 2020 |author=Bruce, Jasper}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Mutual XO"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/new-aus-music-playlist-our-favourite-tunes-of-the-week-96/|title=NEW AUS MUSIC PLAYLIST: Our Favourite Tunes Of The Week|website=Music Feeds|date=4 March 2022|access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref>


| rowspan="1"| 2022
* "N.F.F.A" (2016)
|
* "Holiday" (November 2017)
|-
* "Empty Streets" <small>(Kota Banks featuring MOZA)</small> (2017)
|}
* "Zoom" (2018)<ref name="Davies 2">{{cite news | url = http://pilerats.com/music/electronic/kota-banks-drops-another-brilliant-pop-gem-in-zoom/ | title = Kota Banks drops another brilliant pop gem in 'Zoom' | last = Davies | first = Hayden | work = Pile Rats | date = March 2018 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.unifiedmusicgroup.com/kota-banks-shares-new-single-video-zoom/ | title = Kota Banks Shares New Single + Video 'Zoom' | publisher = [[UNIFIED Music Group|Unified Music Group]] | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref>
* "Fiorentina" (2018)


=== Featured artist ===
====As featured artist====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles as featured artist, with year released and album shown
! Title
! Year
! Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Don't Look Down"<br/>{{small|([[Pez (musician)|Pez]] featuring Kota Banks)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/mx/album/dont-look-down-radio-edit-feat-kota-banks-single/1445024091?l=en |title=Don't Look Down (Radio Edit) [feat. Kota Banks] – Single by Pez on Apple Music |website=[[Apple Music]] MEX |date=7 April 2017 |accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref>
| 2016
| ''Don't Look Down''
|-
! scope="row"| "Decisions"<br/>{{small|(Swick featuring Kota Banks)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stoneyroads.com/2018/09/swick-teams-with-kota-banks-for-spicy-club-pop-number-decisions/ |title=Swick teams with Kota Banks for spicy club-pop number 'Decisions' |work=Stoney Roads |date=7 September 2018 |accessdate=20 June 2020 |author=Antoine}}</ref>
| 2018
| {{N/a|Non-album single}}
|}


'''Notes'''
* "Don't Look Down" <small>([[Pez (musician)|Pez]] featuring Kota Banks)</small> on Pez's album ''Don't Look Down'' (4 November 2016)&nbsp;– Forthwrite Records <small>(FWR006)</small> / [[EMI Music Australia]] <small>(5717218)</small><ref name="NLA Don't">{{Citation | author1 = Pez | authorlink1 = Pez (musician) | author2 = Cramer, Hailey | authorlink2 = Hailey Cramer | author3 = Dempsey, Paul | authorlink3 = Paul Dempsey | author4 = 360 | authorlink4 = 360 (rapper) | author5 = Kelly, Paul | authorlink5 = Paul Kelly (Australian musician) | author6 = Banks, Kota | author7 = Tys | author8 = Arie-Elle | author9 = Raymes | title = Don't Look Down | publication-date = 4 November 2016 | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216533716 | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref> [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]: No.&nbsp;7<ref name="AUS Charts Pez">{{cite web | url = https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Pez | title = Discography Pez | last = Hung | first = Steffen | work = Australian Charts Portal | publisher = Hung Medien | accessdate = 8 August 2018 }}</ref>
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* "Alibrandi" <small>([[Nina Las Vegas]] featuring Kota Banks)</small><ref name="APRA Alibrandi"/>

===Music videos===
{{expand section|date=June 2020}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of music videos, with year released and director shown
! Title
! Year
! Director
|-
! scope="row"| "Zoom"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stoneyroads.com/2018/03/kota-banks-shares-exciting-single-and-video-for-zoom/ |title=Kota Banks shares exciting single and video for 'Zoom' |work=Stoney Roads |date=21 March 2018 |accessdate=20 June 2020 |author=Tonkin, Sarah}}</ref>
| 2018
| Ella Carey
|}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:35, 24 December 2023

Kota Banks
Birth nameJessica Mimi Porfiri
Born (1994-10-13) 13 October 1994 (age 29)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OriginItalien
GenresPop
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
InstrumentVocals
Years active2005–present
Labels

Jessica Mimi Porfiri (born 13 October 1994), who performs as Kota Banks, is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and musician.[1] She signed to Nina Las Vegas's label, NLV Records, in May 2017, which released Banks' ten-track extended play, Prize (styled as PRIZE), as a mix tape in mid-2018.[2][3] Banks has co-written songs for fellow Australian artists.[4] She supported What So Not on his national tour.[5] By November 2017, her music had accumulated over 20 million plays on Spotify.[1]

Early life

[edit]

Kota Banks was born in 1994 in Sydney, Australia, as Jessica Mimi Porfiri,[6] in Sydney. She spent her late childhood and teens in Florence, a formative time that shaped her identity and connection to her heritage. Banks has been singing since the age of 9.[7] She returned to Sydney.

Personal life

[edit]

Banks is a Christian.[8] She prays every time she writes music.[8] In an article with The Daily Telegraph, she said:

"I just feel like it [praying] gives me more depth to my songwriting and opens my mind."[8]

Career

[edit]

Banks' debut single, "N.F.F.A.", was issued in 2016 and was co-written by Banks with Lee Chew (or Toby Chew-Lee) and Cameron Nacson.[9] It was produced by the duo as MOZA.[10] Troy Mutton of Pile Rats described how she, "dabbles in some seriously fun electronic-pop", and described her single as a "bold track both production-wise and lyrically, catchy as and slotting right alongside artists such as Nicole Millar, Jess Kent and Danish artist MØ."[10]

Her second single, "Holiday", appeared in 2017, which was co-written with Danny Omerhodic,[11] who produced the track for NLV Records, as Swick.[12] "Empty Streets" featuring MOZA, was her next single in that year, which was also co-written with Chew and Nacson.[9][13][14][15] For the Junior Eurovision Song Contest of 2017, Banks, Chew and Nacson, with Chloe Papandrea, co-wrote Australia's entry, "Speak Up".[16] It was performed by Isabella Clarke in Tbilisi, where Clarke finished third.[17]

For the FOMO Festival in Adelaide, Banks joined Nina Las Vegas (a.k.a. Nina Agzarian) on-stage to perform "Holiday" in January 2018.[18] The pair co-wrote "Alibrandi" with Omerhodic, which Las Vegas performs using Banks on vocals.[19] In March her single, "Zoom", was premiered on Triple J's Good Nights and subsequently received high rotation on the national youth radio station.[20] Triple J's Al Newstead declared, "this [track] has grown on us hard. It's a fun, flirty mix of dancehall and pop elevated by the fanciful production."[21]

Banks released her debut extended play, Prize (styled as PRIZE), in mid-2018, as a ten-track mix tape.[22][23] It was produced by Omerhodic, who shared the song writing with Banks on most of its tracks.[20][22] AltMedia's Jamie Apps rated it at three-and-a-half stars and explained, "[she] is not just a one hit wonder though as throughout the remainder of the record Banks carries the momentum forward as she celebrate feminine strength and empowerment."[24] Following the release of PRIZE, Banks announced her debut national headline tour, selling out her hometown show.

From July 2019, Banks began releasing her music under Sony Music Entertainment Australia.[25] From 2019, she shares her life through TikTok and tries to get more attention through extended play (EP).[26][27]

Discography

[edit]

Mixtapes

[edit]
List of mixtapes, with release date and label shown
Titel Details
Prize[A]

Extended plays

[edit]
List of EPs, with release date and label shown
Titel Details
Sweet and the Spice

Singles

[edit]

As lead artist

[edit]
List of singles as lead artist, with year released and album shown
Titel Year Album
"N.F.F.A" 2016 Non-album singles
"Holiday" 2017
"Empty Streets"
(featuring MOZA)
"Zoom"[30] 2018
"Fiorentina"
(featuring Capo Lee)[31] 		Prize
"Child"
"I'm It"[32]
"20 Missed Calls" 2019 Non-album singles
"Big Bucks"
"Feel Again"[33]
"Italiana"
(standard or acoustic version)[34] 		2020
"Snip Snip"
(prod. by Swick)[35] 		Sweet and the Spice
"Let U Leave"[36]
"Never Sleep"[29]
"Yes"[37]
"Mutual XO"[38] 2022
[edit]
List of singles as featured artist, with year released and album shown
Titel Year Album
"Don't Look Down"
(Pez featuring Kota Banks)[39] 		2016 Don't Look Down
"Decisions"
(Swick featuring Kota Banks)[40] 		2018 Non-album single

Notes

  1. ^ Prize is stylized in all caps.[28]

Music videos

[edit]
List of music videos, with year released and director shown
Titel Year Director
"Zoom"[41] 2018 Ella Carey

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Lefevre, Jules (3 November 2017). "Kota Banks Is One of Australia's Best New Pop Acts". Junkee. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. ^ O'Neill, Holly (June 2018). Emma Jones, Martin Novosel (ed.). "Sur-PRIZE! Wrap your ears around Kota Bank's future facing pop mixtape". Purple Sneakers. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Kota Banks". Mushroom Music Publishing. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. ^ Jones, Emma (July 2018). "Interview Kota Banks". Purple Sneakers. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Exclusive: Kota Banks Signs to New World Artists". theMusic.com.au. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Repertoire Search: Songwriter/Composer: Porfiri". Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Kota Banks". triple j Unearthed. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  8. ^ a b c Hermo, Dominique (16 November 2018). "Aussie singer Kota Banks is your soundtrack to summer". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  9. ^ a b "'NFFA' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 8 August 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  10. ^ a b Mutton, Troy. "Premiere: Meet Kota Banks and her fresh new tropical banger, 'N.F.F.A'". Pile Rats. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  11. ^ "'Holiday' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 8 August 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  12. ^ Emma Jones, Martin Novosel (ed.). "Kota Banks signs to NLV Records with monster pop tune 'Holiday'". Pile Rats. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Kota Banks". BigSound. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  14. ^ "'Zoom' into New Kota Banks Video". auspOp. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  15. ^ "Kota Banks – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News". BBC. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  16. ^ "'Speak Up' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 8 August 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  17. ^ "Isabella Clarke 'Speak Up'". Junior Eurovision Song Contest. 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  18. ^ Nguyen, Jenny (9 January 2018). "FOMO Adelaide Review". theMusic.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  19. ^ "'Alibrandi' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 8 August 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  20. ^ a b c "Kota Banks releases surprise debut mixtape 'PRIZE'". Amnplify. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  21. ^ Newstead, Al (14 May 2018). "Best New Music: Peking Duk, Phantastic Ferniture, Didirri, Channel Tres". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  22. ^ a b Davies, Hayden. "Kota Banks Details Her Show-Stopping Debut Mixtape, Prize". Pile Rats. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  23. ^ "Kota Banks". J Play. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  24. ^ Apps, Jamie (28 June 2018). "Kota Banks – Prize". Altmedia. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  25. ^ "Kota Banks releases new single 'Let U Leave'". Sony Music Australia. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  26. ^ "Kota Banks on TikTok". TikTok.
  27. ^ "How Does an EP Shape Music Career on Platforms Like TikTok?". www.soundon.global.
  28. ^ "PRIZE by Kota Banks on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  29. ^ a b Bruce, Jasper (17 July 2020). "Kota Banks announces forthcoming EP, shares single 'Never Sleep'". NME. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  30. ^ Davies, Hayden (16 March 2018). "Kota Banks drops another brilliant pop gem in 'Zoom'". Pile Rats. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  31. ^ Smith, Joseph (8 June 2018). "Kota Banks flexes her Italian heritage on new track 'Fiorentina'". Stoney Roads. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  32. ^ "Kota Banks – I'm It (Official Video)". 3 September 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020 – via YouTube.
  33. ^ "Kota Banks drops new track and video 'Feel Again'". Sony Music Australia. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  34. ^ "Kota Banks releases new track and video for 'Italiana'". Sony Music Australia. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  35. ^ Langford, Jackson (15 May 2020). "Kota Banks releases new single 'Snip Snip' with Swick". NME. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  36. ^ Bruce, Jasper (12 June 2020). "Kota Banks shares new single 'Let U Leave'". NME. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  37. ^ Bruce, Jasper (31 July 2020). "Kota Banks drops EP, shares latest single 'Yes'". NME. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  38. ^ "NEW AUS MUSIC PLAYLIST: Our Favourite Tunes Of The Week". Music Feeds. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  39. ^ "Don't Look Down (Radio Edit) [feat. Kota Banks] – Single by Pez on Apple Music". Apple Music MEX. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  40. ^ Antoine (7 September 2018). "Swick teams with Kota Banks for spicy club-pop number 'Decisions'". Stoney Roads. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  41. ^ Tonkin, Sarah (21 March 2018). "Kota Banks shares exciting single and video for 'Zoom'". Stoney Roads. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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