Kerli Kõiv (; born 7 February 1987), usually referred to
mononymously as
Kerli, is an Estonian recording artist and songwriter. Born in
Elva,
Estonia, Kerli entered multiple singing competitions before being signed to
Island Records in 2006 by
LA Reid. In 2007, she released her
debut self-titled extended play and in 2008, released her debut studio album,
Love Is Dead, the latter of which charted on the
Billboard 200. The lead single from the album, "
Walking on Air," charted in many countries and was also featured as the
iTunes Store's Single of the Week where it was downloaded over 500,000 times, a record at that time. In the years following, Kerli was featured on
Almost Alice with the song "
Tea Party" and she began to abandon her
alternative rock sound and started to adopt a more
electronic and
dance-influenced sound, as can be heard in her 2010 single "
Army of Love".