Aijia Grammer

Aijia was born Aijia Lise Guttman on June 26, 1986, in Los Angeles, California. She took part in choir shows and talent shows from school age.[2]

Aijia is the maternal granddaughter to Helen Guttman, former owner of Anti Club; formerly located in Melrose Hill in Los Angeles.[3][4] Anti Club hosted bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, Weezer, Faith No More, Sonic Youth, and The Cult.[5][6][7][8]

Her paternal grandfather was head of the Jazz Piano Dept at the University of Southern California.

She is the paternal niece of the voiceover actress and fellow alumni of The Voice E.G. Daily .[1]

An alumnus of California State University, Northridge, she majored in Jazz Studies. While studying she started an internship at Warner Records supplementing her learning with that of publicity, marketing, and A&R.[2]

She married recording artist Andy Grammer in July 2012 in Fullerton, California.[9]

They are parents to daughters Louisiana K. Grammer (born July 28, 2017) and Israel Blue Grammer (born April 3, 2020).[10][11][12][13][14] During pregnancy, Grammer suffered from complications due to hyperemesis gravidarum.[15]

She met her husband at California State University, Northridge where they were both enrolled as music students.[16][17][18]

Aijia and her husband have spoken in the past about their adherence to the Baháʼí Faith.[19]

Grammer began teaching piano lessons to kids, playing local gigs in her native Los Angeles, and writing music for commercials, trailers, and TV.[2] She went on to singing backing vocals for other artists including Selena Gomez, Colbie Caillat, Hilary Duff, Jack Black, Rachel Platten and her husband Andy Grammer.[20] In 2011, Aijia played for the U.S. troops on a USO tour throughout Iraq, Kuwait, Kosovo, and Germany.[9] Under the performing name of Aijia, Grammer self-released her debut EP titled Learning to Let Go in 2012.[21] This was followed in 2018 and 2019 respectively by singles "For You" and "Magic".[22][23][24][25]

Grammer is also an ambassador for the Los Angeles chapter of Rock and Roll Camp for Girls, a non-profit organization that describes itself as "a social justice organization empowering girls through music education."[26] Other notable ambassadors include Sara Bareilles, Katy Perry, Andra Day, Patty Schemel, Shirley Manson and Keala Settle.[27]

Grammer lists her influences including Alicia Keys, Sia, and Amy Winehouse. Her preferred equipment on stage is the Korg SV-1 88-Key Stage Vintage Piano.[26]

She starred in a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's, Jesus Christ Superstar in Los Angeles in 2006.[28][9] In 2010 she starred as the part of Angela in The Alliance Theater's production of Twist: An American Musical, staged by Debbie Allen.[29] In the 2010s Grammer played roles in short films, including Drew's 5th Birthday, Girls Night, and The First Step directed by Donnie Hobbie and Ally Zonsius, and Michael A. MacRae respectively.[30][31][32]

In 2016 she appeared on Season 10 of American singing competition television series The Voice.[33][34][35]

Her first feature-length appearance was as Kristin in Snare directed by Khu and Justin Price, also in 2016.[36] In 2019, Grammer joined the casting department of the American songwriting competition series Songland as a talent producer during their first season.[37]

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• Aijia Grammer at IMDb
• Aijia Grammer discography at MusicBrainz