Kari Kimmel

Kimmel has released five solo albums, titled A Life in the Day, Out of Focus, From the Vault, Go, and Black. Her sixth solo album Gold & Glitter was released on May 25, 2018. The title track was featured in the 2018 comedy film Blockers.

In 2017, Kimmel was one of over a hundred individuals honored when she was awarded a ASCAP Screen Music Award for co composing The Fosters' theme song Where You Belong.

In 2015, Kimmel launched her own licensing company Glow Music Group, and now represents over 200 bands in addition to her own music. In 2017, she led a writer's retreat for VocalizeU and ASCAP in Ojai, CA.

She has composed 18 theme songs for multiple television series, including Where You Belong for family drama series The Fosters, and has performed tracks in the films Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2, Dreamgirls, Danny Collins, Descendants, Descendants 2, Teen Beach Movie, Teen Beach Movie 2, and Footloose. Her music video for the track Low was used to promote the television series Private Practice and her music video for the track Trouble aired on Oxygen and KNBC. She has also performed live on The Adam Corolla Show, The Danny Bonaduce Show, The Conway & Whitman Show, KNBC, and Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket and at multiple venues in Los Angeles, including Los Angeles Dodgers games, Los Angeles Lakers games, and the AIDS Walk benefit, hosted by Prince Edward and the Greek Theatre in 2010, where she closed the show.

Kimmel's career began when she was cast to sing the theme song It's Not Just Make Believe for the 2004 Disney live-action film Ella Enchanted. She also appeared in the music video, which featured on Radio Disney. She then connected with Randy Spendlove, the president of motion picture music at Miramax at the time, whom she went on to collaborate with on over 20 film projects.