Feist Height, Weight, Age, Family, Facts, Education, Biography

Publish date: 2024-06-09

Feist Quick Info
Height	5 ft 3 in
Weight	57 kg
Date of Birth	February 13, 1976
Zodiac Sign	Aquarius
Eye Color	Blue

Feist is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter who has not only led a successful career as a solo artist but has also performed with rock bands like Broken Social Scene, By Divine Right, and Royal City. She has released 5 solo studio albums, a remix album, and 4 albums with Broken Social Scene. Her 2nd, 3rd, and 4th solo albums titled Let It Die (2004), The Reminder (2007), and Metals (2011), respectively, have all earned ‘Platinum’ certification from Music Canada. For Metals (2011), she won the prestigious ‘Polaris Music Prize’ which is annually awarded to the best full-length Canadian album.

Born Name

Leslie Feist

Nick Name

Feist

Sun Sign

Aquarius

Born Place

Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada

Residence

She splits her time between Canada and Los Angeles, California, United States.

Nationality

She holds dual nationality.

Education

Feist had attended the Bishop Carroll High School and the Alternative High School in Alberta, Canada.

Occupation

Singer, Songwriter

Family

Father – Harold Elmer Feist (Painter, Former Arts Professor)
Mother – Lyn Feist
Siblings – Ben Feist (Older Brother)
Others – Seamus Patrick Dever (Second Cousin) (Actor), Elmer Frank Feist (Paternal Grandfather), Ruth Frances Cronan (Paternal Grandmother)

Manager

She is represented by –

Robbie Lackritz, General Manager, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hillary Siskind, PR Agent (US), Interscope Records, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Mavis Harris, PR Agent (Canada), Nice Marmot PR, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chris Latham, PR Agent (UK), Swell Publicity, London, England, United Kingdom
Frank Riley, Booking Agent (US), High Road Touring, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, United States
Rob Zifarelli, Booking Agent (Canada), Paradigm Talent Agency, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Emma Banks, Booking Agent (UK, Europe), Creative Artists Agency, London, England, United Kingdom

Genre

Indie Pop, Folk, Baroque Pop

Instruments

Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Banjo, Drums

Labels

Bobby Dazzler
Polydor Records
Universal Music Group
Arts & Crafts Productions
Cherrytree Records
Interscope Records

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 3 in or 160 cm

Weight

57 kg or 125.5 lbs

Boyfriend / Spouse

Feist has dated –

Kevin Drew (1993–2012)

Race / Ethnicity

White

She is of German, English, and Irish descent.

Hair Color

Light Brown

Eye Color

Blue

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Petite frame
Shoulder-length, straight hair
Affable smile

Feist Facts

Feist’s parents got divorced when she was just a toddler after which she moved with her mother and brother from Amherst, Nova Scotia to Regina, Saskatchewan where they lived with her grandparents. The family later relocated to Calgary, Alberta from where she completed her schooling.

As a child, she had wished to be a writer and had also had a keen interest in singing. She would often sing in choirs in her youth and had also performed as a dancer in the opening ceremony of the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988 when she was just 12 years old.

Her 3rd solo album titled The Reminder (2007) had earned her 4 Grammy Award nominations at the 2008 ceremony – ‘Best New Artist’, ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’, ‘Best Female Pop Vocal Performance’, and ‘Best Short Form Music Video’. The last 2 of those nominations were for the single called 1234 which was also featured in a TV commercial for the 3rd-generation iPod Nano.

As of June 2020, she had won 11 Juno Awards from 16 nominations, including 5 wins from 5 nominations in 2008. She has won the ‘Artist of the Year’ award twice – in 2008 and 2012.

Featured Image by Feist / Instagram

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