Avriel Benjamin Kaplan famous by his stage name ‘Avi Kaplan’, is an American singer and songwriter. The singer is a former member of a Cappella group ‘Pentatonix’. He has a wide fanbase because of his deep bass voice. But eventually, Kalan decided to focus on his solo career and announced to leave Pentatonix after the completion of their tour in May 2017. Later that month, he released his solo debut ‘EP Sage’ and ‘Stone’ with the name’Avriel’. The singer’s debut song was premiered on 29 April is folk music-oriented, where he plays his guitar in the first song, ‘Fields and Pier’. On 22 March 2019, he premiered a new song, ‘Change on the Rise’.
Likewise, The singer announced to release his second extended play ‘I’ll Get By’ by 24 Jan 2020 on 5 November 2019. He also released his single title track on Youtube that day. Talented Kaplan contributed his former band ‘Pentatonix’ to win Grammy Award winner three times.
Caption: Avi Kaplan
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Avi Kaplan: Early Life, family, and education
Famous singer and vocalist Avi Kaplan was born on 17 April 1989. He was born and brought up in Visalia, California, US. His family members consist of his parents ‘Michael’ and ‘Shelly Kaplan’, his brother ‘Joshua Kaplan’ and sister ‘Esther Koop’. The singer’s sister worked as Pentatonix’s April 2018 tour manager. He is a Jew because of which he went through a lot of bullying during his childhood days and his best friend was music. Young Kaplan loved folk music and often went to the nearby ‘Sequoia National Park’. Slowly he was inspired towards the music industry after listening to ‘Nash & Young’, ‘Simon & Garfunkel’, ‘Crosby’, ‘Bill Withers’, ‘Iron & Wine’, ‘Ben Harper’ and ‘Bon Iver’. His interest in music was always encouraged by his parents and siblings.
As a result, Young Kaplan started studying classical music. He even joined the choir of the church of the ‘Divisadero Middle School’ in Visaliaas per instruction of his friends and teachers. Later, He was invited at ‘Mt. Whitney High School’ where he joined as a freshman. Kaplan also learned to play instruments like a guitar by the age of 15 and used to play at cafes in Visalia. for his higher studies, alan joined ‘Mt. San Antonio College’ in Walnut, California, the US at the age of 18 in 2007.
Caption: Avi Kaplan’s childhood with his family
Avi Kaplan: Career and Achievements
The Singer came to limelight after he created music with ‘Pentatonix’ but his career in music had already initiated earlier. Kaplan joined ‘Pentatonix’ in 2011 but he was already a proficient Cappella artist as he used to perform in operas and jazz. He joined ‘Pentatonix’ as a bass singer and a beatboxer. Kaplan along with his band members Kirstin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, and Scott auditioned for the show ‘The Sing-Off began’ and even won the title for 2011 season three. Lesser known fact, the group met just a day before the audition.
Kaplan contributed ‘Pentatonix’ three consecutive wins in Grammy award. For the first time, the band won Grammy in the ‘Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a cappella’ category for their song ‘Daft Punk’ on 8 February 2015. Next year they won a Grammy in the same category, for ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ from their album ‘That’s Christmas to Me’ on 15 February 2016. The band again won a Grammy in the category, ‘Best Country duo/group performance’ category for their cover of ‘Jolene’ on 12 February 2017. Pentatonix has also won great many music awards from Streamy and Youtube music awards.
Caption: Avi Kaplan with his former band members when ‘Pentatonix’ won grammy.
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Later, Kaplan premiered his first solo song ‘Fields and Pier’ on 29 April 2017 and reported he will separate from ‘Pentatonix’ in May 2017. The singer mentioned the reason to leave his former band to spend more time with friends and family. He announced his first tour since leaving Pentatonix, throughout Europe in October 2019.
Avi Kaplan: Personal Life
The 30-year-old singer is single and waiting for the perfect girl to be his partner. Besides, Kaplan does not like discussing his private affairs in the media. However, he was rumored to be in a relationship with his former band member, ‘ Kristie Maldonado’. this rumor did not last for a long time as ‘Kristie Maldonado’ was spotted dating ‘Jeremy Lewis’.
Caption: Avi Kaplan and Kirstin Maldonado spotted together
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Avi Kaplan: Net worth and Social media
Avi Kaplan is a successful singer and has gained a lot from his singing career experiences, hits, and income. The singer’s net worth is around $8 million dollars. Though his main source of income is music, he also owns several restaurants in Washington and a football team as well. the singer even launched his own brand of vodka and perfume. Kaplan earns a good amount of income and lives a luxurious lifestyle.
Likewise, he even loves interacting with his fans through social media. The artist is accessible on Instagram with the username’avi_kaplan’ and has almost 600k followers. He also is available on twitter where he has 340k followers with the username ‘Avi_kaplan’.
Avi Kaplan: Body Measurements
Kaplan is one of the handsome personalities in the music industry. He is 1.8 meters tall and weighs 67 kgs. The singer has a Rectangle body type. He has hazel eyes and long black hair to his shoulders.
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