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 fan base due to his deep bass voice. But ultimately, Kalan decided to focus on his solo career and announced that he would be leaving Pentatonix after the completion of his tour in May 2017. Later that month, he released his solo debut ‘EP Sage’ and ‘Stone’ under the name ‘ Avril’. The singer’s debut song which premiered on April 29 is folk music oriented, where he plays his guitar on the first song, ‘Fields and Pier’. On March 22, 2019, he premiered a new song, ‘Change on the Rise’.
Also, the singer announced that he will release his second extended play ‘I’ll Get By’ on January 24, 2020 on November 5, 2019. He also released its title track on Youtube on that day. The talented Kaplan helped his old band ‘Pentatonix’ to win the Grammy Award three times.
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Avi Kaplan: Early Life, Family, and Education
The famous singer and vocalist Avi Kaplan was born on April 17, 1989. He was born and raised in Visalia, California, United States. His family members are his parents ‘Michael’ and ‘Shelly Kaplan’, his brother ‘Joshua Kaplan’ and his sister ‘Esther Koop’. The singer’s sister worked as a tour manager for Pentatonix in April 2018. He is Jewish so he went through a lot of bullying during his childhood and his best friend was music. Young Kaplan loved folk music and used to go to nearby ‘Sequoia National Park’. Little by little 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.
Avi Kaplan: career and achievements
The singer rose to fame after creating music with ‘Pentatonix’, but his music career had already started before. Kaplan joined ‘Pentatonix’ in 2011, but was already a proficient Cappella artist as he used to perform in operas and jazz. He joined ‘Pentatonix’ as a bassist and beatboxer. Kaplan along with his band members Kirstin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi and Scott auditioned for the show ‘The Sing-Off starts’ and even won the title of the third season of 2011. Less well known, the group met one day before the audition.
Kaplan contributed to ‘Pentatonix’ with three consecutive Grammy Award wins. For the first time, the band won a Grammy in the category ‘Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella’ for their song ‘Daft Punk’ on February 8, 2015. The following 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 February 15, 2016. The band again won a Grammy in the ‘Best Country Duo/Group Performance’ category for their version of ‘Jolene’ on February 12. February 2017. Pentatonix has also won many music awards from Streamy and Youtube music awards.
Caption: Avi Kaplan with his former band members when ‘Pentatonix’ won the Grammy.
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Kaplan later premiered his first solo song ‘Fields and Pier’ on April 29, 2017 and reported that he will part ways with ‘Pentatonix’ in May 2017. The singer mentioned the reason for leaving his old band to spend more time with friends and family. He announced his first tour since he left Pentatonix, through Europe in October 2019.
Avi Kaplan: personal life
The 30-year-old singer is single and hopes that the perfect girl will be his partner. Also, Kaplan does not like to discuss his private affairs in the media. However, it was rumored that he was in a relationship with his former band member, ‘Kristie Maldonado’. this rumor did not last long as ‘Kristie Maldonado’ was seen dating ‘Jeremy Lewis’.
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Avi Kaplan: Net Worth and Social Media
Avi Kaplan is a successful singer and has gained a lot from his experiences, successes and income in his singing career. The net worth of the singer is around 8 million dollars. Although his main source of income is music, he also owns several restaurants in Washington and a football team. the singer even launched his own brand of vodka and perfume. Kaplan earns a good amount of income and leads a luxurious lifestyle.
Likewise, he even loves to interact with his fans through social media. The artist is accessible on Instagram with the username ‘avi_kaplan’ and has almost 600 thousand followers. He is also available on Twitter where he has 340k followers with the username ‘Avi_kaplan’.
