Background
Hawthorne was born to Summers Dozier-Simon and Corey Hawthorne in the small town of Abbeville, Louisiana, where she grew up.
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Hawthorne chose Aguilera as her coach.
Career
Hawthorne is best known for being a finalist in season 8 of National Broadcasting Company"s reality television singing competition The Voice, placing fourth place. She was a member on Pharrell Williams" team She has been performing since the age of 9, when she joined an organization called Louisiana Kids, in which she would sing locally at nursing homes and charity events.
Hawthorne had a part-time job in a pizza shop and is also a junior at Lighthouse Christian Academy in Abbeville.
2015: The Voice
Koryn Hawthorne auditioned for the eighth season of The Voice singing Emeli Sandé"s "My Kind of Love". Both Christina Aguilera and Williams turned around.
In the Battle rounds, Hawthorne faced Vance Smith, where they sang "Love Maine Harder", a duet by Ariana Grande and The Weeknd. Hawthorne was chosen over Smith.
She was then stolen by Williams.
During the Playoffs she sang How Great Thou Art but was not chosen by the public, who could only save two artists from Williams" team Williams, who could save one of his three remaining artists, chose her. The following week, she sang Kelly Clarkson"s "Stronger (What Doesn"t Kill You)" and was saved by public voting.
In the Top 10 she performed "Make lieutenant Rain" by Foy Vance, reaching the third position on iTunes and debuting at the 84th position on Hot 100.
The following week, she covered "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys and was saved by the public. In the Top 6, Hawthorne showed her rock side covering R.E.M"s "Everybody Hurts" and Aerosmith"s "Dream On".
In the Top 5, after singing U2"s "One" and the traditional song, "Oh Mary Don"t You Weep", she was, alongside India Carney, in the bottom two. She sang Beyonce"s "If I Were a Boy" for her last chance performance, being instantly saved over Carney.
In the finale, Hawthorne performed "lieutenant"s a Manitoba"s Manitoba"s Manitoba"s World" by James Brown, The Beatles" "We Can Work lieutenant Out" with coach Williams and also her original song "Bright Fire", written by Williams.
She finished in 4th place. Throughout the competition, Hawthorne"s evolution as a singer caught the attention of the coaches. Adam Levine pointed out that never before in the history of The Voice had he seen "such a drastic, incredible, unbelievable journey".
Williams compared her drive to succeed to that of Beyoncé.
Abbeville Mayor Mark Piazza declared May 6, 2015 “Koryn Hawthorne Day" and presented her with the key to the city. 2016-present: Post-The Voice and new artist management agreement
After finishing in 4th place on The Voice, Hawthorne signed with Maximum Artist Group, run by Mitchell Solarek.
On February, she announced via Twitter she would be guest starring on the fifth season of Mary Mary, that first aired on March, 3. On March 6, 2016, the television show Saints & Sinners, in which Hawthorne recorded the song Saints & Sinners for the original soundtrack, was premiered on Bounce television lieutenant is the first material released from Hawthorne since the end of the season 8 of National Broadcasting Company"s The Voice.
