Facts: - years active: 2011 -- present - landscape: yes - birth name: jillian rose banks - label: harvest good years iamsound - genre: pbr & b trip hop alternative pop - birth date: 16 june 1988 - name: banks - background: solo_singer - image: banks nyc 2014.jpg - birth place: orange county , california , u.s. - occupation: singer songwriter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of banks -lrb- singer -rrb- .
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jillian rose banks -lrb- born june 16 , 1988 -rrb- , known simply as banks -lrb- often stylized as banks -rrb- , is an american singer and songwriter from orange county , california .she releases music under harvest records , good years recordings and iamsound records imprints of the major label universal music group .she has toured internationally with the weeknd and was also nominated for the sound of 2014 award by the bbc and an mtv brand new nominee in 2014 .on may 3 , 2014 , banks was dubbed as an '' artist to watch '' by '' foxweekly '' .