Jen and Kat

{{short description|American electropop duo}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Jen and Kat

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| origin = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Pop
• electropop
• pop rock
• electronic rock
• folk-pop

}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|ukulele|guitar|piano|bass}}

| years_active = 2007–present

| label = {{flatlist|

• Jen and Kat Records {{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/5UI6n1ew6ci2zV5rNy4ruf |title=Jen and Kat - Official Spotify Profile |publisher=Spotify.com |date=November 11, 2017 |accessdate=December 5, 2017}}}}

| website = {{URL|jenandkat.com}}

| current_members = {{plainlist|

• Jeni Niquette
• Kyndi Niquette}}

}}

Jen and Kat are an American electropop duo that consists of sisters Jeni Niquette and Kyndi Niquette. Their television debut was on MTV in 2007, when they co-starred in The Countdown to Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County,{{cite web|author=Maura Lynch |url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/face-time |title=Face Time |publisher=Teen Vogue |date=August 15, 2007 |accessdate=April 22, 2017}} a segment filmed and produced by MTV Studios.{{cite web|author=Justin Much |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/202917311/ |title=Niquette Sisters Burst Into Stardom |publisher=Statesman Journal |date=August 15, 2007 |accessdate=April 22, 2017}} While shooting the video for MTV in New York, the sisters also starred in Clean & Clear's Morning Burst Shine Control Cleanser campaign,{{cite web|author=Johnson & Johnson |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/grand-prize-winners-of-clean--clearr-burst-into-stardom-contest-are-ready-for-their-national-television-debut-on-mtvs-newport-harbor-the-real-orange-county-58252387.html |title=Grand Prize Winners of CLEAN & CLEAR(R) 'Burst Into Stardom' Contest are Ready for Their National Television Debut |publisher=PR News Wire |date=August 15, 2007 |accessdate=August 15, 2007}} and appeared on Demanded, an On-Demand original program from Music Choice, co-hosted by a different chart-topping music artist every episode.{{cite web|author=Music Choice |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433252/ |title=Demanded |publisher=Music Choice |date=May 5, 2009 |accessdate=April 22, 2017}} Their credits have gone on to include work with Summit Entertainment, IFC, LAIKA, Nike, SanDisk, and others.{{cite web|url=http://jenandkat.com |title=Official website of the singing/acting sister duo Jen and Kat | Bio |publisher=Jen and Kat |date= |accessdate=April 22, 2017}}

In October 2013, Jen and Kat joined the video-sharing app Vine where their videos were viewed over 21 million times. In March 2015 Jen and Kat's first music single, Better Place, was released worldwide, and in November 2015 their four-song electropop EP entitled Here and Now followed suit. In 2016, Jen and Kat won the Best Music category in the Armstrong Vine Awards, hosted at Mashable headquarters.{{cite web|author=Tarn Susumpow |url=http://mashable.com/2016/01/29/armstrong-vine-awards-winners/#IJTU7t7scEqE |title=2016 Armstrong Vine Awards Winners |publisher=Mashable |date=January 29, 2016 |accessdate=April 22, 2017}} In November 2017, Jen and Kat released their debut album, The Sound of Goodbye, making a return to their acoustic pop roots, a style first heard in their 2015 single Better Place. Nine singles were released between 2018 and 2020: “Until You Know”, “There’s You, There’s Me”, “Speaking in Code“, “3-Minute Warning”, “Digital Starlight”, “Never Slowing Down”, “Bad Bad”, “Are You Still There”, and “We Pretend”. In 2020, Jen and Kat produced beats for the seamlessly looping video app Byte that can be used in video creation.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/JenAndKatMusic/status/1243681058421272577 |title=We had the opportunity to make beats for byte_app and some of them just went live! Next time you're making a Byte, check 'em out!! |publisher=Jen and Kat on Twitter |date=March 27, 2020 |accessdate=June 25, 2021}} On October 29, 2020, the action-adventure game Watch Dogs: Legion, published by Ubisoft, was released and Jen and Kat's lead singing could be heard in the songs “Over My Shoulder” and “I Am Your Virus”{{cite web|url=http://jenandkat.com |title=Official website of the singing/acting sister duo Jen and Kat |publisher=Jen and Kat |date= |accessdate=June 25, 2021}} through the in-game vehicle radio as players traveled the streets of a futuristic, dystopian London. On May 7, 2021, Jen and Kat released a 5-song electropop EP entitled “Get to You”{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jen-and-kat/980430674 |title=Jen and Kat - Apple Music |publisher=Apple Music |date=May 7, 2021 |accessdate=June 25, 2021}} and the following week their first official music video for the third track on their EP entitled “Can't Shake the Feeling” was published on YouTube.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh073RZDO9U |title=Jen and Kat - Official YouTube Channel |publisher=Youtube.com |date=May 14, 2021 |accessdate=June 25, 2021}} Their singing will be heard in the edgy pirate love song “Hey There, Sailor” in the upcoming video game Beyond Good and Evil 2,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4085581/ |title=Kyndi Niquette Singing Credits |publisher=Imdb |date= |accessdate=October 29, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4206276/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 |title=Jeni Niquette Singing Credits |publisher=Imdb |date= |accessdate=October 29, 2020}} speculated to arrive between 2022 and 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/beyond-good-and-evil-2-release-date-trailer-gameplay-story-news/ |title=Everything we know about Beyond Good and Evil 2 |publisher=Jacob Roach |date=January 6, 2021 |accessdate=June 25, 2021}} The sisters have performed on two cross-country tours, and their TikToks have been viewed 122 million times as of February 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@jenandkat? |title=Jen and Kat on TikTok |publisher=Jen and Kat |date=September 13, 2021 |accessdate=September 13, 2021}}