The National Karaoke League is the home of competitive, team-based karaoke in America. Every season, each NKL division host weekly competitions for men and women ages 21 and up, in which league members sing their hearts out as members of "karaoke teams". Everyone in the host bar gets to vote for their favorite teams and performers across three rounds, and at the end of each season one team is crowned "National Karaoke Champions".

The National Karaoke League was founded in January 2008 by Whitney Francis and friends, all of whom are self-proclaimed "karaoke nerds". The first division opened in Austin, Texas in February 2008 with 41 enthusiastic league members, and quickly spread across Texas.  We hope to add more leagues in other cities soon, until competitive karaoke can be found in every city nationwide.