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FEMUSINDO.com - Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, with her famous name Sia Furler, is a singer and songwriter from Australia.
Sia was born December 18, 1975 and grew up in Adelaide, South Australia. She began her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s.
When Crisp disbanded in 1997, she released her debut studio album, OnlySee in Australia. Sia moved to London and provided vocals for the British duo, Zero 7.
She released her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult in 2001 and her third album, Colour the Small One in 2004.
Move to America and Tour
In 2005, Sia moved to New York City and toured the United States. Her fourth and fifth studio albums, Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born, were released in 2008 and 2010 respectively.
Both were certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association and garnered wider attention than her previous albums.
Feeling uncomfortable with her growing fame, she took a break from performing and focused on songwriting for other artists.
She produced successful collaborations "Titanium" (with David Guetta), "Diamonds" (with Rihanna) and "Wild Ones" (with Flo Rida).
Breakthrough as a Solo Recording Artist
In 2014, Sia broke through as a solo recording artist when her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear, debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200.
The album spawned the top-ten single "Chandelier", and a trilogy of music videos that she directed, starring child dancer Maddie Ziegler.
Since then, she has typically worn a wig that covers her face to protect her privacy. Sia's seventh studio album, This Is Acting (2016).
It featured her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "Cheap Thrills".
That year she also embarked on the Nostalgic for the Present Tour, which incorporated dance by Ziegler and others and other performance art elements.
Sia's eighth studio album, Everyday Is Christmas, was released in 2017 and reissued in 2018 with three bonus tracks.
Written Songs for Films and Received Many Awards
In 2018, she formed the supergroup with Labrinth and Diplo, LSD. They released their self-titled debut album in April 2019.
Sia has written many songs for films. Her feature film directorial debut, Music, was released in early 2021 along with the album Music –Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture.
Sia has received numerous awards, including nearly a dozen ARIA Awards, nine Grammy Award nominations and one MTV Video Music Award. (*)
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