The beginning of the way
Siya was born on December 18, 1975 in one of the largest cities in South Australia - Adelaide. This is where she spent most of her childhood.
Music completely captured Sia's attention at a young age. The biography of the singer today interests many, but precisely in creative terms. At a young age, the aspiring singer was interested in pop and jazz trends in music. Even then she had a very extraordinary voice and vocal abilities.
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Childhood and youth
Sia Kate Isobel Furler (full name of the singer) was born on December 18, 1975 in Adelaide (South Australia). It is worth noting that an atmosphere of all-consuming creative anarchy surrounded the performer from the first years of her life.
Father Phil Colson lectured on art at a local college, and mother Loan Furler ran a household and raised her daughter. In their free time, the couple performed in cafes and bars as part of the rockabilly band they organized, The Soda Jerx.
In her teenage years, Kate was a fan of the works of Sting, classic rhythm and blues singer Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. Sia later admitted that their voices were still mixed in her head and still sound in her thoughts to this day.
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Sia in her youth
In conversations with media representatives, the artist more than once said that when her parents went on tour, leaving their beloved child at home, to have fun, she often danced in front of the mirror, imitating her favorite performers. Many years later, these childhood memories formed the basis for the video clip for the song “Chandler.”
Sia hated school, learning was not easy for her, and she was not particularly popular with her classmates, causing them only ridicule and insults.
At the age of 17, Furler first appeared on stage as a member of the local jazz-funk group The Crisp, but did not stay in it for long. As part of this project, the girl recorded two albums - Wordand the Deal and Delirium. Both records failed commercially, but made it clear to the young singer that it was time for her to pursue a solo career.
Career start
Sia, whose photo and biography are presented in this article, began taking her first steps in her musical career at a young age. Together with her friends, she took part in the recording of two music albums by the group Crisp, which performed songs in the indie style.
However, both albums recorded by the group turned out to be unprofitable and did not bring either fame or money to the team members.
Partly, this is what influenced Siya’s decision to leave her hometown and go to conquer London. From that moment on, Sia's biography began to change for the better. After moving to the UK in 1997, Sia began to build and promote her solo career.
However, the first attempts were again not very successful. So, in the late 1990s, she began collaborating with the musical duo Zero 7 and Jamiroquai, who created electronic music. The first album Onlysee, released by the singer together with them, turned out to be a failure. It attracted neither listeners nor critics.
How I discovered a unique singer - “Sia”
Ladies! I’ve been listening to “I go to sleep” performed by Sia... She turned out to be a very strange person, to my shame, I didn’t know anything about her. I decided to find out about the magnificent voice of the Australian singer Sia: I’m sharing))) Sia Furler (Sia) is an Australian singer, songwriter in the style of jazz-funk, soul. Sia's calling card is deep, slightly hoarse, sensual vocals. Sia Kate Isabelle Fleur was born in Australia. Her uncle, who is also her godfather, Colin Hay was the leader of a rock band in the eighties, and her parents had their own rockabilly band, so the aura of Australian rock was passed on to Sie, besides, her dad gave lectures on art. The singer’s favorite performers as a child were Stevie Wonder, Sting, and Aretta Franklin. She sang along with them, imitating them in everything: in the manner of performance, facial expressions, gestures.
In the early 90s, Sia appeared on the local acid jazz scene and began performing with the indie band Crisp. In 1997, the performer recorded a solo album, Only See, and moved to London. The record went unnoticed, but Sia met her love in the UK. On the young man's birthday, he was hit by a taxi. The tragedy turned into deep depression for the singer, she began to abuse alcohol. In 2004, the singer released another album in England, Color the Small One, which again went unnoticed. Except for a few songs written in collaboration with musician Beck, one of which, Breathe me, is heard at the end of the series Six Feet Under. However, unexpectedly, precisely because Breath me appeared in the series, it became very popular. The album Color the Small One even had a release in America. Sie's popularity slowly began to gain momentum, and the singer accumulated material and in 2008 released her fourth album, Some People Have Real Problems. The album debuted at number 26 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2010, Sie began collaborating with Christina Aguilera and contributed five songs to Christina's album BIONIC. Sie's song My Love can be heard in the third part of the Twilight movie. There are also rumors that Sie will take part in creating an album for Madonna along with William Orbit, the pop diva's regular writer.
Private life: The singer explained why she hides her face during public appearances. According to the artist, with this she wanted to return to pop music the element that was once lost - mystery. “For ten or twelve years I was a singer without much success. I was an alcoholic and a drug addict, and then I began to lead a sober life and realized that I no longer wanted to be an artist, because as soon as popularity began to come to me, my life destabilized,” said Sia and added that she does not hide her face if there are no cameras nearby. According to Sia, the wig covering her face is an attempt to maintain at least a modicum of privacy. On aliens: “I think it is unreasonable to deny that there is life and intelligence beyond our planet. I believe in aliens. I saw the former Minister of Defense of Canada talk about how the American government is now working with five different species of aliens. It’s crazy.” In addition to the violent public reaction to Sie’s statement about bisexuality, the singer’s life includes filming advertisements for the organization PETA, where she advocates the castration of pets to prevent their unwanted reproduction, and the promotion of vegetarianism. Discography: 1997 OnlySee, 2001 Healing Is Difficult, 2004 Color the Small One, 2008 Some People Have Real Problems, 2010 We Are Born. In addition, she wrote the most famous compositions for Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Katy Perry Jennifer Lopez Rihanna and other mega performers!!!!!!
All the best!!!
Updated 01/09/16 00:57
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So, I’m correcting myself))) Diamonds performed by the author:
And also, Breathe Me, at the request of the gossip girls...
Elastic Heart feat Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler
73. “Godzillionaire” by Brooke Candy 72. “Guitars and Microphones” by Kate Pierson 71. “We Are One (Ole Ola)” by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte 70. “Pop Rock” by Brooke Candy 69. “Matrix” ” by Kate Pierson 68. “Acid Rain” by Alexis Jordan 67. “Any Day Now” by Cheyenne Jackson 66. “I Will Get Over You” by Prischilla Ahn 65. “These Hands I Hold” by Bo Bruce 64. “Gentlemen ” by Jessica Sanchez 63. “Crush Me With Your Love” by Kate Pierson 62. “Bound to You” by Christina Aguilera 61. “God Made You Beautiful” by Beyoncé 60. “She's Pretty, She Lies” by Cheyenne Jackson 59. “Freeze You Out” by Marina Kaye 58. “Rise Up” by Beyoncé 57. “Knock You Out” by Bingo Players 56. “Don’t Look at Me” by Cheyenne Jackson 55. “Kill, F—k, Marry” by Nikki Williams 54. “Rock Bottom” by Marco Mengoni 53. “Unite” by Jessie J 52. “Bottoms Up” by Kate Pierson 51. “Stronger Than Ever” by Christina Aguilera 50. “You're Mine” by Lea Michele 49. “Opulence” by Brooke Candy 48. “Mister Sister” by Kate Pierson 47. “Break the Walls” by Fitz and the Tantrums 46. “Strange Birds” by Birdy 45 “Radioactive” by Rita Ora 44. “Round Your Little Finger” by Katharine McPhee 43. “Tears Fall” by Jacquie Lee 42. “Breathe” by Jessie J 41. “Firecracker” by Cheryl 40. “You Don't Know” by Will Young 39. “The Game” by Kelly Rowland 38. “You Lost Me” by Christina Aguilera 37. “Bring Your Arms” by Kate Pierson 36. “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)” by Ne-Yo 35. “All I Need” by Christina Aguilera 34. “Green Card” by Oh Land 33. “Standing on the Sun” by Beyoncé 32. “Invincible” by Kelly Clarkson 31. “Loved Me Back to Life” by Celine Dion 30. “Utopia” by Belinda 29. “Time Wave Zero” by Kate Pierson 28. “Flashlight” by Jessie J 27. “Cannonball” by Lea Michele 26. “Who Am I?” Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Quvenzhané Wallis 25. “I Am” by Christina Aguilera 24. “If You Say So” by Lea Michele 23. “Let Your Tears Fall” by Kelly Clarkson 22. “I Am Me” by Willow 21. “The City's Yours” by Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis 20. “Try Everything” by Shakira 19. “Passenger” by Britney Spears 18. “Pulls You Under” by Kate Pierson 17. “Sexercise” by Kylie Minogue 16. “Throw Down the Roses” by Kate Pierso 15. “Expertease (Ready, Set, Go)” by Jennifer Lopez 14. “Opportunity” by Quvenzhané Wallis 13. “Diamonds” by Rihanna 12. “Making the Most of the Night” by Carly Rae Jepsen 11. “Chasing Shadows” by Shakira 10 . “Get Over U” by Neon Hitch 9. “Blank Page” by Christina Aguilera 8. “Brightest Morning Star” by Britney Spears 7. “My Heart Is Open” by Maroon 5 featuring Gwen Stefani 6 . “Double Rainbow” by Katy Perry 5 . “Kiss Me Once” by Kylie Minogue 4 . “Battlefield” by Lea Michele 3 . “Boy Problems” by Carly Rae Jepsen 2 . “Perfume” by Britney Spears 1 . “Pretty Hurts” by Beyoncé This is a list of songs written by Sia for the stars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Career and further biography
Only at the beginning of the 2000s did truly positive changes begin in Sia’s career. In 2000, she began working with the Sony Music record label, thanks to which she was able to release her first solo album, which, by the way, became a great success.
Healing Is Difficult became such a popular album at the beginning of the 21st century that some of its tracks managed to reach leading positions in the British music charts. The album itself is recorded in the style of r'n'b and jazz. It was received very warmly by both music lovers and professional music critics.
People began to call her the new Nelly Furtado for her unique performance and unusual voice. The nickname stuck in Sia’s biography for quite a long time.
Despite the success of the album, the singer had serious disagreements with the Sony studio. Therefore, she soon broke her contract with them and moved to Universal.
Career development
In 2003, her new album was released, which was strikingly different from the previous one. Here you can observe the presence of acoustics and computer processing of the voice, which was not previously present in her compositions.
The song Where I Belong was recorded specifically for the film Spider-Man 2, for which it was supposed to be the soundtrack. There was even a CD cover made as a promo, featuring Sia in a dress that was the same color as Spider-Man's costume. However, new disagreements with the record label, which owned the rights to the film, did not allow the plans to be realized, and the composition did not make it into the film.
The album had a rather weak advertising campaign, but this did not stop it from becoming successful. At first they began to use it for the multi-part television project “Six Feet Under,” then used it for one of her shows of the new collection.
Soon the rights to own the album were purchased by Astralwerks, which helped Sia organize a concert tour throughout North America. It took place in 2006.
The single Breathe Me was also used as an advertisement for a major Australian chain store during the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Achievements in career and biography of Sia
Having received long-awaited fame and worldwide recognition, the singer did not stop there, but, on the contrary, began to work even harder to achieve even more.
In 2007, the iTunes online store, which was beginning to gain momentum, placed Sia's mini-album Day Too Soon, which could only be purchased there. A year later, compositions from this album were released on record.
The singer began to be regularly invited to various television shows and programs as a guest. She is also increasingly beginning to record joint singles with very famous performers, including the Swede Peter Jöback and the group Fatboy Slim.
In 2010, another rather important professional union occurred in Sia’s biography. She recorded 4 tracks that were included in Christina Aguilera's album. Aguilera herself publicly stated that these compositions are “the heart of the entire album.”
The same year, singer Sia's fourth solo album was released. The song You've Changed has gained incredible popularity since it was included in the list of soundtracks of the famous TV series “The Vampire Diaries”.
No less famous is the track My Love, composed by singer Sia, whose photo and biography are briefly presented in this article, especially for the third film in the Twilight series. The soundtrack was used in the scene where the main character Edward gives an engagement ring to his beloved Bella.
In 2014, her album 1000 Forms of Fear became a real bomb, and the composition Chandelier received a Grammy Award.
In 2020, her new album entitled This Is Acting was released, with which she went on a world concert tour. The first concert was organized in Moscow.
Sia Furler - biography
Sia Furler is an Australian pop singer known for her dislike of popularity, as well as for hits such as "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart".
Childhood
Sia was born on December 18, 1975 in Adelaide, Australia as Sia Kate Isobel Furler. Her father, Phil B. Colson, played in various bands, and her mother, Loan Furler, was a singer, musician and songwriter, so Sia was surrounded by music from an early age. Sia's father's close friends included members of the band INXS, as well as Colin Hay from Men at Work, whom Sia knew so well that she called him "Uncle Colley."
Sia began performing quite early with the group Crisp, and plunged into the world of Adelaide jazz in the 90s. Encouraged by some success, she decided to start a solo career in 1997, but things didn't work out and she soon decided to move to England with her boyfriend and start over there. But a tragic event turned all her plans upside down. A week before she was supposed to leave Australia, her boyfriend is killed by a car. Siya later says that he was the love of her life and his death was a devastating event for her.
First success and debut album
Having moved to England after the tragedy, Sia achieved her first success, performing as a backing vocalist for Jamiroquai. On the wings of this success, Siya joins the famous group Zero 7, who performed music in the electro genre. The group's success forced her to put aside her dream of a solo career. However, in 2000, she took a step towards her dream by signing a contract to record several tracks with Dance Pool, one of the divisions of Sony. That same year, her first album, “Healing Is Difficult,” was released, which included such a popular single as “Drink to Get Drunk.” Another single from this album, “Little Man,” was remixed by English musician Wookie, which became the main song of all dance clubs in 2000. Thanks to these two songs, Siya made a lot of noise in the music world and her career took off.
Despite the success, the singer had a conflict with Dance Pool, and she switched to the Go! Beat Records, where she released the mini-album “Don't Bring Me Down” in 2003. Her next full-length album, Color the Small One, was recorded after Sia moved to the United States, with the track "The Bully" co-recorded with Beck. The album was not a chart success, but it did contain a song that would revolutionize her career.
"Breathe Me"
Color the Small On featured the beautiful ballad "Breathe Me," which was perfect for the final episode of HBO's Six Feet Under. This song subsequently brought the singer huge success. Sia acknowledged the importance of the song's appearance on the show, saying it brought her "really dying career" back to life. Her "resurrected" career allowed her to tour, which resulted in the recording of her first live album, Lady Croissant. Her third album, Some People Have Real Problems, was released in 2008 and debuted in the United States at number 26 on the chart.
All this time, Sia remained a member of Zero 7, participating in the recording of the albums “When It Falls” (2004) and “The Garden” (2006), but the group got tired of constantly waiting for her and in 2009, they replaced Sia to record the next album. The singer began to work independently and this subsequently gave her even more energy to release her own album “We Are Born” in 2010. Shortly before this, she managed to write several songs for Christina Aguilera and her album “Bionic”.
But with success came problems - Siya “became friends” with drugs and alcohol, and was subsequently diagnosed with Mogil disease. Sia faded from the public spotlight, switching to writing songs for Madonna, Beyoncé and Rihanna, who propelled "Diamonds" (written by Sia) to number one on the charts.
Pop hits and Grammy nominations
When Sia re-emerged onto the music scene, she completely covered her face with a white wig. Tired of being in the spotlight, the singer began to appear in public only in a wig, be it a television interview or a concert performance. Sia gained immense popularity with songs like "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" making waves on the charts. These tracks were released as part of the album "1000 Forms of Fear", which was released in 2014 and reached number one on the American charts, becoming the most successful in her discography. Sia later received 4 Grammy nominations for the song "Chandelier" in the categories "Best Song of the Year", "Best Record of the Year", "Best Pop Solo Performance" and "Best Music Video".
Siya also recorded soundtracks. She has recorded songs for films such as The Great Gatsby (2013), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), Annie (2014) and Fifty Shades of Gray (2015). She also teamed up with music producer David Guetta for the Top 10 hit "Titanium". She also worked with Giorgio Moroder on his pop album Déjà-Vu, and her voice was featured on the title track. The following year, her sixth studio album, This is Acting, was released, in which most of the songs were originally written by her for other artists.
Personal life
In August 2014, Sia married documentary director Erik Anders Lang. The wedding took place at her home in Palm Springs, California.
Siya is a vegan (strict vegetarian) and animal activist.
Selected Quotes
“If anyone other than famous people knew what it was like to be famous, they wouldn’t want to become famous. Imagine teenagers with computers all over the world with the personality of the stereotypical opinionated mother-in-law. Add to that all the bored people and people whose job it is to criticize and complain about celebrities. Then, imagine these creatures, this force, criticizing you for an hour, once a day, every day, day after day.”
“For me, the process of writing and recording a song is normal, but promoting it is usually... I think Tom Waits compared it to washing dishes (repeating the same thing over and over): talking about yourself all the time, answering the same questions for a trillion magazines, TV show, radio show. And it kind of makes you go crazy.”
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