Sia

Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter.

Sia Kate Isobelle Furler was born on 18 December 1975 in Adelaide, South Australia.

Her father, Phil Colson, is a musician, and her mother, Loene Furler, is an art lecturer.

She is the niece of actor Kevin Colson.

Sia has stated that as a child she imitated the performing style of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Sting, whom she has cited as early influences.

She attended Adelaide High School.

Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s.

In the mid-1990s, Sia started a career as a singer in the local acid jazz band Crisp.

Sia collaborated with the band and contributed vocals to their album Word and the Deal (1996) and EP Delirium (1997).

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.

In 1997 Crisp disbanded, and Sia released her debut studio album, OnlySee, on Flavoured Records, in Australia, on 23 December.

The album sold about 1,200 copies.

Unlike her later albums, OnlySee was marketed under her full name, "Sia Furler".

It was produced by Jesse Flavell.

After Crisp disbanded in 1997, Sia moved to London, where she performed as a background vocalist for British band Jamiroquai.

She also provided vocals for English downtempo group Zero 7 on their first three studio albums and toured with the group.

In 2000, Sia signed a recording contract with Sony Music's sub-label Dance Pool and released a single, "Taken for Granted", which peaked at No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

She released her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult, in 2001 and her third, Colour the Small One, in 2004.

On Zero 7's 2001 album Simple Things, Sia contributed vocals to two tracks including the single "Destiny", which peaked at No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart.

In 2001, she released her second solo album, Healing Is Difficult, which blends retro jazz and soul music and lyrically discusses Sia's dealing with the death of her first love affair.

Displeased with the promotion of the album, Sia fired her manager, left Sony Music and signed with Go! Beat, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group (UMG).

At the APRA Awards of 2002, Sia won the Breakthrough Songwriter category alongside Brisbane pop duo Aneiki's Jennifer Waite and Grant Wallis.

In 2004, she provided vocals for Zero 7 on "Somersault" and "Speed Dial No. 2" (from the album When It Falls).

In 2004, Sia released her third studio album, Colour the Small One.

Sia moved to New York City in 2005 and toured the United States.

In 2006, Sia collaborated with Zero 7 for their third album, The Garden.

Her fourth and fifth studio albums, Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born, were released in 2008 and 2010 respectively, and both were certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association and attracted wider notice than her earlier albums.

Uncomfortable with her growing fame, she took a hiatus from performing and focused on songwriting for other artists, producing successful collaborations "Titanium" (with David Guetta), "Diamonds" (with Rihanna) and "Wild Ones" (with Flo Rida).

In 2014, Sia broke through as a solo recording artist when her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear, debuted at No. 1 in the U.S. Billboard 200 and generated the top-ten single "Chandelier", and a trilogy of music videos she co-directed, starring child dancer Maddie Ziegler.

Since then, she has usually worn a wig that obscures her face to protect her privacy.

Sia's seventh studio album, This Is Acting (2016), spawned her first Billboard Hot 100 number one single, "Cheap Thrills".

That year she also began her Nostalgic for the Present Tour, which incorporated dancing 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.

In 2018, she formed a 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 alongside an album, Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture.

Sia is an advocate for animal rights.

Among her accolades, are nearly a dozen ARIA Awards, nine Grammy Award nominations and an MTV Video Music Award.