Rita Ora

Rita Ora at the VMAs 2018

Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born November 26, 1990 in Prishtina , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) is a British singer and actress of Kosovar origin. From 2010 to 2016 she was under contract with Jay-Z and Roc Nation . She has been under contract with Atlantic Records since 2017 . Her greatest chart successes include the hits I will never let you down , Anywhere and Let You Love Me .

Life

Rita Ora was born in 1990 as the second youngest child to Kosovar Albanian parents in Pristina, Yugoslavia (now Pristina, Kosovo ). Her family emigrated to the United Kingdom a few months later and settled in London . She has a sister and a brother. In her youth she attended, among other things, the Sylvia Young Theater School , a school of performing arts to which her choir director recommended her. Her mother is a psychiatrist and her father owns several pubs in London.

Career

2004 to 2009: First experiences with music and a record deal

Rita Ora (2012)

Ora was discovered at the age of 14 by the Swedish music producer and songwriter Martin Terefe , who has worked with Jason Mraz , KT Tunstall , James Morrison and Mary J. Blige , among others . Ora says that Terefe approached her while performing in a park in London and then invited her to a recording studio. After she sang there, she signed a two-year production contract a little later. It was only at this point that she began to study music more closely and wrote her first songs. It was through Terefe that Ora first received attention in the music industry. At the end of 2008, Ora was recognized and invited by a manager of a record company during a concert in London . At the meeting the next day, where Ora presented her music, the employee got the impression that Ora could fit into the musical concept of Jay Brown , President of Roc Nation . In 2009, Ora was signed by the record label.

That same year, Ora made a guest appearance in the music video for the song Young Forever , a single from Jay-Z's eleventh studio album . In 2008 she appeared as a guest musician in the first single Where's Your Love from Craig David's Greatest Hits album. Although she was not officially listed as the singer of the song, she was seen in the accompanying music video.

2010 to 2013: Debut album Ora

After signing her first record deal with Roc Nation , Ora began recording her debut album. In 2010 she was also featured in Drake's music video for the single Over . In 2011, Ora repeatedly posted videos of herself on Roc Nation's website, showing them working in the recording studio. In February 2012, the song Hot Right Now was released, where Ora appeared as a guest musician. The title of the main artist DJ Fresh reached number one in the British charts after its release, in the USA the song did not enter the charts, while the single reached the top 40 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Ora was supported in the work on her debut album by Ester Dean , Drake , The-Dream , Stargate and Kanye West , among others , with Tinie Tempah being the only guest musician on her album.

On February 24, 2012, Ora and Jay-Z , the boss of her record label Roc Nation, were guests at the radio station Z100, where the song How We Do (Party) , her debut and lead single of her first album, premiered. Since the title took over the chorus from The Notorious BIG's Party & Bullshit , it is often mistakenly assumed that Ora's song also bears this name. In May the title RIP was released, a collaboration with Tinie Tempah . Both singles reached number 1 in the British charts. In the summer of 2012, Ora went on tour with Coldplay and DJ Fresh . Their debut album Ora was released on August 27, 2012 . Ora released the track Shine Ya Light as the fourth single . She also released the song Radioactive .

2014 to 2016: I Will Never Let You Down

Rita Ora (2015)

The first new release was I Will Never Let You Down , it reached number one in the UK charts. The song was produced by Calvin Harris . Ora sang I Will Never Let You Down for the first time live at Germany's Next Topmodel Final 2014 in Cologne. Ora can also be heard together with rapper Iggy Azalea in the song Black Widow , which they presented at the MTV Video Music Awards 2014 and at The Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 9, 2014. The song reached number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as number 4 on the British singles chart and received, among other things, four times platinum in the USA. Further top 10 placements were achieved in Canada, Ireland, France and Finland, among others. Black Widow was nominated for Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2014 in Glasgow . Ora was on the song New York Raining of Charles Hamilton heard. On May 4, 2015, Ora released the song Poison . The next release was Body on Me with Chris Brown . Another version was released with rapper Fetty Wap .

On February 22, 2015, Ora performed the song Grateful, written for her by Diane Warren, at the 2015 Academy Awards . Warren received her seventh Academy Award nomination for the theme song from Beyond the Lights (2014). In September 2015 Prince released his penultimate album called Hitnrun Phase One , on which Ora can be heard in the song Ain't About 2 Stop .

2017 to 2018: Phoenix

With the song Your Song , the first single from their second studio album was released on May 26, 2017. The song was created in collaboration with singer Ed Sheeran and was able to develop into a worldwide success. In Great Britain, Croatia and Ireland, among others, the song advanced to the top 10 of the single charts, and in ten other countries, including Germany and Australia, it reached platinum status . In August 2017 the Swedish DJ and producer Avicii released the single Lonely Together as part of his EP Aīci (01) , which was able to follow up on the success of Your Song , especially in Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries . The song Anywhere followed on October 20, 2017 as the second single from the album Phoenix . The Swedish musician Alesso appeared as the producer of the song . Anywhere had over a million sales in the UK alone , while it was ranked in the top 10 in over 15 countries. The singer presented the songs Your Song and Anywhere in November 2017 on the German casting show The Voice of Germany .

The song For You was released in January 2018 as the official soundtrack of the US film Fifty Shades of Gray , which she composed as a duet with British singer Liam Payne . The collaboration was confirmed in December of the previous year and advertised in social networks. The track reached top 10 placements in numerous European countries, with it moving up to number one in Germany. Together they performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon .

On May 11, 2018 published Ora in collaboration with Bebe Rexha , Charli XCX and Cardi B resulting Single Girls . The song addresses bisexuality , but was particularly criticized by the LBGT community. Ora appeared with this song in the final show of the 13th season of Germany's Next Topmodel . At the MTV Video Music Awards 2018 she was awarded in the category "Best Dance Video" for the music video of the song Lonely Together , which was created with Avicii.

On September 21, 2018, the song Let You Love Me was released as the fourth pre-release single from Phoenix . With the song she achieved another commercial success. Ora reached the top 10 of the singles charts in over 10 countries as well as plate status in Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands and Poland. For the thirteenth time, she moved to one of the top ten places in the UK singles chart with a single, which she set a new record. Half a million units were sold in the US. On November 13, 2018, the studio album was finally released.

In March 2019, the song Only Want You followed, the last single release. The single version is a new version of the track, with which she was supported by the US rapper 6lack . At the same time the song RIP appeared , in which she appeared as a guest musician. It was created in collaboration with the Mexican singer Sofía Reyes and the Brazilian singer Anitta , the text being composed of English, Spanish and Portuguese verses. In July 2019 , an official music video was released for the song New Look , which was also part of Phoenix .

On April 19, 2019 the song Carry On was released, which was created in collaboration with the Norwegian DJ and producer Kygo . It formed the theme song of the American fantasy adventure film Pokémon Detective Pikachu and was particularly successful in Norway. The song Ritual followed in May 2019, marking a collaboration with the Dutch DJ and producer Tiësto and the British musician Jonas Blue .

The Avicii Tribute Concert , dedicated to the musician Avicii, who died in spring 2018, took place in Stockholm on December 5, 2019 . There they performed with their common song Lonely Together .

2019 to date: Third studio album

The first single from the new album is called How To Be Lonely and was released on March 13, 2020. Rita Ora sang the song for Jimmy Fallon and BBC Sport Relief. How To Be Lonely reached number 57 on the UK charts only through downloads .

Others

On May 21, 2014, the sporting goods manufacturer Adidas announced a cooperation with Ora over a total of three seasons, during which the artist also designed her own shoes in addition to clothing. Ora can also be seen in the film adaptation of Shades of Gray . The film was released on February 12, 2015. In the UK, she replaced Kylie Minogue on the casting show The Voice as a mentor. As the only woman she decides on the advancement of the talents and supports selected musicians in the competition with Tom Jones , will.i.am and other celebrities. In August 2015 she was in the USA on her Body on Me tour. On November 12, 2015, she was awarded a Bambi in Berlin . Ora has been modeling for Deichmann with the song New Look since the beginning of 2020 .

Influences / inspiration

Ora describes the American singer Gwen Stefani as a role model and named the contemporary R&B singer Beyoncé in the same interview . Also Vybz Kartel , a Jamaican dancehall Artists have they inspired their music.

Discography

→ Main article : Rita Ora / discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	Ora Roc Nation	DE63 (1 week) DE	AT51 (1 week) AT	CH15 (6 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (30 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 24, 2012 Sales: + 300,000
2018	Phoenix Atlantic	DE13 (6 weeks) DE	AT43 (1 week) AT	CH18 (2 weeks) CH	UK11 gold (47 weeks)UK	US79 (2 weeks) US	First published: November 23, 2018 Sales: + 180,000

Filmography (selection)

• 2004: Spivs (TV movie)
• 2013: Fast & Furious 6
• 2015: Fifty Shades of Gray
• 2015: Empire (TV series, episode 1x10)
• 2015: Southpaw
• 2017: Fifty Shades of Gray (Fifty Shades Darker)
• 2018: Fifty Shades of Gray - Freed Lust (Fifty Shades Freed)
• 2019: Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
• since 2020: The Masked Singer (juror)

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1. ↑ Kelsey McKinney: Everything you need to know about Rita Ora . Vox Media. August 27, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Rita Ora . lastfm.de. January 19, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
3. ↑ Malte Zill: Backstage Quickie: 10 questions for Rita Ora. bonedo.de, accessed on August 18, 2014 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Rap-Up TV: Rita Ora Talks Roots, Roc Nation, & Rolling with Jay-Z and Beyoncé . rap-up.com. February 8, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
5. ^ New Music: Ester Dean - 'Let It Grow (Celebrate the World)' . rap-up.com. February 21, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
6. ↑ Rap-Up TV: Rita Ora Dishes on Debut, Working with Drake and Kanye West . rap-up.com. March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
7. ^ New Music: Rita Ora - 'How We Do (Party)' . rap-up.com. February 23, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
8. ↑ Video: Rita Ora - Shine Ya Light . rap-up.com, accessed August 18, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Beyonce reached out personally on her blog to let the world know how huge Rita Ora is !! mtv.tv/news, September 26, 2012, accessed on August 18, 2014 (English). 
10. ↑ Video premiere: Rita Ora and Radioactive . (No longer available online.) Bravo.de, archived from the original on March 23, 2014 ; Retrieved August 18, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Renzo Wellinger: MIDEM 2014: Rita Ora announces second album, Vevo Lift soon in Germany. (No longer available online.) Musikmarkt.de, February 3, 2014, archived from the original on October 26, 2014 ; Retrieved August 18, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ Jonas Gall (uploader): Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down I Germany's Next Top Model Finale 2014. youtube.com, May 8, 2014, archived from the original on September 29, 2014 ; Retrieved August 18, 2014 . 
13. ↑ Chart sources: UK US
14. ↑ Girlpower 2014: Iggy and Rita show the bad men where to go ( Memento from September 4, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
15. ^ Charles Hamilton ft. Rita Ora - "New York Raining" ( Memento from April 22, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
16. ↑ New Song: Rita Ora - 'Poison' In: thatgrapejuice.net , accessed December 20, 2017.
17. ↑ Christopher Rosen: Diane Warren Calls Out Rita Ora For Not Supporting 'Grateful'. In: Huffington Post . February 2, 2015, accessed January 18, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Avicii Shares Another Stunning Clip of "Lonely Together" featuring Rita Ora In: youredm.com , accessed December 20, 2017.
19. ^ Controversy over the new song "Girls". In: Laut.de . May 15, 2018, accessed May 30, 2018 . 
20. ^ Criticism of the song by Rita Ora - "Männliches Gaffen". In: Spiegel Online . May 15, 2018, accessed May 30, 2018 . 
21. ↑ Brittany Spanos: Rita Ora Apologizes Over Widespread Criticism of New Song 'Girls'. In: Rolling Stone . May 14, 2018, accessed May 30, 2018 . 
22. ↑ Tina Campbell: Rita Ora gives contestants a run for their money as Girls singer flashes abs while performing at the season 13 finale of Germany's Next Top Model. In: OK! May 25, 2018, accessed October 22, 2018 . 
23. ↑ https://www.warnermusic.de/news/2020-04-15/live-performance-mit-how-to-be-lonely-in-der-wohnzimmer-edition-von-jimmy-fallon
24. ↑ Sophie: Rita Ora: That's how much Shades of Gray will shock. promiflash.de, January 28, 2014, accessed on August 18, 2014 . 
25. ↑ Rita Ora EPK

Web links

Commons : Rita Ora  - collection of images

• Official website
• Rita Ora at the Internet Movie Database (English)