Sia (singer)

Sia in Seattle (2011)

Sia [ siːə ] (* 18th December 1975 as Sia Kate Isobelle Furler in Adelaide , South Australia ) is an Australian singer and songwriter . She became internationally known through her work with Zero 7 and her collaboration with David Guetta .

Career

1995 to 2000 "OnlySee" and "Healing Is Difficult"

Sia was part of the Australian acid jazz formation Crisp , which released the two albums Word and the Deal (1996) and Delirium (1997). In 1997 Sia left the band. She devoted herself to trip-hop and released her first solo album, OnlySee , on the now defunct independent label Flavored Records . Her former Crisp bandmate Jesse Flavell produced the album and wrote most of the tracks.

Sia emigrated to the UK to pursue her solo career. In 2000 she signed a contract with the Sony Music subordinate label DancePool and released her album Healing Is Difficult , musically a mixture of rhythm and blues and jazz . The album contains the tracks Drink to Get Drunk (Remixed by Different Gear) and Little Man , which gained fame in the underground , and the track Taken for Granted , which even made it into the top 10 of the UK charts . Despite positive reviews, the album was not a commercial success overall.

2003 to 2007: "Color the Small One" & Zero 7

Sia live with Zero 7 (2006)

In 2003 Sia released on the label “Go! Beat Records ”( UMG ) released the EP Don't Bring Me Down , whose song of the same name can also be heard in the French feature film 36 Deadly Rivals . The album Color the Small One followed in 2004 . The record is rather calm compared to the previous album, with acoustic instruments and electronic components, which led to comparisons with Dido and Sarah McLachlan . The tracks Breathe Me and Where I Belong were released as singles. Breathe Me gained greater fame as the track played over and over again during the long closing scene of the final episode of Six Feet Under . The American musician Beck co-wrote the track The Bully and two other previously unreleased tracks: Killing Kindness and Silence Them . At the beginning of 2006, the contract with Go! Beat Records disbanded because Sia was disappointed with the promotion.

In addition to her solo career, Sia sang for the band Zero 7 their songs Destiny and Distractions on the debut album Simple Things as well as the two tracks Somersault and Speed ​​Dial No. 2 on the second album When It Falls . Also on Zero 7's third album, The Garden , six tracks with Sia's voice can be heard, among others. also This Fine Social Scene . She also recorded a cover version of the song Paranoid Android by Radiohead , which can be heard on a tribute album for Radiohead. Her live album Lady Croissant was released on April 16, 2007, which also includes the new studio track Pictures . The title Breathe Me became the theme song of the film Phantomschmerz with Til Schweiger in 2009 .

2010: Commercial breakthrough with "We Are Born"

On June 18, 2010, Sia released her studio album We Are Born on the Monkey Puzzle label. After the predecessor achieved a chart placement in the USA and Australia for the first time, this was also able to achieve successes far beyond the borders of Great Britain; this enabled Sia to move up into the top 100 in Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. We Are Born reached number 2 in Australia .

The songs You've Changed , Bring Night and Clap Your Hands were released as singles during the year. The latter also marks her single-chart debut in Switzerland. Bring Night was as part of the FIFA -Issue the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be heard. She also released the songs Under the Milky Way and My Love . My Love was part of the soundtrack of the movie Eclipse - Biss zum Abendrot from the Twilight series.

Sia started a career as a songwriter at the same time and wrote the songs All I Need , Stronger Than Ever , I Am and You Lost Me , which appeared on Aguilera's album Bionic in June 2010, together with Samuel Dixon and Christina Aguilera . Her album We Are Born was released on June 18, 2010.

2011 to 2013: "Titanium"

Sia live at Big Day Out in Melbourne

In collaboration with the French DJ and producer David Guetta , she released the song Titanium as a promo single on August 5, 2011 . It developed into a great success in several download portals and also enjoyed great popularity on the radios. As a result of the great success after the release of Guetta's album, the song was re-released on December 9, 2011 as a real single release and sold several million times. A music video has also been released.

In December 2011, another single called Wild Ones was released , on which Sia worked with rapper Flo Rida . This developed into another global success and formed the lead single of his studio album. The song sold over six million times worldwide and achieved platinum status in over nine countries, and seven times in Australia. Sia was represented by different singers at live performances. A remix of the song by David Guetta and Nicky Romero with the title Wild One Two was released on February 14, 2012. This was able to advance into the singles charts in Germany and Austria.

In September 2012, the single She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) came out, which she recorded as a second collaboration with David Guetta . The track was able to follow up on the success of its predecessor. In the same year she wrote the song Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself) for Ne-Yo , which brought worldwide success. She has also written several songs for Rihanna's studio album Unapologetic , including the hit single Diamonds , which she is said to have written in just 14 minutes and which topped the charts in several countries.

On October 1, 2013, Sia released the song Elastic Heart , which was created in collaboration with DJ and producer Diplo and the Canadian singer The Weeknd . In Switzerland and Great Britain the track hit the official singles charts. The title was part of the soundtrack of The Hunger Games - Catching Fire . For her next studio album, Sia recorded a solo version of the track.

In November 2013 she achieved chart placements in various countries as a guest singer on Eminem's song Beautiful Pain . They also recorded the song Guts Over Fear , which was released as a single the following year. The track's success exceeded that of its predecessor; it also had high views on YouTube, where she is represented by Canadian model Winnie Harlow . He was also seen in the trailer for The Equalizer .

As a songwriter, she worked in the same year on Britney Spears ' album Britney Jean , Celine Dions Loved Me Back to Life and Jessie Js Alive .

2014 to 2015: "1000 Forms of Fear"

The first official single from the album was the song Chandelier on March 17, 2014. In the performances of the song, the singer appears with her back to the audience, because she only wants to attract attention through her songs and not through her person and her appearance. On May 6, 2014, Sia published her music video for Chandelier , for which she discovered the eleven-year-old dancer Maddie Ziegler on the US TV show Dance Moms , and had a solo dance performance choreographed for her. In a behind-the-scenes video, she announced that she was planning two more videos with Ziegler. With Chandelier , Sia received a lot of attention from audiences and media, it has been viewed over 2 billion times on YouTube . At the MTV Video Music Awards 2014 she won the “Best Choreography” award and received a Grammy nomination.

In April 2014, the official World Cup song We Are One (Ole Ola), written by her, by Pitbull , Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte , reached top chart positions in numerous countries, for example the top 10 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In June 2014, Furler released the single Big Girls Cry as the second single from 1000 Forms of Fear . The accompanying music video was released in April of the following year. It represents the last part of the Maddie Ziegler trilogy. In Australia it was awarded a platinum record for several hundred thousand sales. In July 2014, Sia released her sixth studio album with 1000 Forms of Fear . In addition to top chart positions in Europe, it achieved top positions in Australia, Canada and the USA, among others. The album had over a million sales.

On January 9, 2015, she released the new version of the song Elastic Heart as a single. This was able to increase the success of the 2013 version even more. It sold over three million times and was able to record its second chart success in Germany. The music video appeared two days earlier. Here Ziegler can be seen fighting and dancing in a cage alongside actor Shia LaBeouf . For this video, Sia was heavily criticized and confronted with allegations of pedophilia . The reason was that Ziegler appears in a skin-colored leotard and LaBeouf with a bare torso and shorts. Sia was forced to apologize and justify herself. Via Twitter , she expressed with the words: "I expected because of the videos pedophilia screams. All I can say is that Maddie and Shia are the only two actors I felt like portraying the two struggling 'Sia States'. I apologize to everyone who was upset while viewing Elastic Heart . My intention was only to stage emotional content. "

In June 2015, Furler released the fourth single from their studio album, Fire Meet Gasoline . In the accompanying video, Heidi Klum and Pedro Pascal play lovers. The B-side of the single, a remix of the song Big Girls Cry , was produced by Bleachers. Due to its effect as a promotional song for Heidi Klum, it was only published in European countries. Among other things, the track reached the top 10 in Israel and Serbia.

End of 2015 to 2016: "This Is Acting"

The song Alive was released at the end of 2015 and reached the singles charts in over 20 countries, including platinum status in Australia, Canada and Poland. As with her last album, Sia hides her face behind a large wig when performing live. On the Ellen DeGeneres talk show , she hid behind a large dress while Maddie Ziegler danced to her first single, Alive . Originally the song was written for Adele .

On October 29, 2015, the song Bang My Head , another collaboration with David Guetta, was released. The track was already on his studio album Listen , but this version was fundamentally different from the single version, in which rapper Fetty Wap also participated. Bang My Head moved into the top 10 in Belgium, France and Spain, among others.

At the same time as the pre-order release for their upcoming studio album on November 4, 2015, Bird Set Free was released for download. The song was originally written as the soundtrack for the movie Pitch Perfect 2 , but was rejected in favor of Flashlight . The song was then proposed to Rihanna . After it was rejected, Adele recorded it, but it was not selected for the tracklist of her third studio album 25 . One Million Bullets was released as the second promotional single on November 27, 2015. The song is the only one from the album that was not intended for another artist.

In January 2016, This Is Acting, their seventh studio album was released. This was able to achieve the top 10 in over 20 countries, including four times a top position. At the same time, Reaper was released as the fourth and Unstoppable as the last promo single on January 21, 2016. While Reaper was written for Rihanna, should Unstoppable by Demi Lovato sung. This Is Acting was nominated for the Grammy Award for “Best Pop Vocal Album” and received an echo in the “International Artist” category.

The second official single from This Is Acting is a remix version of Cheap Thrills , a collaboration with Sean Paul , released on February 11, 2016. In December 2015, the track was released as the third promo single from the album. The single became her first number one hit in over 20 countries, including Germany. The song has sold over eleven million to date. Originally the song was supposed to be recorded by Rihanna. Maddie Ziegler can be seen again in the official music video.

In September 2016, Sia released the single The Greatest, which is considered a tribute to the victims of the Orlando attack on June 12, 2016 . The song was created in collaboration with the American rapper Kendrick Lamar and is not found on the original version of the album, but is only part of the bonus version. The track followed on from the success of Cheap Thrills and made it into the top 10 in many countries, including Germany. The music video with Ziegler is based on the version without Kendrick Lamar.

Sia wrote the song Never Give Up for the film Lion by director Garth Davis , which was particularly successful in Germany. Sia wrote the song Angel by the Wings for the soundtrack to the documentary The Eagle Huntress . She also wrote the zoomania soundtrack Try Everything, sung by Shakira .

2017: "Dusk Till Dawn"

The fourth single was released on January 7, 2017, the song Move Your Body in the form of a single mix. Already in October 2016, the remix by Alan Walker, which was included on the deluxe version of their album, made it into the official singles charts in several countries, including Great Britain and Norway. Only a lyrics video was shot for the track.

In February 2017, the official soundtrack for the US film Fifty Shades Darker was released . Sia contributed the song Helium , which was created in collaboration with the British musician Chris Braide . The song advanced to the singles charts of several countries as a download track for the sampler.

On March 10, 2017, the song Waterfall was released , which was created in collaboration with the producer duo Stargate and the singer Pink and reached the top half of the German, Austrian, Swiss, British and Australian single charts.

As a soundtrack contribution to the American superhero film Wonder Woman , the song To Be Human , recorded together with Labrinth , was released at the end of May 2017 , which she placed in the French single charts. The track Free Me followed in June 2017, the official music video of which is supposed to stimulate the treatment of AIDS .

In September 2017, Sia landed a top 10 hit in around 30 countries together with the British singer Zayn Malik , including ten first place. The main reason for this was their song Dusk Till Dawn , which was featured in the trailer for the adventure film Between Two Lives . The song Rainbow was also released as a single in September 2017 . The song comes from the soundtrack of the American animated film My Little Pony - The Movie .

On November 17, 2017, she released the Christmas album Everyday Is Christmas . On October 30, 2017, the song Santa's Coming for Us was released as the lead single on the album, which also achieved commercial success. On November 9, 2017, she released the track Snowman as a second single.

2018: "Helium", "Flames" & LSD

On January 25, 2018, Sia released a new version of the song Helium from February of the previous year. This was created in collaboration with David Guetta, to whom she has already lent her voice twice, as well as the Dutch DJ and producer Afrojack . The Future Bass remake brought the track to the official singles charts in several countries again.

On March 22, 2018, she released the seventh collaboration with DJ David Guetta. This is called Flames and is a production less influenced by future bass and EDM than its predecessor. The track achieved a top 10 placement in Germany, Norway and Switzerland, among others.

On April 30, 2018, Sia confirmed together with the British rapper Labrinth and the producer Diplo , with whom she had already worked for the creation of the song Elastic Heart , that the project LSD (acronym of their pseudonyms) would be launched. On May 3, 2018, the title Genius, the first result of the collaboration, appeared in parallel with an animated music video. A week later, on May 10, 2018, the second single Audio followed . About 3 months later, on August 9, 2018, the third single Thunderclouds was released . Maddie Ziegler is again involved in the accompanying video. The fourth Single Mountains will follow on November 1, 2018 . The fifth single No New Friends was released on March 14, 2019 . The group's first album will be released on April 12, 2019. On October 12, 2018, she released the single I'm Still Here . This song was published in cooperation with the French shoe brand Repetto , from which a Sia shoe collection was offered in spring 2019.

2020: "Saved My Life" & "Together"

On May 1, 2020, Sia took part in the “COVID Is No Joke” fundraising event, where she sang her song Saved My Life . The proceeds from the song are intended to benefit the fight against the corona crisis.

Her single Together , which was newly released on May 20, 2020, is part of the soundtrack of her film Music along with nine other songs . The song appeared with a music video.

In January 2021, Sia's directorial debut Music was released. The drama, which was largely criticized for its portrayal of autism , received three Golden Raspberries in April 2021 , including for Worst Director .

Private life

Sia 2006

After leaving the formation "Crisp" in 1997, Sia decided to move to London to consolidate her relationship with her boyfriend Dan Pontifex. A few weeks later, during a layover in Thailand, she received news that the Pontiff had been killed in a car accident in London. She returned to Australia (a former pontiff is said to have asked her to stay in London). Her studio album Healing Is Difficult , released in 2001, deals with Pontifex's death.

In 2008, Sia commented on her sexual orientation and revealed her relationship with JD Samson, which she ended in 2011. She related: “I've always dated boys and girls and something in between. I don't care what gender you belong to, it's about the people ... I've always been ... well, the word I would use would be flexible. "

Sia suffered from depression , painkillers - and alcohol addiction . She also struggled with suicidal thoughts , which led to texts about suicide. In 2010, Sia announced on her official website that all planned promotional events and shows had been canceled due to her poor health. She described extreme lethargy and panic attacks and therefore refrained from performing and touring for a long time. On her Twitter account, she announced that she was diagnosed with Graves' disease , an autoimmune disease that causes hyperthyroidism. Later that year, in an interview at the ARIA Awards , Sia said she was feeling better after hormonal therapy.

Sia has been vegan since 2014. She is one of the spokespersons for the animal rights documentary "Dominion". That year, Sia married film producer Erik Andęrs Lang at her home in Palm Springs, California. At the end of 2016, the couple separated.

While appearing on The Howard Stern Show, Sia was asked if she was religious, to which she replied, “I believe in a higher power that I call 'Whatever Dude' and think of him as a weird surfing Santa , similarly like my grandpa, so yes. ”In the same interview, she confessed to being a feminist and that her“ Whatever Dude ”led her to take inspiration from the supernatural in her text for Rihanna's Diamonds .

On October 4, 2019, Sia announced on her Twitter account that she suffered from the incurable Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and was therefore in chronic pain.

Australian rock musician Peter Furler is her cousin. Sia is Maddie Ziegler's godmother .

Discography

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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	AU
1997	OnlySee Flavored	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: December 23, 1997
2001	Healing Is Difficult Columbia	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 9, 2001
2004	Color the Small One Go! Beat	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 12, 2004
2008	Some People Have Real Problems Hear Music	-	-	-	-	US26 (8 weeks) US	AU41 gold (2 weeks)AU	First published: Jan 8, 2008 Sales: + 35,000
2010	We Are Born Monkey Puzzle	DE73 (1 week) DE	-	CH38 (2 weeks) CH	UK74 (1 week) UK	US37 (2 weeks) US	AU2 gold (20 weeks)AU	First published: June 18, 2010 Sales: + 35,000
2014	1000 Forms of Fear Monkey Puzzle	DE30 (7 weeks) DE	AT19 (14 weeks) AT	CH4 (75 weeks) CH	UK5 platinum (98 weeks)UK	US1 gold (117 weeks)US	AU1 platinum (60 weeks)AU	First published: July 4th, 2014 Sales: + 1,425,000
2016	This Is Acting Monkey Puzzle	DE14th gold (49 weeks)DE	AT9 (22 weeks) AT	CH3 gold (61 weeks)CH	UK3 platinum (70 weeks)UK	US4th platinum (83 weeks)US	AU1 gold (52 weeks)AU	First published: Jan 29, 2016 Sales: + 2,367,500
2017	Everyday Is Christmas Atlantic, Monkey Puzzle	DE38 (8 weeks) DE	AT31 (7 weeks) AT	CH21 (6 weeks) CH	UK39 (6 weeks) UK	US27 (14 weeks) US	AU7 (6 weeks) AU	First published: November 17th, 2017 Sales: + 10,000
2021	Music (Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) Atlantic, Monkey Puzzle	DE28 (1 week) DE	AT49 (1 week) AT	CH5 (3 weeks) CH	UK90 (1 week) UK	-	AU12 (1 week) AU	First published: February 12, 2021

Web links

Commons : Sia Furler  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sia at Discogs
• Website of Sia Furler (English)

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2. ↑ Sia Furler Working On Christina Aguilera's New Album. popdirt.com, March 17, 2009, accessed July 6, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Sia's dancer Maddie Ziegler talks Chandelier . ew.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
4. ↑ Sia's 'Chandelier' Music Video Is Hauntingly Beautiful . huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
5. ↑ Sia - Chandelier (Official Video) . youtube.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
6. ↑ Sia Snag Best Music Video Grammy Nominations . rollingstone.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
7. ↑ Best Choreography . mtv.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
8. ↑ Sia Video Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler . screen.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. 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. Retrieved January 31, 2015. 
9. ↑ Sia: Pedophilia allegations for the new video "Elastic Heart" . rollingstone.de. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
10. ↑ https://www.droppinglsd.com/
11. ↑ Repetto by Sia . In: Sia . ( siamusic.net [accessed October 12, 2018]).
12. ↑ Sia: With her new song "Saved My Life", Sia is collecting donations to fight the Corona crisis. May 5, 2020, accessed May 21, 2020 . 
13. ↑ "Saved My Life": Singer Sia wants to donate the proceeds of this single to fight the Corona crisis. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Sia: With her new song + video "Together", Sia gives us a first look at her upcoming directorial debut. May 20, 2020, accessed May 21, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Clem Bastow: Sia's movie Music misrepresents autistic people. It could also do us damage. The Guardian, January 26, 2021, accessed April 25, 2021 . 
16. ↑ Petition calls for exclusion from Sia's film "Music" from the Golden Globes. Musik Express, February 18, 2021, accessed on April 25, 2021 (German). 
17. ^ Jancis Robinson: Dan Pontifex Award - win a scholarship to Australia on "Jancis Robinson"
18. ↑ ^{a b} Andrew Murfett: Sia Furler: Fame does not become her on "The Sydney Morning Herald"
19. ↑ Lotte Jeffs: Hit girl Sia… the singer who writes Rihanna and Jessie J's chart-toppers on "London Evening Standard"
20. ↑ Mamamia Team: The 25 most influential gay or lesbian Australians. on "Mamamia"
21. ↑ Steve Knopper: Sia Furler, the Socially Phobic Pop Star on " New York Times "
22. ↑ https://www.peta.org/blog/sia-goes-vegan/
23. ↑ https://www.livekindly.co/vegan-celebrity-sia-joins-cast-of-new-animal-rights-documentary-dominion/
24. ↑ Mike Vulpo: Sia and Husband Erik Anders Lang Separate After Two Years of Marriage. In: E! News . NBCUniversal , December 7, 2016, accessed December 9, 2016 . 
25. ↑ Greg Moskovitch: 10 Things We Learned From Sia's Howard Stern Interview on "MusicFeed"
26. ↑ t-online.de (05.10.2019): Congenital disorder: Singer Sia is constantly in pain . Retrieved October 5, 2019.
27. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US AU