Top Songs 2015 1000 Forms Of Fear - SIA || SIA Greatest Hits 2015 Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (born 18 December 1975), known professionally as Sia (/ˈsiːə/), is an Australian singer, songwriter and music video director. Musically and artistically precocious, Sia became interested in performing in the style of musicians including Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Sting. In the mid-1990s, Sia started a career as a singer in the local Adelaide acid jazz band Crisp. By 1997, when Crisp disbanded, Sia released her debut studio album titled OnlySee on Flavoured Records in Australia. Following the event, Sia moved to London, England and provided lead vocals for British duo Zero 7. In 2000, Sia signed to Sony Music's sub-label Dance Pool and released her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult, the following year. Displeased with the promotion of the record, Sia signed to Go! Beat and released her third studio album, Colour the Small One, in 2004. Dissatisfied with the project's struggling to connect with a mainstream audience, Sia relocated to New York City in 2005 and began touring across the United States. Sia released her fourth and fifth studio releases, Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born, in 2008 and 2010, respectively. In 2014, Sia released her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear, which was preceded by the top-ten single "Chandelier". She is currently working on her seventh studio album This Is Acting. Sia's music incorporates hip hop, funk and soul as a base for her vocal styling.[2] In 2014, she was ranked the 97th richest Australian person under the age of 40 by BRW magazine, with a reported net worth of AU$ 20 million.[1]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.[3] Sia is the niece of actor-singer Kevin Colson,[4] and musician Colin Hay, a member of Australian group Men at Work.[3] Sia said that as a child, she imitated the performing style of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Sting, who she counted as her early influences.[5] She attended Adelaide High School, graduating in 1994.[3] In the mid-1990s, Sia started a career as a singer in the local acid jazz band Crisp.[3] Sia collaborated with the band and contributed vocals to their two albums: Word and the Deal (1996) and Delerium (1997).[6] By 1997, Crisp disbanded,[7] and Sia released her debut studio album entitled OnlySee on Flavoured Records in Australia.[8] The album sold 1,200 copies.[9] 1997–2006: Zero 7, Healing Is Difficult and Colour the Small One[edit] Sia in concert in 2006 Following the disbandment of Crisp in 1997, Sia moved to London.[7] While living there, she performed as a background vocalist for British band Jamiroquai.[10] Sia also provided lead vocals for English downtempo group Zero 7 on their first three studio albums and toured with the group.[11] On Zero 7's 2001 album Simple Things, Sia contributed vocals to two tracks: "Destiny" and "Distractions."[12] The single "Destiny" peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.[13] In 2004, Sia provided vocals for Zero 7 on "Somersault" and "Speed Dial No. 2" (from the album When It Falls).[14] In 2006, Sia collaborated with Zero 7 for the group's third album, The Garden.[15] Sia is regarded as the "unofficial" lead singer of Zero 7.[16] In 2000, Sia signed a recording contract with Sony Music's sub-label Dance Pool and released her first single, "Taken for Granted", which peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.[10] In 2001, she released her second solo album, Healing Is Difficult, which blends retro jazz and soul musical styles and lyrically discusses Sia's dealing with the death of her first love affair.[7][17] 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).[11] At the APRA Awards of 2002, Sia won the Breakthrough Songwriter category alongside Brisbane pop duo Aneiki's Jennifer Waite and Grant Wallis.[18] In 2004, Sia released her third studio album, Colour the Small One.[19] The album employs a mixture of acoustic instruments and electronic backing to her material.[19][20] The album spawned four singles: "Don't Bring Me Down", "Breathe Me", "Where I Belong" and "Numb". "Breathe Me" was the most commercially successful single from the album, peaking at number 71 in the United Kingdom,[13] number 19 in Denmark and number 81 in France.[21] "Where I Belong" was scheduled to be included on the soundtrack for the film Spider-Man 2; however, owing to a record label conflict, it was withdrawn at the last minute.

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