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Sia (Sia Kate Isobelle Furler) is an Australian singer-songwriter
| Information | Detail |
|---|---|
| Birthday | December 18, 1975 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Famous | Lyricists & Songwriters, Singers, Singer-songwriter, Songwriters |
| Spouses | Erik Anders Lang |
| Known as | Sia Kate Isobelle Furler |
| Universities |
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| Birth Place | Adelaide, Australia |
| Height | 163 |
| Gender | Female |
| Father | Phil B. Colson |
| Mother | Loene Furler |
| Sun Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born in | Adelaide, Australia |
| Famous as | Singer-Songwriter |
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Who is Sia?
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, referred to as Sia, is an accomplished Australian singer- songwriter, music video director and record producer. Her career spanning over two decades has seen several high and lows. She made her debut as a vocalist in her homeland in the mid-90s with the local Adelaide acid jazz band ‘Crisp’. Her first studio album was ‘OnlySee’. To expand her music career, she relocated to England and started collaborating with bands ‘Zero 7’ and ‘Jamiroquai’ as vocalist. She then signed with ‘Dance Pool’ and came up with her second studio album, ‘Healing Is Difficult’. Her third album ‘Colour the Small One’ that released after she signed with ‘Go! Beat’ strived to garner success following which she again shifted her base, this time in New York, US. After releasing two more albums namely ‘We Are Born’ and ‘Some People Have Real Problems’ Sia retired as recording artist and delved on writing songs for others. This saw her collaborating with artists like Rihanna, David Guetta and Flo Rida. She returned to mainstream singing with a bang, with her studio albums ‘1000 Forms of Fear’ and ‘This Is Acting’, of which the former debuted at the top in the US Billboard 200.
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Childhood & Early Life
Sia was born Sia Kate Isobelle Furler on December 18, 1975 in Adelaide, South Australia to Phil Colson and Loene Furler. Her father is into music while her mother is an art lecturer. She studied at the ‘Adelaide High School’.
With her father being a musician, and uncle Kevin Colsan, an actor-singer, Sia was exposed to music from an early age. Moreover, her father had friends from Australian rock band ‘INXS’ and a close friend Colin Hay from another Australian rock band ‘Men at Work’ that probably furthered her musical bent.
Her early musical influences include Sting, Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin, whose performing styles she would often imitate as a child.
Career
She launched her music career in the mid-90s as a vocalist with ‘Crisp’, a local Adelaide acid jazz band, contributing in two of its EPs namely ‘Word and the Deal’ (1996) and ‘Delirium’ (1997) as vocalist.
‘Crisp’ disbanded in 1997 and on December 23 that year Sia released her first studio album ‘OnlySee’ which included her full name rather than only Sia as in case of her later albums. It comprised of 13 tracks and saw a sale of 1200 copies.
In pursuit of advancing her music career and to be with her boyfriend, Dan Pontifex, Sia decided to shift to London. However, before she could leave australia, Pontifex met with a fatal car accident.
Devastated by such incident, Sia finally relocated to London and became associated with British funk and acid jazz band ‘Jamiroquai’ as background vocalist.
She also got associated with English musical duo ‘Zero 7’. Eventually, she became some sort of an “unofficial” lead singer of the downtempo group that saw her touring with them as well as contributing as vocalist in their first three studio albums.
Her vocal contributions for the first three studio albums of ‘Zero 7’ includes tracks ‘Destiny’ and ‘Distractions’ from the first album ‘’Simple Things’ (2001); tracks ‘Somersault’ and ‘Speed Dial No.2’ from the second album ‘When It Falls’ (2004); and five tracks from the third album ‘The Garden’ (2006).
Meanwhile, she released her debut single ‘Taken for Granted’ on May 19, 2000, after signing contract with ‘Dance Pool’, a sub-label of ‘Sony Music’. The song became part of her second studio album ‘Healing Is Difficult’ (2001 UK; 2002 US) and reached No.10 on the UK Singles Chart.
Not satisfied with the promotion of ‘Healing Is Difficult’, she left ‘Sony Music’ and signed with ‘Go! Beat’. On January 19, 2004, her third studio album ‘Colour the Small One’ released, but it failed to make much impact.
In 2005, she moved to the US, where organised by her manager David Enthoven, she started touring across the country.
On January 8, 2008, her fourth studio album, ‘Some People Have Real Problems’ released and had a first-week sales of around 20,000 copies. It debuted at #26 on the US Billboard 200 marking her first album to achieve such feat in the US. It was selected as Top Pop Album of 2008 by iTunes.
‘Some People Have Real Problems’ also reached #41 in Australia and obtained gold certification from the ‘Australian Recording Industry Association’ in 2011.
On May 19, 2009, her first video release ‘TV Is My Parent’ came out that comprised of four music videos, recordings of a 2007 live concert held at New York City’s ‘Hiro Ballroom’ as also some "behind the scenes" footage. It won her the ‘ARIA Music Award’ for Best Music DVD in 2009.
Her fifth studio album ‘We Are Born’ was released on June 18, 2010 that made its way to several international charts including debuting at #2 on the Australian Albums Chart and reaching #37on the US Billboard 200.
Apart from furthering her international fame ‘We Are Born’ fetched her two ‘ARIA Music Awards’ in 2010 and also earned gold accreditation from the ‘Australian Recording Industry Association’ in 2011.
Unable to handle the increasing popularity and craving for a private life Sia started to backtrack from all the glitz and glamour including wearing a mask and refusing to do promos. She gradually became addicted to alcohol and drugs and even contemplated suicide.
During such time her new manager Jonathan Daniel advised her to commence song-writing for other artists. Thus began a new chapter in her life that saw her taking a hiatus as recording artist and thriving as a songwriter.
Some of her successful collaborations as songwriter includes writing ‘Titanium’ (2011) for David Guetta; ‘Wild Ones’ (2011) for Flo Rida; and co-writing ‘Diamonds’ (2012) with Benny Blanco and StarGate for Rihanna.
She made a stupendous comeback as recording artist with her sixth studio album ‘1000 Forms of Fear’, which released on July 4, 2014. It debuted at the top of the US Billboard 200 and received a gold certification from ‘Recording Industry Association of America’ (RIAA) thus soaring her fame yet again.
She made her way to the US Billboard Hot 100 through lead single ‘Chandelier’ from ‘1000 Forms of Fear’ that climbed at #8 on the chart. The song also fetched her four nominations at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015.
On January 29, 2016, her seventh studio album ‘This Is Acting’ released that not only debuted at number one in Australia and clinched the No. four spot on the US Billboard 200, but also fetched her Grammy Awards nomination for ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’.
The song ‘Cheap Thrills’ from ‘This Is Acting’ paved her way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song clinched the top position in more than twenty countries and obtained several certifications including a quadruple platinum certification in Australia.
Sia has also tried her hands at acting with film ‘Annie’ (2014) and TV series ‘Transparent’ (2015) and ‘Beat Bugs’ (2016). Her upcoming acting endeavors include performing in films like ‘Charming’, ‘My Little Pony: The Movie’ and ‘Sister’.
Personal Life & Legacy
She was romantically associated with Dan Pontifex who suffered a fatal car accident. From 2008 to 2011, she had an affair with JD Samson.
In August 2014, she tied knot with documentary filmmaker Erik Anders Lang, but the couple got separated in December 2016.
She is a vegan and has taken part in several animal welfare causes.
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Sia biography timelines
- // 18th Dec 1975Sia was born Sia Kate Isobelle Furler on December 18, 1975 in Adelaide, South Australia to Phil Colson and Loene Furler. Her father is into music while her mother is an art lecturer. She studied at the ‘Adelaide High School’.
- // 1996 To 1997She launched her music career in the mid-90s as a vocalist with ‘Crisp’, a local Adelaide acid jazz band, contributing in two of its EPs namely ‘Word and the Deal’ (1996) and ‘Delirium’ (1997) as vocalist.
- // 1997 To 1997‘Crisp’ disbanded in 1997 and on December 23 that year Sia released her first studio album ‘OnlySee’ which included her full name rather than only Sia as in case of her later albums. It comprised of 13 tracks and saw a sale of 1200 copies.
- // 2000Meanwhile, she released her debut single ‘Taken for Granted’ on May 19, 2000, after signing contract with ‘Dance Pool’, a sub-label of ‘Sony Music’. The song became part of her second studio album ‘Healing Is Difficult’ (2001 UK; 2002 US) and reached No.10 on the UK Singles Chart.
- // 2001Her vocal contributions for the first three studio albums of ‘Zero 7’ includes tracks ‘Destiny’ and ‘Distractions’ from the first album ‘’Simple Things’ (2001); tracks ‘Somersault’ and ‘Speed Dial No.2’ from the second album ‘When It Falls’ (2004); and five tracks from the third album ‘The Garden’ (2006).
- // 19th Jan 2004Not satisfied with the promotion of ‘Healing Is Difficult’, she left ‘Sony Music’ and signed with ‘Go! Beat’. On January 19, 2004, her third studio album ‘Colour the Small One’ released, but it failed to make much impact.
- // 2005In 2005, she moved to the US, where organised by her manager David Enthoven, she started touring across the country.
- // 2008 To 2011She was romantically associated with Dan Pontifex who suffered a fatal car accident. From 2008 to 2011, she had an affair with JD Samson.
- // 8th Jan 2008On January 8, 2008, her fourth studio album, ‘Some People Have Real Problems’ released and had a first-week sales of around 20,000 copies. It debuted at #26 on the US Billboard 200 marking her first album to achieve such feat in the US. It was selected as Top Pop Album of 2008 by iTunes.
- // 2009On May 19, 2009, her first video release ‘TV Is My Parent’ came out that comprised of four music videos, recordings of a 2007 live concert held at New York City’s ‘Hiro Ballroom’ as also some "behind the scenes" footage. It won her the ‘ARIA Music Award’ for Best Music DVD in 2009.
- // 2010 To 2011Apart from furthering her international fame ‘We Are Born’ fetched her two ‘ARIA Music Awards’ in 2010 and also earned gold accreditation from the ‘Australian Recording Industry Association’ in 2011.
- // 18th Jun 2010Her fifth studio album ‘We Are Born’ was released on June 18, 2010 that made its way to several international charts including debuting at #2 on the Australian Albums Chart and reaching #37on the US Billboard 200.
- // 2011‘Some People Have Real Problems’ also reached #41 in Australia and obtained gold certification from the ‘Australian Recording Industry Association’ in 2011.
- // 2011Some of her successful collaborations as songwriter includes writing ‘Titanium’ (2011) for David Guetta; ‘Wild Ones’ (2011) for Flo Rida; and co-writing ‘Diamonds’ (2012) with Benny Blanco and StarGate for Rihanna.
- // 2014She made a stupendous comeback as recording artist with her sixth studio album ‘1000 Forms of Fear’, which released on July 4, 2014. It debuted at the top of the US Billboard 200 and received a gold certification from ‘Recording Industry Association of America’ (RIAA) thus soaring her fame yet again.
- // 2014 To 2016Sia has also tried her hands at acting with film ‘Annie’ (2014) and TV series ‘Transparent’ (2015) and ‘Beat Bugs’ (2016). Her upcoming acting endeavors include performing in films like ‘Charming’, ‘My Little Pony: The Movie’ and ‘Sister’.
- // Aug 2014 To Dec 2016In August 2014, she tied knot with documentary filmmaker Erik Anders Lang, but the couple got separated in December 2016.
- // 2015 To 2015She made her way to the US Billboard Hot 100 through lead single ‘Chandelier’ from ‘1000 Forms of Fear’ that climbed at #8 on the chart. The song also fetched her four nominations at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015.
- // 29th Jan 2016On January 29, 2016, her seventh studio album ‘This Is Acting’ released that not only debuted at number one in Australia and clinched the No. four spot on the US Billboard 200, but also fetched her Grammy Awards nomination for ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’.
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Sia's FAQ
What is Sia birthday?
Sia was born at 1975-12-18
Where is Sia's birth place?
Sia was born in Adelaide, Australia
What is Sia nationalities?
Sia's nationalities is Australian
Who is Sia spouses?
Sia's spouses is Erik Anders Lang
What was Sia universities?
Sia studied at Adelaide High School
How tall is Sia?
Sia's height is 163
Who is Sia's father?
Sia's father is Phil B. Colson
Who is Sia's mother?
Sia's mother is Loene Furler
What is Sia's sun sign?
Sia is Sagittarius
How famous is Sia?
Sia is famouse as Singer-Songwriter