SIA - Sia Kate Isobelle Furler |
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler was born on 18 December 1975 in Adelaide, South Australia.
She is a singer, songwriter, voice actress and music video director.
She started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s in Adelaide. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she released her debut studio album titled OnlySee in Australia. She moved to London, England, and provided vocals for the British duo Zero 7. In 2000, Sia released her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult, and her third studio album, Colour the Small One, in 2004, but all of these struggled to connect with a mainstream audience.
Sia relocated to New York City in 2005 and toured in the United States. Her fourth and fifth studio albums, Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born, were released in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Each was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association and attracted wider notice than her earlier albums. Uncomfortable with her growing fame, Sia took a hiatus from performing, during which she 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 starring child dancer Maddie Ziegler. Since then, Sia has usually worn a wig that obscures her face to protect her privacy.
Her seventh studio album This Is Acting (2016), spawned her first Billboard Hot 100 number one single, "Cheap Thrills". The same year, Sia gave her Nostalgic for the Present Tour, which incorporated dancing by Ziegler and others and other performance art elements. Her eighth studio album, Everyday Is Christmas, was released in 2017 and reissued in 2018 with three bonus tracks. In 2018 and 2019 she collaborated with Labrinth and Diplo in the group LSD, and they released their self-titled debut album in April 2019. Among the accolades received by Sia are nearly a dozen ARIA Awards, 9 Grammy Award nominations and an MTV Video Music Award.
In 2020 she revealed she has become a grandmother at 44 and admits she no longer calls Australia home.
She adopted two sons, both aged 18, last year and lives in LA. My youngest son just had two babies,'" Sia told Apple Musics ZANE LOWE as part of their At Home With series.
I'm a f--king grandma! I know, right? I'm just I'mmediately horrified. No, I'm cool. They call me Nana. I'm trying to get them to call me Lovey, like KRIS KARDASHIAN.'"
Sia said adopting the black teenagers made her realise how broken'" the foster care system was in the US.
Its failing us. Theyve been in 18 different locations in their 18 years. Both of them have been through trauma programs since I adopted them,'" she said, adding that adopting the boys made her understand white privilege.
I'm embarrassed it took me to adopt two black sons to really understand,'" she said.
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