“Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals.”
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Sia Kate Isobelle Furler is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. When Crisp disbanded in 1997, she released her debut studio album, OnlySee, in Australia. Sia moved to London and provided vocals for the English duo Zero 7. She released her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult, in 2001…
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And then Mary J. Blige sang it. And then he took her vocal off it, and put my vocal back on, my demo vocal, without asking and released it. And I never even knew it was gonna happen, and I was really upset. Because I had just retired, I was trying to be a pop songwriter, not an artist.
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2026· 26 entries
“And then Mary J. Blige sang it. And then he took her vocal off it, and put my vocal back on, my demo vocal, without asking and released it. And I never even knew it was gonna happen, and I was really upset. Because I had just retired, I was trying to be a pop songwriter, not an artist.”
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“After a while, when you sing along to something until you feel like you can sort of go unnoticed — after a while, I guess it”
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“People would come in and they”
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“d heard her own album for the first time only a few days ago.”
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“Colour the Small One ... couldn”
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Published video “Sia - Unstoppable (Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Sia: Nostalgic for the Present is out now in select cinemas across the world 🤍🖤 - Team Sia”.
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Published video “Little Man (Exemen Works)”.
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Published video “Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix)”.
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Published video “This is cinema. 🎬 Sia: Nostalgic for the Present arrives in movie theaters tomorrow - Team Sia”.
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Published video “Sia: Nostalgic for the Present is in cinemas this Thursday, July 23! 🍿- Team Sia”.
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Published video “Two weeks to go until Sia: Nostalgic for the Present is on a big screen near you 🤩 - Team Sia”.
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Published video “Sia: Nostalgic for the Present. Exclusively in cinemas on July 23. - Team Sia”.
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Published video “Sia: Nostalgic For The Present (Official Trailer)”.
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Published video “High notes on the highway on Carpool Karaoke 🛣️ - Team Sia”.
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Published video “Hard to not choose to be happy with @TheLateLateShow 💎 - Team Sia”.
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Published video “Tell Me Something Good w @thundercatmusic, Danielle Haim, Greg Kurstin @ Resonator Awards - Team Sia”.
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Published video “Chandelier (Piano Version)”.
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Published video “Breathe Me”.
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Published video “Cheap Thrills”.
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Published video “Clap Your Hands”.
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Published video “Alive”.
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Published video “Jesus Wept”.
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Published video “Reaper”.
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Published video “Broken Glass”.
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2025· 1 entry
Released album “Saturday Church (Official Concept Album)”.
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2024· 3 entries
Released ep “It's Christmas, Baby (The Snowman Remixes EP)”.
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Released ep “I Forgive You (The Remixes)”.
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Released album “Reasonable Woman”.
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2023· 2 entries
Released ep “Gimme Christmas”.
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Released album “Gimme Christmas (Lofi Soundscape)”.
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2021· 3 entries
Released album “Music: Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture”.
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Released ep “Hey Boy! (The Remixes)”.
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Sia said that due to the backlash she received regarding her 2021 film Music, she relapsed, became suicidal again and returned to rehabilitation.
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2020· 3 entries
Released ep “Triple J Live at the Wireless - Big Day Out 2011”.
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Sia pledged to donate $1 million to CORE Response; she also donated the proceeds from her single "Saved My Life" to CORE Response's and AmeriCares' relief efforts
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Announced that she had become a grandmother when one of her two 19-year-old sons had fathered twins
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2019· 6 entries
Released album “O.K.R (pt.1)”.
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At a Palm Springs, California, Walmart and TJ Maxx, Sia paid for people's groceries and shopping in disguise
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In 2019, Sia stated that she has Ehlers–Danlos syndrome.
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Sia adopted two black American boys who were ageing out of the foster care system
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Sia stated that she has Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
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Released album “O.K.R (pt.2)”.
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2018· 2 entries
Sia collaborated with English musician Labrinth and American DJ/record producer Diplo to form the supergroup LSD
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Sia was one of the narrators of Australian animal rights documentary, Dominion, and shared in a 2018 Award of Excellence from the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards
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2017· 3 entries
Released album “Everyday Is Christmas”.
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Sia moved from RCA to Atlantic Records
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Released another public service announcement, in collaboration with the ASPCA, using her song "Puppies Are Forever", to encourage pet adoption
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2016· 8 entries
Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Female Artist of the Year (2016).
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Released ep “Spotify Sessions”.
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Released album “This Is Acting”.
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Sia covered "Blackbird" by the Beatles for the Netflix original series Beat Bugs
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Also began her Nostalgic for the Present Tour, which incorporated dancing by Ziegler and others, and other performance art elements
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That Sia's collaborations with Heffington have "done more to raise the standards of dance in pop music than nearly any current artist integrating the forms"
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Made a surprise appearance on the live reunion of Survivor: Kaôh Rōng, where she donated $50,000 to contestant Tai Trang and another $50,000 to an animal charity of his choice, noting that the two share a mutual love
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Sia partnered with various animal rescue organisations to set up dog adoption fairs at each of the shows
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2015· 2 entries
“I don't really even go out that much now, except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised. I used to be a really friendly person, and now I just want to be invisible. I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.”
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“If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous.”
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2014· 4 entries
Released album “1000 Forms of Fear”.
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Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Song of the Year for Chandelier (2014).
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Awarded NRJ Music Award for International Female Artist of the Year (2014).
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Sia contributed to the soundtrack to the 2014 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Annie
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2013· 1 entry
And, in 2015, "Free the Animal" was used for PETA public service announcements supporting cruelty-free fashion
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2012· 1 entry
Released album “Best of…”.
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2010· 7 entries
Released album “We Are Born”.
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Released album “Live: The We Meaning You Tour”.
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Released ep “iTunes Live: ARIA Awards Concert Series 2010”.
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Wrote a suicide note, planning to overdose; a friend phoned her and, unintentionally, saved her life
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Sia cancelled various promotional events and shows due to her poor health in 2010.
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Sia also co-wrote "Bound to You" for the soundtrack of the film Burlesque, which starred Aguilera and Cher
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Participated in a PETA campaign to tackle animal overpopulation and encourage people to spay or neuter their pets
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2009· 5 entries
Released album “iTunes Live from Sydney”.
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Released album “Metro Cabaret (Live at Sydney 25.03.2009)”.
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American singer Christina Aguilera approached Sia about writing ballads for Aguilera's sixth studio album
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After leaving Zero 7, Sia dedicated herself entirely to her solo career
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Said, "I've always dated boys and girls and anything in between
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2008· 7 entries
Released ep “Rhapsody Originals”.
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Released ep “Remixes 2”.
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Released ep “Remixes 1”.
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Released album “Some People Have Real Problems”.
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Sia discussed her sexual orientation in interviews and revealed her relationship with JD Samson; they broke up in 2011
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And 2010 respectively, and both were certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association and attracted wider notice than her earlier albums
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“s finally beginning to hear her own voice. Music Interviews Sia Learns to Sound Like Herself February 15, 2008 12:00 PM ET Heard on Day to Day Sia Learns to Sound Like Herself Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed”
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2007· 3 entries
Released album “Lady Croissant”.
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For the 2021 musical film, Music, which starred Ziegler, Kate Hudson and Leslie Odom Jr
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Sia released a live album, Lady Croissant, which included eight live songs from her April 2006 performance at the Bowery Ballroom in New York and one new studio recording—"Pictures"
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2006· 1 entry
Sia collaborated with Zero 7 for their third album, The Garden
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2004· 4 entries
Released ep “Don’t Bring Me Down E.P”.
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Released album “Colour the Small One”.
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Sia released her third studio album, Colour the Small One
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Provided vocals for Zero 7 on "Somersault" and "Speed Dial No
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2001· 3 entries
Released album “Healing Is Difficult”.
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And her third, Colour the Small One, in 2004
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Released her second solo album, Healing Is Difficult, which blends retro jazz and soul music and lyrically discusses Sia's dealing with the death of her first love affair
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2000· 1 entry
Sia signed a recording contract with Sony Music's sub-label DancePool and released a single, "Taken for Granted", which peaked at No
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1997· 6 entries
Released album “OnlySee”.
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Sia moved to London to be with her boyfriend Dan Pontifex
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“s boyfriend was fatally hit by a taxi. Back then, her therapy was drugs and alcohol, but over time, Alcoholics Anonymous helped her cope. It has also helped her songwriting.”
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Sia moved to London, where she performed as a background vocalist for British band Jamiroquai
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Crisp disbanded, and Sia released her debut studio album, OnlySee, on Flavoured Records, in Australia, on 23 December
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Released her debut studio album, OnlySee, in Australia
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1975· 1 entry
Born 1975-12-18.
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