SIA

Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (born December 18, 1975) or simply Sia, is an Australian pop and jazz singer and songwriter. Her mid-2010 international tour was cancelled with Sia citing extreme lethargy and panic attacks. She considered retiring from touring permanently until she was diagnosed with Graves' disease – an autoimmune disorder with an over-active thyroid. After resting and hormone replacement therapy, Sia resumed touring with gigs in Australia, the U.S. and Canada during 2011. Sia is the niece of singer-songwriter Colin Hay of Men at Work.

In the early 1990s, Sia started gigging in the Adelaide acid jazz scene and at the age of 17-years-old joined the jazz funk band, Crisp. The group released two albums, 1996’s “Word and the Deal” and “Delerium” in 1997.

By 1997, Sia had left Crisp and as a trip hop artist, released her debut solo album “OnlySee.” It was produced by former Crisp band mate Jesse Flavell, who also wrote most of the tracks. Unlike her later albums, “OnlySee” was marketed under her full name, Sia Furler, instead of simply Sia.

In 2000, Sia signed a recording contract with the Sony Music sub-label Dance Pool. While living in London, she performed backing vocals for Jamiroquai, a British jazz funk band. In 2001 she released her second solo album, “Healing is Difficult,” an eclectic mix of R&B and jazz, that was favorably received by critics. All the tracks were written or co-written by Sia and it was co-produced by Sia and Blair Mackichan. The album included the songs “Drink to Get Drunk” and “Little Man" which became popular in U.K. nightclubs. The album's single “Taken for Granted,” reached #10 on the U.K. Singles chart in June 2000. 

Unhappy with the promotion of the album, Sia fired her manager, left Sony Music and signed with Go! Beat Records, a subsidiary of UMG.

Her third album, “Colour the Small One,” was released in Australia and Europe in 2004. This downtempo album had Sia employing a mixture of acoustic instruments and electronic backing to her material. It featured “The Bully,” which was a collaboration with American musician Beck. Two further songs were co-written with Beck and recorded, but have yet to be released. “Colour the Small One” spawned the singles “Breathe Me” and “Where I Belong.” Six tracks on the album were co-written with her bass guitarist, Samuel Dixon.
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