Evan Giarrusso, better known as EVAN GIIA is a

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and

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. Her first notable song was "Heat of The Moment" with music duo MEMBA, which was selected as the singles of the week by

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in 2016. In September 2022, GIIA’s ''Don’t Let Me Let Go'' ( with Dillion Francis and

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) secured the number one position on US Dance Radio.

Career

EVAN GIIA was brought up in Hingham and is an alumna of

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and has undergone training of opera singing. Her first single was "Heat of the Moment" in 2016. Her second single, "Brave" was listed by as the top single by

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in 2017. In 2018, she dropped "Westworld", one of her most popular songs. In 2019, GIIA partnered with New York based duo MEMBA in their EP ''Saga-II,'' where she was the vocalist of the song "Walls Down". In November of the same year, her single "Sidelines" was released. In February 2020, she dropped the single "Switch Off". In April 2020, her single "Focus" was released for which she also was the songwriter. In October 2020, GIIA teamed with

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in their single "Burning", which was premiered by Billboard Dance. The song reached Billboard Dance Chart's position 7 and was two weeks in the peak. In the same month, she also launched her solo, "tiny life". In the end of 2020, she attended numerous concerts with music duo

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. During early 2021, she did a US tour with MEMBA. GIIA appeared in different music festivals like Elements Music Festival, Breakaway Music Festival etc.

Discography

Extended Plays

Singles

As a lead artist

As featured artist

References

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