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and model of Italian descent. She released her first collaborative single "Dirty House Music" with DJ Marcus Knight in 2008 before releasing her debut studio album, ''Ascension'', in 2010. Her debut single "Vertigo" peaked at No. 16 on the

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charts, effectively rendering her the first Australian unsigned female to make an impact on the US chart and making her a number-one Breakthrough Artist. Two years later, she released her second studio album, entitled ''911: Code Pink''.

Early life

Giulietta was born in the Melbourne suburb of

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, Australia, to parents Fabrice and Teresa. She has a younger brother, Antonio. Giulietta began singing at the age of four, regularly performing in talent shows and drawing inspiration from musicians such as

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and

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. At the age of nine she trained at

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in Sydney, and later attended a performing arts high school.

Career

In 2007, Giulietta met with DJ Marcus Knight and contributed vocals to his tracks "Give It Up" and "Dirty House Music". When the latter was released to nightclubs and other music outlets, it peaked at number four on the

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charts and charted twice on the ARIA Dance Chart, peaking within the top twenty. Giulietta also contributed vocals to tracks by Jacob D ("Take Your Mind There") and Dirty Rascals ("

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"). In January 2009, producer

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met with Giulietta after hearing "Dirty House Music". She agreed to have him produce her debut album, which became ''Ascension''. Though it was rumoured that Giulietta's family were paying up to A$40,000 a session with Kershenbaum, in an interview with the

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Teresa Russo stated, "I don't like to talk figures. I won't today, I won't in future." In November 2009, Giulietta attended the Los Angeles Music Awards in Hollywood, California, where she won awards for ''International Pop Artist of the Year'', ''Producer's Choice'' and the ''Hollywood Walk of Fame Award''. She also performed a song called "Here We Go Again", which was originally slated to be the lead single off ''Ascension''. On 17 May 2010, Giulietta released her debut album ''Ascension'' on her own label, ''Giulietta R. Enterprises'', with distribution by

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. As well as featuring production from Kershenbaum the album also had writing by

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and mixing by Rob Orton and Chris Cox. The album spawned the single "Vertigo", which reached No. 16 on the US

Chart. The song was also remixed by the likes of

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. To promote the album, Giulietta performed at many venues including The Highlands nightclub in Hollywood and attended record releases for artists such as

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. On her time promoting the album in the US, Giulietta stated, "It's a lot busier over there; I was doing 13 hours a day and rehearsing and doing things like

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." Giulietta also performed at R&B festivals such as

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and ClubTapes on 12 July 2012. The album contained guest appearances by Tay Dizm of

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, Raz B of

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, Mick Stillz, Dall. Diamond, Billionaire, Envy and Mr. Focus. In August 2012 Giulietta stated she would embark on her first tour of China later in the year.

Influences

Giulietta regards the likes of

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and

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as her influences.

Discography

Albums * ''Ascension'' (2010) * ''911: Code Pink'' (2012) * ''XXI'' (2015) * ''Bandit'' (2016) Singles * "Vertigo" (2010) * "Pixelated" (2011) * "When December Comes" (2011) * "VooDoo" (2012) * "Pretty in Pink" (2012) * "2am" (2012) * "Nowhere"(feat. Tay Dizm) (2013) * "Uptown" (2014) * Över" * "Real 1" (2015) * "Soldier" (2015) * "Bandit" (2016) * "Owh!" (2016) As a feature artist * "Draft Day" (E.Cov, 2011) * "Takin' Flight (Peter Pan)" (Christylez, 2011)

References

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