Isabella "Izzi" Rubi Manfredi (born 1987) is an Australian pop singer, songwriter and

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, New South Wales. Manfredi is best known as the former lead vocalist of

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band

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. Her debut single "Jealousy" was released on 26 May 2021.

Early life

Isabella Rubi Manfredi was born in 1987 to parents Julie Manfredi and Italian Australian celebrity chef

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. She was raised in

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Career

2010–present: The Preatures

Manfredi met Thomas Champion and Jack Moffitt at the

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in 2008. They formed a band together, and in 2010, added Luke Davison and Gideon Bensen, naming themselves the Preachers. In 2012, they changed the spelling of their name to

to avoid legal complications with other bands with similar names, signed with Mercury Records and released the EP ''Shaking Hands''. The EP featured the single "Take a Card", written by Manfredi with Bensen on lead vocals. It was featured on

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. In 2013, they released a second

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, ''Is This How You Feel?'', which was preceded by two singles, "

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" and "Manic Baby". "Is This How You Feel?" attracted considerable success, winning the $50,000

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, receiving an

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nomination for Best Pop Release, and being voted ninth in

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's Hottest 100 of 2013. ''

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'', their debut studio album, was released on 30 September 2014. ''Blue Planet Eyes'' peaked at number 4 on the

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. At the 2015 ARIA Music Awards, the group received nominations in three categories. Their second and final studio album, '' Girlhood'', was released on 11 August 2017 via

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. ''Girlhood'' received an ARIA Award nomination for

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2019–present: Debut studio album ''izzi''

On 3 December 2019, Manfredi was announced as the recipient of the

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Recording Grant, winning $10,000 towards the recording of her debut album. Manfredi is the seventh artist to take out the grant, following previous recipients such as Hatchie,

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and

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. On 26 May 2021, Manfredi released her debut solo single "Jealousy". On 12 November 2021, Manfredi released "One Hit Wonder". In July 2022, Manfredi released "Naive" and announced the forthcoming release of her debut studio album, ''izzi'', scheduled for release on 2 September 2022.

Personal life

On 27 January 2021, Manfredi revealed her pregnancy and engagement to musician and creative technologist Rupert Parry. Manfredi is a supporter of the Keep Sydney Open campaign.

Discography

Studio albums

Soundtrack albums

Live albums

Singles

As lead artist

Guest appearances

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

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(APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982. ! , - , rowspan="2",

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, "Somebody's Talking" (Gideon Bensen, Thomas Champion, Luke Davison, Isabella Manfredi, Jack Mofitt) , Song of the Year , , , - , The Preatures (Gideon Bensen, Thomas Champion, Luke Davison, Isabella Manfredi, Jack Mofitt) , Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year , , , -

Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition

The

is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins"; it is coordinated by

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and

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References

External links

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