Australian singer-songwriter

Sia Sia Kate Isobelle Furler ( ; born 18 December 1975) 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. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she rel ...

has released nine

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s, six

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s, 67

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s (including 22 as a featured artist), and 42

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s. In 1997, she released her debut

entitled ''OnlySee''. It was commercially unsuccessful, and none of its songs were released as a single. Sia released her second album, ''

Healing Is Difficult ''Healing Is Difficult'' is the second studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Sia. It was released in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2001 and in the United States on 28 May 2002. In the UK the album's first single "Taken for Granted" was ...

'', in 2001. The album yielded three singles: "

Taken for Granted "Taken for Granted" is the debut single of Australian singer Sia. It was the first single released from Sia's second studio album, ''Healing Is Difficult'' (2001), and was written by Sia and produced by Nigel Corsbie. It heavily samples from Se ...

", " Little Man" and "

Drink to Get Drunk "Drink to Get Drunk" is a song by Sia. It was included on her album ''Healing Is Difficult'' (2001). The song was released as a single in 2001 after it was remixed by Gino Scaletti and Quinn Whalley (also known as DifferentGear). Track listing ...

". The lead single, "Taken for Granted", peaked at number 10 on the

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. In 2004, Sia released her third studio album, ''

Colour the Small One ''Colour the Small One'' is the third album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, which was released in Australia and the United Kingdom on 19 January 2004. It was issued in the United States on 3 February 2004. Production was by Jimmy Hogarth, w ...

''. Its singles included "

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", "

Breathe Me "Breathe Me" is a 2004 single by Australian singer Sia featured on the album ''Colour the Small One.'' The single has sold over 1.2 million copies in the United States. The song became popular on alternative radio and has been used in many diffe ...

", "Where I Belong" and "Numb". "Breathe Me" was the most successful single from ''Colour the Small One'', peaking at number 19 in Denmark, number 71 in the United Kingdom and number 81 in France. In 2008, Sia released her fourth studio album, ''

Some People Have Real Problems ''Some People Have Real Problems'' (sometimes stylised as ''Some People Have REAL Problems'') is the fourth studio album by Australian singer Sia. Released in 2008, the album featured singles including "Day Too Soon", " The Girl You Lost to Coca ...

''. The album was certified

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by the

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(ARIA), and spawned four singles: "Day Too Soon", "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine", " Soon We'll Be Found" and " Buttons". The follow-up ''

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'' was made available in 2010. It was certified gold by the ARIA, and generated the singles " You've Changed", " Clap Your Hands", " Bring Night" and " I'm in Here". In 2011, Sia was featured on the top-ten singles "

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" by

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and " Wild Ones" by

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. In 2013, Sia contributed the song "

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" to the soundtrack to the 2013 American film '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire''. A year later, she released her sixth studio album, ''

1000 Forms of Fear ''1000 Forms of Fear'' is the sixth studio album by Australian singer Sia. It was released on 4 July 2014 by Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records worldwide, and Inertia Records in Australia. Primarily an electropop album, the record also incorporates i ...

''. It became Sia's most successful release, peaking atop the

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s of Australia, Canada and the United States. It was soon certified platinum in Australia and gold in France. As of January 2016, the album had sold 1 million copies worldwide. Its lead single, "

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", became Sia's first hit single as lead artist, peaking within the top ten of charts in various countries. ''1000 Forms of Fear'' was further promoted by the singles "

Big Girls Cry "Big Girls Cry" is a single by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, from her sixth studio album ''1000 Forms of Fear'' (2014). The single was not released internationally; it was only released in Australia and some parts of Europe. It charted in Be ...

", Sia's solo version of "

" and "

Fire Meet Gasoline "Fire Meet Gasoline" is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Sia for her sixth studio album, ''1000 Forms of Fear'' (2014). It was written by Sia, Greg Kurstin and Samuel Dixon. Kurstin also produced the song. It was released in Ger ...

". Sia's seventh album, '' This Is Acting'', was released in 2016. It became her second consecutive chart-topping album in Australia and peaked within the top ten in various countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Its two top ten singles in her native country were " Alive" and " Cheap Thrills" (solo or featuring singer/rapper

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). The latter became her most successful song as a lead artist, reaching the top five in many European countries and peaking at number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it became Sia's first song to do so. In 2017, Sia signed with

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and released ''Everyday Is Christmas'', her

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album which featured 10 original songs, co-written and produced by Greg Kurstin. "

Santa's Coming for Us "Santa's Coming for Us" is a song written by Sia and Greg Kurstin and released on 30 October 2017 as the lead single from Sia's eighth studio album and first Christmas album, '' Everyday Is Christmas''. Background and release Sia wrote "Santa ...

" served as the only single from the album. The album was

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d in 2018 with three new songs, one of which was a cover of

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's " Round and Round". In 2018, Sia formed group LSD alongside British singer-songwriter

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and American producer

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. They released their self-titled album through

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in April 2019, which featured the singles " Genius", "

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" and "

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". Sia's ninth studio album, ''

Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture ''Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture'' is the ninth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia. It was released on 12 February 2021 by Monkey Puzzle and Atlantic, in connection with the release of the musical film ''Mus ...

'', was released in February 2021, in connection with the release of her directorial debut film ''

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''. The album's lead single, " Together", was released in May 2020. For her work as a songwriter, she had sold 25 million songs worldwide as of October 2014. Sia had earned over 50 billion streams across her career, globally, as of November 2020.

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

Remixes albums

Video albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Songwriting and other appearances

Music videos

Featured videos

Guest appearances

Notes

References