Bruce Fielder, known professionally as Sigala, is a British DJ and music producer. He has had eight songs peak within the top ten of the

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, including his 2015 debut single " Easy Love", which samples "

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" by

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Career

Early career

Fielder was born and raised in

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, England. He first got into music at age 8, when he began to play the piano, which he has up to grade 8. He attended

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and Norwich City College, before graduating with a BA honours degree in commercial music from the

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. He is based at Verdansk Studios in

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2015–2018: Breakthrough and ''Brighter Days''

After university, Fielder was a member of several unsigned bands before moving on to mixing and producing works for others, including co-writing "

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" by

Ella Eyre Ella McMahon (born 1 April 1994), known professionally as Ella Eyre, is a British singer and songwriter. She is known for her collaborations with Rudimental on their UK number-one single "Waiting All Night" (2013), which won the 2014 Brit Awar ...

with

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. His debut single, " Easy Love", came about after Fielder drank a six-pack of

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, a tequila-flavoured beer, in sheer tiredness and frustration after being asked to perform a thirty-seventh mix for a popular artist and downloaded an

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's single "

". In an interview with the

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, he stated that the record was written on a Sunday evening out of a desire to create music for himself outside of the confines of "somebody asking me to create a song that had a certain sound to it or had to be a certain way". A video was commissioned for it, set in Los Angeles, and features Lucky Aces, a Canadian duo composed of 12-year-olds, Lucky and C, dancing to it; in the video, after meeting each other, they challenge a number of child gangs. It was directed by Craig Moore, who said that he opted to shoot in Los Angeles due to the "pool of talent that would've been hard to find anywhere else", and that his attention was caught by Lucky Aces after spotting them on ''

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''. Within a few days, it had been picked up by

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, and the song entered at number 71 on the

on 4 September 2015 – for the week ending dated 10 September 2015 – based on streams alone. The following week, it peaked at the top of the chart.Peaks in the UK * All except noted: * "Don't Need No Money": Sigala's second single was called "

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". Released on 4 December 2015, and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, with vocals from singer-songwriter

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. Sigala released his third single, " Say You Do", on YouTube on 23 January 2016, and the single was released officially on 18 March 2016. It features a sample of

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's "

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" and

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, with vocals from singer Imani Williams. Sigala was reported to be working on his debut studio album, revealing that his dream collaborations would be

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and

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. Shortly after this was announced, his next single, " Give Me Your Love", featuring vocals from John Newman and partial production works from

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, was released on 8 April 2016. On 19 August 2016, Sigala released " Ain't Giving Up" with British singer

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. Sigala contributed to " Only One" with

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on 2 December 2016 and " Show You Love" with KATO, featuring vocals from American singer

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on 17 January 2017. On 9 June 2017, Sigala collaborated with British singer-songwriter

for his sixth single "

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". On 23 February 2018, Sigala released a single with

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titled "

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". On 13 March 2018, Sigala said on

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that he had nearly finished his debut album. On 24 May 2018, Sigala announced his upcoming debut album ''

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'', which was released on 28 September 2018. It peaked at number 14 in the UK. A mini-concert tour took place in the United Kingdom and Ireland in support of the album. Sigala released " Feels Like Home" with British recording artist

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and Jamaican rapper

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, featuring guest vocals from American recording artist Kent Jones on 14 June 2018 as the eighth single. " We Don't Care" was released on 27 July 2018 with British

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band The Vamps as the ninth single off the album. On 7 September 2018, Sigala released the tenth and final single from the album titled " Just Got Paid" with

and American singer-songwriter

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, featuring American rapper

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2019–present: ''Every Cloud''

Sigala signed with the newly relaunched

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in early 2019. Sigala released " Wish You Well" on 24 May 2019 with vocals by British singer

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. On 19 October 2019, Sigala announced that

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would feature on his next single " We Got Love".The song was released on 1 November 2019. On 23 June 2020, Sigala announced on social media that

would once again be featured on a new single, making it their second collaboration since the release of " Wish You Well" in May 2019. The single was titled " Heaven on My Mind" and was released on 25 June 2020. On 27 August 2020, Sigala announced that he would release a song called " Lasting Lover" with British singer

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which was written by

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. The song was released alongside two vertical lyric videos on 4 September 2020. The song samples "

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" by American indie band

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. At the APRA Music Awards of 2022 "Lasting Lover" won Most Performed International Work. On 22 June 2021, Sigala announced his new single " You For Me" with British singer-songwriter

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. The song was released on 2 July 2021. On 20 August 2021, Sigala collaborated with

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and

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on the song "Runaway". On 21 January 2022, Sigala released the song "Melody". On 20 May 2022, Sigala collaborated with British singer-songwriter and YouTuber

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on the song "Stay the Night". On 2 September 2022, Sigala teamed up with French DJ

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and British singer-songwriter

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on the song "Living Without You".

Discography

Studio albums * ''

'' (2018) * '' Every Cloud'' (2023)

Tours

Headlining * Brighter Days Tour (2018) * Sigala World Tour (2020)

References

External links

* {{Authority control APRA Award winners English record producers English DJs Electronic dance music DJs Living people Ministry of Sound artists Musicians from Norwich Tropical house musicians Remixers Arista Records artists Columbia Records artists Ultra Records artists 1992 births