Sia Kate Isobelle Furler was born on December 18, 1975, in Australia. She began her music career in the mid-1990s as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in Adelaide. After Crisp disbanded in 1997, Sia released her debut studio album, OnlySee, in Australia, but it did not sell well. She then moved to London and provided lead vocals for the British duo Zero 7.
In 2000, Sia released her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult, but was unhappy with the promotion of the record. Her next album, Colour the Small One, was released in 2004, but struggled to connect with a mainstream audience. Sia relocated to New York City in 2005 and toured in the United States.
Her fourth and fifth studio albums, Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born, were released in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Sia took a hiatus from performing, during which she focused on songwriting for other artists, producing successful collaborations like "Titanium" with David Guetta, "Diamonds" with Rihanna, and "Wild Ones" with Flo Rida.
In 2014, Sia broke through as a solo recording artist with her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear, which debuted at No. 1 in the US Billboard 200 and featured the top-ten single "Chandelier". The album was certified gold by the RIAA denoting 500,000 equivalent-album units sold in the United States.
Sia's seventh studio album, This Is Acting, was released in 2016 and spawned her first Hot 100 number one single, "Cheap Thrills". The same year, she gave her Nostalgic for the Present Tour, which incorporated performance art elements.
In 2007, Sia released a live album entitled Lady Croissant, which included eight live songs from her April 2006 performance at the Bowery Ballroom in New York and one new studio recording-"Pictures". A year later, she left Zero 7 on friendly terms, replaced by Eska Mtungwazi as the band's frontwoman.
Sia has received accolades, including ARIA Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. She has also been nominated for several other awards, including a Grammy Award and a Brit Award.
