Sia (musician)

Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (born 18 December 1975), known simply as Sia is an
Australian singer,songwriter and music video director. Musically and artistically precocious
from an early age, Sia became interested in performing in the style of musicians including
Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Sting. In the mid-1990s, Sia started a career as a singer
in the local acid jazzband Crisp. By 1997, when Crisp disbanded, Sia released her
debut studio album titledOnlySee on Flavoured Records in Australia. Following the event,
Sia moved to London, England and provided vocals for British duo Zero 7.
In 2000, Sia signed to Sony Music's sub-label Dance Pooland released her second studio
album, Healing Is Difficult, the following year. Displeased with the promotion of the record,
Sia signed toGo! Beat and released her third studio album, Colour the Small One, in 2004.
Dissatisfied with the project's struggling to connect with a mainstream audience, Sia
relocated to New York City in 2005 and began touring across the United States. Sia released
her fourth and fifth studio releases, Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born, in
2008 and 2010, respectively. In 2014, Sia released her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of
Fear, which was preceded by the top-ten single "Chandelier".
Sia's music incorporates hip hop, funk and soul as a base for her vocal styling. In 2014, she
was ranked the 97th richest Australian person under the age of 40 by BRW magazine, with a
reported net worth of AU$ 20 million.
In 2008, Sia discussed her sexual orientation in interviews with Scotland on
Sunday and AfterEllen.com, and announced her relationship with JD Samson; they later
broke up in 2011. She was included on a list of gay entertainers in the JuneJuly 2009 issue
of The Advocate. In both 2009 and 2010, Sia was nominated by readers of
SameSame.com.au as one of the 25 most influential lesbian and gay Australians. When asked
about her sexuality, she said, "Before I was actually successful I'd always said I've always
dated boys and girls and anything in between. I don't care what gender you are, it's about
people. I didn't just recently open up, I just recently got famous! I've always been... well,
flexible is the word I would use."
Sia has suffered from depression. She has said that she suffered from addiction to painkillers
and alcohol, and had also contemplated suicide before, going as far as writing a suicide note.