You Oughta Know : Sia

Since the late nineties, Australia-born Sia Furler has been singing with the likes of Massive Attack and Zero 7, but the blonde, blue-eyed, soulful jazz-style singer is on anything but a quest for fame. Sia rose to fame shortly after moving to the U.K., working steadily as a guest vocalist for several groups -- including the electronica duo Zero 7 -- while releasing her own solo albums. Sia released her first single, "Taken for Granted," in early 2000, which rose to number ten in the U.K. and increased European demand for her debut album, Hearing Is Difficult, which followed in 2001. Meanwhile, Sia began building an audience in America. The song "Breathe Me" from one of her solo releases Colour the Small On gained massive attention when it was used in an ep... Moreğ

Since the late nineties, Australia-born Sia Furler has been singing with the likes of Massive Attack and Zero 7, but the blonde, blue-eyed, soulful jazz-style singer is on anything but a quest for fame. Sia rose to fame shortly after moving to the U.K., working steadily as a guest vocalist for several groups -- including the electronica duo Zero 7 -- while releasing her own solo albums. Sia released her first single, "Taken for Granted," in early 2000, which rose to number ten in the U.K. and increased European demand for her debut album, Hearing Is Difficult, which followed in 2001. Meanwhile, Sia began building an audience in America. The song "Breathe Me" from one of her solo releases Colour the Small On gained massive attention when it was used in an episode of the popular series Six Feet Under. The resulting buzz led to a successful stateside tour. By 2008, Sia's third solo release, Some People Have Real Problems, debuted at number 26 in the US. Sia even boosted her songwriting cred by writing several songs for Christina Aguilera's 2010 LP, Bionic. But Sia seemed to have saved the best of her writing skills for her fifth solo album, We Are Born (2010), her most uptempo effort to date. Find out more about this daring and eccentric singer who'd easily forgo fame, glitz and glam to sing in the shower. ĞLess