Sia achieved a significant breakthrough as a solo artist with her sixth studio album, ‘1000 Forms of Fear,’ released in July 2014. The album debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, sold 1 million copies worldwide, and earned RIAA gold certification by 2016.
Its lead single, ‘Chandelier,’ peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100, sold over 2 million copies in the US, and garnered four Grammy Award nominations in 2015. Earlier, Sia provided lead vocals for British duo Zero 7 from 1997 to 2007 and released her album ‘Colour the Small One’ in 2004, featuring ‘Breathe Me’ which gained recognition in the HBO series ‘Six Feet Under.’ Prior to her solo breakthrough, Sia achieved critical success with albums like ‘Some People Have Real Problems’ (2008), which peaked at No. 26 on the US Billboard 200 and earned Australian gold certification.
Her 2010 album ‘We Are Born’ reached No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart, received gold certification, and earned ARIA Music Awards for Best Independent Release and Best Pop Release. She also won a Breakthrough Songwriter award at the 2002 APRA Awards. From 2010, Sia became a highly sought-after songwriter, penning ‘Diamonds’ for Rihanna and co-writing international hits ‘Titanium’ with David Guetta (2011) and ‘Wild Ones’ with Flo Rida (2012).
8 on the US Billboard soundtrack album chart. Her tenth studio album, ‘Reasonable Woman,’ was released in May 2024, and a musical theatre adaptation of ‘Saturday Church,’ with music and lyrics by Sia, is slated to premiere off-Broadway in late 2025.