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Gabriella Cilmi

Australian pop singer and songster (born 1991)

Musical artist

Gabriella Lucia Cilmi (CHIL-mee;[3]Italian:[ˈtʃilmi]; born 10 October 1991) is an Australian pop nightingale and songwriter. A contralto, Cilmi is known for her exclusive raspy singing voice.

Her coming out album, Lessons to Be Learned, was released in March 2008, becoming a moderate international success.[4][5][6][7][8] Cilmi won six ARIA Sound Awards, including Single of probity Year and Best Female Master, in 2008.

Her second flat album, Ten, was released unadorned March 2010. Her third workshop album, The Sting, was out in November 2013. In Nov 2019, Cilmi released a six-track EP, The Water, which she called a taste of far-out yet-to-be-released studio album. Cilmi holds dual Australian-Italian citizenship.

Early life

Gabriella Cilmi was born in say publicly Melbourne suburb of Dandenong standing parents of Italian descent.[9] She attended Sacred Heart Girls' Institution in Oakleigh.[10][11] She moved save for London with her family in the way that she was fifteen, where she currently lives with her parents Paula and Joe (whose dawn are in Calabria and Island, Italy) and her brother Patriarch.

At an early age, Cilmi developed an interest in organized wide range of blues courier rock music acts, including Nina Simone, Led Zeppelin, Janis Vocaliser, Sweet, T. Rex and Person Stevens.[12] She has also hollow Suzi Quatro as a prissy influence.[13] Despite her natural ability and vocal talent, Cilmi was told that she lacked rendering discipline necessary to pursue a-one singing career.

Idolising Janis Vocalizer, during this time she hum with a band (Foucault) tape songs by Led Zeppelin, Aeroplane, Silverchair and others.[14] Cilmi canned original songs with writer/producers Barbara and Adrian Hannan of Glory SongStore.[15]

In 2004, Cilmi captured probity attention of Warner Music chairman of the board Michael Parisi while giving wholesome impromptu rendition of the Rushing Stones' song "Jumpin' Jack Flash" at the Lygon Street Festa, a community festival in Town.

At the age of 13, Cilmi travelled to the Revered and UK with Adrian Hannan and was offered four older US deals. She eventually symbol a contract with Island Annals UK.

Career

2005–2009: Lessons to Eke out an existence Learned

Main article: Lessons to Achieve Learned

The tracks "Don't Tell Me" and "Sorry", co-written with Barbara and Adrian Hannan, appeared conceited the soundtrack of 2005 Denizen film Hating Alison Ashley.[15] Cilmi shared a manager (Cassandra Gracey), writer/producers (Xenomania) and UK tilt label (Island) with the Sugababes, and supported former Sugababe Mutya Buena at the Jazz Coffeehouse in London in 2007.

She made her UK TV first performance in December 2007 when she sang her single "Sweet Stare at Me" on Later... with Jools Holland. The same month, Cilmi's song "Sanctuary" featured in excellence film St Trinian's and first acquaintance its soundtrack. She recorded magnanimity theme to UK TV group Echo Beach, which aired unite early 2008 on ITV1; obsessive is a cover of "Echo Beach" by Martha and dignity Muffins.

In February 2008, she supported the Parisian band Nouvelle Vague on their UK jaunt.

Cilmi's first album, Lessons stop with Be Learned, was written impressive recorded with hit production uniform Xenomania and was released have March 2008 in the UK. Cilmi has been compared suggest Amy Winehouse.[16] The first one and only, "Sweet About Me", debuted muscle the UK Singles Chart consider it month and climbed to digit six three months later, throw June.

It reached number cardinal on the Irish Singles Rough draft, and peaked at number memory on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The song was encouraged in a worldwide advertising jihad for the deodorant Sure/Rexona.[17] Cilmi's second UK single, "Save influence Lies", was not as make your mark as "Sweet About Me", peaking at number thirty-three in decency UK.

In Australia, the subordinate single from the album was "Don't Wanna Go to Camp bed Now", which reached number 28. The subsequent single, "Sanctuary", was issued in November 2008 be first failed to chart.

From Pace to May 2008, Cilmi corroborated the Sugababes on their UK Change Tour. She opened represent James Blunt on his June 2008 Australian tour, and participated in the October 2008 MTV Greece concert alongside R.E.M.

subject Kaiser Chiefs. Also in 2008, Cilmi won six ARIA Harmony Awards in Australia, taking Blow out of the water Female Artist, Breakthrough Artist – Single ("Sweet About Me"), Improvement Artist – Album (Lessons capable Be Learned), Best Pop Let go (Lessons to Be Learned), Greatest Selling Single ("Sweet About Me"), and Single of the Day ("Sweet About Me").

Cilmi covert the Connie Francis song "Warm This Winter", originally a subordinate hit for Francis in 1962 as "I'm Gonna Be Cosy This Winter", for Co-operative's Yule 2008 advertising campaign;[18] released kind a single, it reached integer twenty-two on the UK Singles Chart. In January 2009, Cilmi was nominated in the Universal Female category at the Copepod Awards[19][20] and sang in honourableness Rod Laver Arena before nobleness 2009 Australian Open men's valedictory.

Cilmi performed at the Town Cricket Ground in March 2009 for Sound Relief, a multi-venue rock music concert in stand by of relief for the Subtle bushfire crisis.[21][22] The event was held simultaneously with a take the trouble at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[21] All the proceeds from character Melbourne Concert will go preserve the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire relief.[21][22] Cilmi made her Prevalent television debut in March 2009 and performed on the Tomb (main) stage at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2009.

Honesty following August, she won Expensive Prix at Sopot International Concert Festival, an international song tourney in Poland.

2010: Ten

Main article: Ten (Gabriella Cilmi album)

The celebrity single of Cilmi's Ten was "On a Mission". It was released on 5 February 2010 in Australia and on 7 March 2010 in Europe.

Rightfully soon as the song was broadcast on Australian radios, absconding reached number-one most added roote to Australian radio in hang over second week of release, feat played 296 times. The air reached number 9 on interpretation UK Singles Chart and crowd sixteen in Australia.

The pristine album Ten was planned add to 22 March 2010 and Cilmi said it would feature "lots of uptempo funk and disco-inspired numbers designed to make citizens groove", referring to "On a-ok Mission", "Hearts Don't Lie" near "Love Me Coz", as superior as "some more sexy tracks" probably referring to "Superhot" be first "Invisible Girl".

The song "Boys" incorporated a type of pipe into it.[23] The song "Let Me Know" was described bit the "Lessons to Be Learned-ish" song of the album. Series also featured a new alternative of "Sweet About Me", be a sign of some disco/electronic style to sector the change in her symphony.

While producing the album, Cilmi worked with Greg Kurstin, Depiction Invisible Men and Dallas Austin, as well as Xenomania. She made her debut in drama with the track "Love Sap Coz", saying that it was the song she was nearly proud of due to probity fact it was produced confront her band.[23] It bore aura electropop sound in contrast be in breach of her first album, which locked away more of a pop/rock style.[citation needed]

Ten was not as come off as Lessons to Be Learned, reaching number 17 in Continent and number 28 in righteousness UK.

In an interview, Cilmi explained that the sales were not her first concern; nevertheless, she expressed regret about difficult topless for FHM magazine meanwhile the publicity for the recording.

The second single, "Hearts Don't Lie", was released in June 2010 in the UK.[24][25] Say publicly third single, "Defender", was unconfined in August 2010 accompanied unreceptive a B-side track, "Magic Floor covering Ride", but both singles abortive to make impact on character charts.

Cilmi's version of "Magic Carpet Ride" was featured take cover the closing credits of Land film Soulboy. Cilmi supported In good faith singer Leona Lewis on distinction UK leg of her 2010 The Labyrinth Tour.

Popjustice labelled Ten as their fourth-best ep of 2010.

2010–present: The Sting, All Kings and Queens prep added to The Water EP

By October 2010, Cilmi had already begun gratuitous on her third studio manual.

She has been quoted in that saying: "It's totally exciting by reason of I am spending a piece more time with this compose. I want to see what works. I really love Doll Parton, roots music, Tricky at an earlier time Enya, so anything could happen."[26]

On 20 January 2012, Cilmi unconfined an acoustic version of unornamented song from her album, "Vicious Love".

It is played vibrate a clip video where she sings with her band gift walks around an Italian eatery with sunglasses. Two days end the broadcast, she says: "This is an 'Acoustic-ish' version have fun a tune that will happen to on the new record, put the finishing touches to that I love very much". The song has blues influences, contrasting the disco-inspired pop sell of Ten.

Cilmi claims she felt pressured into adopting calligraphic more sexual image, which prompted her to part ways tweak Island Records and her managing team.[27][28] She also told goodness Herald Sun that the bleached commercial reception of her following album, Ten, taught her party to compromise herself or repel music: "It was an activation for me to realise illustriousness position I am in come to make the record that Distracted want to make and equitable stand up for myself."[29]

On 22 January 2012, Cilmi explained anyhow the song "Vicious Love" was inspired.

She states: "If you've ever experienced any type fairhaired 'Vicious Love' you will be familiar with that sometimes despite all interpretation arrows pointing to a behind the times end there is just negation way out, there is clumsy way back. But then begin again don't all roads lead compare with dead ends? Guess we necessity just enjoy the ride..."[30][non-primary origin needed] In March 2013, Cilmi first performed "Sweet About Me", as well as two new-found songs "Come Wander With Me" and "Sweeter in History", putrefy the Moxafrica Festival.

On 15 March, the video from disallow new single "Sweeter in History", premiered on her YouTube letdown. The video was shot make a fuss Italy, precisely in Cassino folk tale Valvori, Lazio. In July 2013, Cilmi announced a new limit called "The Sting", released drudgery 2 September as the album's lead single.[28] The artwork quite a lot of the single was revealed route 15 July 2013, picturing Cilmi in black and white, carry front of a flower ballpoint.

Cilmi's third studio album, The Sting, was released on 4 November 2013 on her remove from power UK-based imprint Sweetness Tunes, affix association with Absolute Marketing & Distribution.[31] "Symmetry" was released body 11 November as the album's second single.[32]

In April 2015, Cilmi announced that she would remark performing with her brother Patriarch under the name All Kings and Queens, and released interpretation single "Voodoo" in September 2015.[33][34] In 2018, single "Push" was released.[35]

In June 2019, Cilmi hep a series of Instagram posts, explaining her desire to go back to music and that she was in the process sell like hot cakes completing new songs.

On 1 July, Cilmi shared the head teaser for her new unwed titled "Ruins", which was movable on 5 July 2019[36][37] have a crush on a music video released profession 16 July 2019.

Cilmi proclaimed she would be playing have a lot to do with first solo gig since 2014 at St Pancras New Religion in London. Cilmi kicked undo the promotion of her final new single in six geezerhood by appearing on ITV Rumour, London Live and BBC Transistor London.

The track made tight debut on BBC Radio 2.

Cilmi took part in stand for sessions on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live.[38][39] She appeared on the Apostle Whale show on Talkradio block 12 August 2019. Cilmi floating her EP, The Water be submerged 1 November 2019. In in particular interview for the EP, Cilmi stated, "For this EP, Beside oneself wanted to take things unforeseen event to basics....When I went impede and listened to my darling records I realised there's maladroit thumbs down d fancy production and the songs weren't written sitting in cause of a computer playing top-hole loop back and forward....these were songs that were written onetime to being recorded in rank studio....We recorded the songs sock my mobile phone into spruce up folder called 'Skeletons' until throw up was time to go assay the studio."[40]

In 2020 she in operation Chillin' With Cilmi during illustriousness pandemic[41][42] and she has compact to tour again and famed her streaming numbers at position end of 2022, in Assemblage, UK and Australia.[43] Touring run off with Delta Goodrem and The Corrs in 2025 [44]

Artistry

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Cilmi has a alto vocal range and has archaic compared to Anastacia and Obloquy Winehouse for her vocal stylings during the initial stages star as her career.[45][46] Cilmi also determined her sound was partly caused by a back problem, notable as hollow back or chilly, which affects the way surround which she uses her membrane muscles when singing, producing adroit more throaty sound.[46] In great review for Ten, Caroline Educator of The Guardian complimented squash voice stating it as 'precociously blistering' and 'Her zest dispatch powerful voice can't be faulted'.[47]Take 40 commented further 'a articulate that sounds like it floor from the heavens' further symbols her abilities as a 'vocal powerhouse' and being a 'brilliant and unique vocal talent'.[48] She describes her music as "Quite vulnerable and compromised".[49] Her inauguration Lessons to Be Learned silt seen as having pop teeter, jazz, blues and soul influences.

Her voice is also curious as having a blend out-and-out Anastacia and Macy Gray elements.[50] She experimented with "Eurovision discotheque and '50s jazz and Decade sound" also on Lessons abide by Be Learned.[51]Ten, her second book is her tribute to ballroom and EDM pop, highlighted timorous Invisible Girl discussing being someones "dirty little secret".[52] She additionally had experimented with campy electro pop and a Moroder-ish "Love Me Cos You Want To".[53] During her early twenties, she began to record her gear album The Sting as lead voice became raspier and bright a lower range, which constitutional her to display her draw round signature sound.

She discusses storekeeper business that were doomed to stiffen on her the Sting publication, which deals with her sorrowing with career and relationship failures.[54][55]The Water is described as "high-energy tracks that all exude copperplate heady mix of soul saturated folk and swing whilst give to crossover hints of pop coupled with country" and a range escaping country to soul music.[56]

Popular culture

In 2008, "Sweet About Me" was released in Simlish (Sim speak) as part of The Sims 2 expansion pack Apartment Life's soundtrack.[57] Cilmi is mentioned direction Ed Sheeran's song "You Demand Me, I Don't Need You".[58] Her song "Sorry" is featured in the 2005 movie Hating Alison Ashley.

Discography

Main article: Gabriella Cilmi discography

Tours

Headline

  • 2008: Lessons to Get into Learnt Tour
  • 2014: The Sting Tour
  • 2019–2020: The Water Tour

As supporting act

Awards and nominations

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