Who is this Sia and why do we care?

Who is Sia?  Why is she everywhere?

“Hey I heard you were a wild one , oooooh . . .”  We have all heard it, whether it is in a store, bar, club, or radio.  “Wild Ones” by Flo Rida is a big hit, top of the charts, and part of the reason for its popularity is the female vocals featured on it.  The female artist is Sia.

Now, interestingly enough, the song, “Titanium” by David Guetta is also a big hit and features this same artist, Sia.

Sia?

Sia has apparently been around since the early 90s.  She is an Australian pop artist and even has a greatest hits album out now.  Her break through song that brought her popularity in the U.S. was “Breathe Me.”  It was featured on the season final of Six Feet Under and about 10-15 other television shows (so if you watch any television, you probably will recognize the song—I recognize it from The Hills, sad face).

She is a very eclectic pop artist.  All of her songs are different, some pop, some jazz, some singer/songwriter, and some like the ones she has been recently featured on.

Both “Titanium” and “Wild Ones” I like her contribution.  I do not really enjoy the songs on their own or enjoy the parts where Sia is not singing—I truly feel she makes the song.  I consider Sia the Australian version of Skylar Grey who changed hip hop songs like Dr. Dre’s “I Need a Doctor” and Diddy’s “Coming Home,” to something different than most rap/hip hop we hear.

So, though Sia is currently being recognized mostly as a featured artist right now—she may be someone to consider independently.