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中 文 名：伊基·阿塞莉娅
外 文 名：Iggy Azalea
别 名：Amethyst Amelia Kelly
国 籍：澳大利亚
星 座：双子座
出 生 地：澳大利亚悉尼市
出生日期：1990年6月7日
职 业：说唱歌手、作曲人
艺人资料
伊基·阿塞莉娅（Iggy Azalea），1990年6月7日出生于澳大利亚悉尼，她的家人后来迁往新南威尔士州居住，伊基·阿塞莉娅14岁开始说唱。她渴望移居美国，于是高中辍学选择了工作，伊基·阿塞莉娅在2006年前往美国，当时她刚满16岁。
2011年9月27日，伊基发行了第一张混音带《Ignorant Art》；同年11月，伊基发布歌曲《My World》的音乐录像带。
2012年3月1日，伊基签约T.I.唱片公司，3月26日，伊基发布歌曲《Murda Bizness》；6月，伊基与Wilhelmina国际模特公司签约并发布歌曲《Millionaire Misfits》；7月30日，伊基发行首张EP专辑《Glory》；同年登上说唱杂志《XXL》封面并被评为十大新人。
2013年1月，发行首张录音室专辑《The New Classic》，并获得了第42届全美音乐奖最佳说唱专辑奖；同年伊基参与了英国女歌手瑞塔·奥拉在英国的巡回演出， 作为合唱嘉宾；2月11日，伊基在BBC电台首播专辑《The New Classic》的首支单曲《Work》；2月13日，伊基与Mercury唱片公司签约。3月，伊基参加说唱歌手Nas的欧洲巡演；2013年7月，伊基发行EP《Bounce》，8月19日，伊基与T.I合作发行单曲《Change Your Life》。
2014年4月29日，伊基发布与美国女歌手爱莉安娜·格兰德的合作歌曲《Problem》；7月，伊基发行歌曲《No Mediocre》；同月，伊基客串电影《速度与激情7》，扮演女赛车手。8月，伊基出席第31届MTV音乐录像带奖颁奖礼并演唱《Black Widow》；8月21日，伊基主持MTV节目《House Of Style》；8月26日，伊基与珍妮弗·洛佩兹合作录制单曲《Booty》；11月，伊基出席第42届全美音乐奖颁奖礼；12月31日，伊基在美国洛杉矶新年歌会上表演。
2015年2月，伊基出席第57届格莱美音乐奖颁奖礼；5月4日，伊基发行与布兰妮·斯皮尔斯的合作单曲《Pretty Girls》；5月17日，伊基出席第公告牌音乐奖颁奖礼并与布兰妮演唱《Pretty Girls》。
2015年10月，她公开了第二张专辑名《Digital Distortion》。并宣布新专辑将会在2016年7月12日发行。
2016年1月发行单曲“AZILLION”，3月发行单曲“Team”,5月发行单曲“Team (Young Bombs Remix)”。
Music career
2006–11: Moving to America and career beginnings
When she first arrived in the United States in 2006, she stayed in Miami, Florida, and afterwards lived briefly in Houston, Texas. Azalea settled for a few years in Atlanta, Georgia, working with a member of the Dungeon Family named Backbone. During that period, she met future collaborators FKi and Natalie Sims.She took her stage name from the name of her childhood dog, Iggy, and the street she grew up on, Azalea Street, where her family lives to this day. She said people would laugh at her because "they thought my raps sucked." But having grown up getting laughed at, she was able to shrug it off.Meanwhile, she'd met someone from Interscope Records who encouraged her to move to Los Angeles, and so in the summer of 2010, she decided to do so. She was briefly managed by Interscope.
On 27 September 2011, Azalea released her first full-length project, a mixtape titled Ignorant Art, saying she made it "with the intent to make people question and redefine old ideals". In December 2011, Azalea revealed she would release her debut studio album, entitled The New Classic, as soon as she signed a major record label deal: "Once that's sorted out and I establish an overall sound and direction for the album, I will be able to know what artists would make for a dynamic collaboration".On 11 January 2012, Azalea released the music video for "The Last Song", her third video from Ignorant Art.In an interview with Billboard, released on 27 January, Azalea hinted at an Interscope Records signing, while also revealing hopes of releasing The New Classic in June, and for her debut single to precede it in March.
2012: Label issues and Glory
Azalea reached out to Southern rapper T.I., for the direction of her debut album. T.I. was set to executive produce The New Classic, soon after a phone call the two had. At the time, Azalea was eyeing a summer release for The New Classic: "Hopefully if all goes to plan, my album will be out in June and I'll have it recorded by the end of the month."
In early 2012, Azalea was featured on the cover of XXL, as part of its annual "Top 10 Freshman List", along with fellow up-and-coming rappers French Montana, MGK, Danny Brown, Hopsin, and Roscoe Dash.On 1 March 2012, T.I. announced he signed Azalea to Grand Hustle Records, along with rappers Chip and Trae tha Truth.
In April 2012, via her Twitter feed, Azalea announced plans to release an extended play (EP) entitled Glory, later in May: "I'm just onto something right now, the last two weeks and it's glory. Azaleans need something new."
In May 2012, it was confirmed by T.I., on MTV's HipHopPov, that Azalea had not yet secured distribution for her deal with Grand Hustle Records, and was described by T.I. as a "free agent". It was later revealed in the interview that she is in negotiations with labels other than Interscope and possibly Def Jam Recordings (wherein Bu Thiam, whom of which originally placed a bid to sign her is VP of A&R).Azalea was also featured on Steve Aoki and Angger Dimas' collaborative electronic track "Beat Down", which was released on 31 May 2012.
On 24 June 2012, Azalea released "Millionaire Misfits", the second offering from her EP Glory; the first being "Murda Bizness". On 21 July, the official music video for "Murda Bizness" was released online.
2013–15: The New Classic and Reclassified
In January and February 2013, while working on her upcoming singles and The New Classic, which was announced to be released in the summer, Azalea was the opening act for Rita Ora's Radioactive Tour, in the United Kingdom.As part of her set for Ora's Radioactive Tour, Azalea premiered her commercial debut single "Work", which also serves as the lead single for her debut album. The single premiered on BBC Radio 1Xtra on 11 February 2013.On 13 February 2013, it was announced Azalea had signed a record deal with Mercury Records.The music video for her debut single "Work", was directed by Jonas & François and released 13 March 2013.In March 2013, Azalea also joined renowned East Coast rapper Nas, on the European leg of his Life Is Good Tour.
On 15 April 2013, Vevo announced Azalea as its second LIFT artist of 2013 and that she would film live festival performances, fashion and style pieces and behind-the-scenes interviews as part of the eight-week-long campaign.On 25 May 2013, Azalea, as part of Radio 1's Big Weekend in Derry, performed an acclaimed carnival themed set on the In New Music We Trust stage.
On 5 December 2013, an unfinished song by Azalea, surfaced with the title "Leave It" and the tag "produced by DJ Mustard", was leaked. Azalea later revealed the song was in fact produced by The Invisible Men and The Arcade, whom she collaborated with on the entire album.
Azalea's often-delayed and long-awaited debut album, The New Classic, was released on 21 April 2014.On 28 May 2014, The New Classic's fourth single "Fancy", reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, with Azalea becoming only the fourth solo female rapper ever to top the Hot 100.
On 10 December 2014, when reflecting on the year she's had and the struggles she faced in the years before, Azalea announced plans of an arena tour for 2015 and a second studio album via her Twitter account.
2016: Digital Distortion
In October 2015, Azalea revealed the title of her second album, Digital Distortion, scheduled for release in the following year.The first track off the album, "Azillion", was made available for free streaming on SoundCloud on 9 January 2016.The project's lead single "Team" was released on 18 March 2016 along with a dance video.An accompanying music video premiered on 31 March.In March 2016, Azalea revealed she had started a production company, having "bought the rights to a couple of books that I really like, and also some television shows from Australia that I really believed in and was a fan of when I was a kid, and I had some ideas to rework them."
On 7 April, Azalea performed "Team" on Ellen, and announced that Digital Distortion would be released in July. On 12 June 2016, Seven Network revealed that Azalea would replace former judge Dannii Minogue on The X Factor Australia
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