Biography
Rita Ora is a favorite of designer Karl Lagerfeld, a talented and successful British singer and model, whose musical compositions have repeatedly occupied the first places in European charts. At different times, she had a chance to cooperate with such popular brands like "ADIDAS", "Rimmel" and "Dkny".Childhood and youth
Rita Ora was born on November 26, 1990, in the Yugoslav city of Pristina. The singer was named after Rita Hayworth, the beloved Hollywood movie star of his grandfather's grandfather. When Rita was in a year old, a family of future artist, because of military conflict that began in Yugoslavia, moved to the UK. Mother of Ory - Psychiatrist, father - Pub owner. In their family, three children. Older sister Rita name Elena, younger brother - Don. The childhood of the singers passed in London.
Having received a diploma of secondary education, Rita first entered the theatrical school, founded by Sylvia Young (there is a performer for a couple of years studied dramatic art, vocals and choreography), and then to college. Rita since childhood was an artistic nature. She loved to sing and in adolescence often performed on stage, in the head of his father.
In 2007, the actress participated in the record of the Craig David "AWKWARD" ("uncomfortable"), then, in 2008, her vocals appeared in the song "Where's Your Love" ("Where your love") created by Craig in collaboration with Tingchi Studder. It is known that the singer also appeared in a music clip, shot on this composition.
In 2009, after listening to the BBC show "Eurovision: you need your country", the manager of vocalist, who had previously worked with Artists Jesse Jay, Ellie Golding and Conor Mainard, contacted the founder of the Roc Nation record label and recommended him his ward.
He invited the wad to come to New York, where the performer met with the head of Roc Nation, the famous Rapper Jebe, who after the conversation offered Rita cooperation. It is known that at that time Ja Zi spun Rihanna and Beyonce, so they spoke once in a couple of years.
It is known that besides musical creativity, the singer is engaged in a model business, filming the cinema and creates its own fashion line. On March 23, 2013, she acted as a special guest to "Le Bal De La Rose Du Rocher" - event in Monte Carlo, organized by Karl Lagerfeld to help the Princess Grace Foundation.
In the summer of 2014, the ORA signed a contract with "ADIDAS ORIGINALS", the result of which was the limited collection of "Adidas Originals by Rita Ora". The singer also worked with such trademarks as "Dkny" and "Rimmel". In May 2014, the brilliant Rita became the face of the fashion house Roberto Cavalli. In the pictures of the autumn-winter advertising campaign, she appeared in the form of Marilyn Monroe.
As a film actrix, in addition to shooting at the age of 14 in the film "Spevs", in 2013, Rita starred in Furious-6 film, and then played itself in the youth series "Beverly Hills 90210: a new generation." Among other things, the vocalist appeared in the screening of the Roman Erika Leonard James "Fifty shades of gray", in which Rita got the role of the sister of the chief hero, handsome, billionaire and fan of BDSM Christian Gray - Mia.
Music
The video at the first hit of the ascending star "Hot Right Now", recorded with the British musician Dj Fresh, was published in December 2011. He had a loud success, having collected more than 50 million views on YouTube. In February 2012, the single, appeared on sale, flew to the first position in British charts.
The debut solo track "How WE Do" Rita introduced New York on the Z100 radio station, which she visited with Jay Z in April 2012. In the first studio album of vocalist, over which she worked for two years, entered the compositions recorded by a duet with such performers, like American musician William Adams (Will.i.am), Chase and Status group, singer Esther Dean and Rapere Drake and Kanya West.
Single "R.I.P.", recorded in conjunction with the British hip-hop by the performer by secret pace, became the leader of the UK Singles Chart. The composition also entered the top ten songs in Japan, New Zealand and Australia. The Debut Album of the singer "ORA" was released in August 2012 and also triumphantly turned out to be on top of the UK Albums Chart.
As a result, in 2012, Rita nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards musical award in the categories "Best Artist of Great Britain and Ireland", "Best New Artist", "Best Debut". Also, at that time it was stated that the actress would perform in heating at Asher concerts in the UK and during its European tour scheduled for the beginning of 2013. However, the tour was postponed for the personal reasons of the singer.
The release of the third single "SHINE Ya Light" Debut Album "ORA" took place in November. In the same month, Rita as a special guest participated in the concert held in the capital of Albania - the city of Tirana to the 100th anniversary of the independence of the country.
The fourth and last single "Radioactive" of the first album "ORA" came out in February 2013, in support of which, from January 28 to February 13, she made a British tour. In 2013, the performer was nominated in the three categories of the annual Music Prize "Brit Awards", including the nomination "British breakthrough of the year".
In 2014, the artist in co-authorship from Iggy Azalia recorded the song "Black Widow", to which the clip was subsequently shot. Later a vocalist stated that this composition is a preview of it prepared for the removal of the record.
According to the singer, the second album will show it from the new side and will include various musical directions. The second single from this CD is called "I Will Never Let You Down". The release of the songs took place in May 2014. After a couple of days, the composition turned out to be in the first place of the British hit parade. In 2015, the singer, together with Chris Brown, recorded the Single "Body On Me", and in a year he released the song "All Long"
Personal life
The only thing about the personal life of the star is not married to the artist now. The short time of Rita met with the American singer Bruno Mars, in May 2013 she had a novel with a Scottish musician Kelvin Harris, but in June 2014 their path was separated.In the summer of the same year, the performer of the Poison song was fascinated by Rieque Rica Hill, the son of the famous American fashion designer and the founder of the Tommy Hilfiger brand Tommy Hilfiger. The lenses of the omnipresent paparazzi have repeatedly imprinted a couple in cafes, bars and on parties. True, in the end, these relationships ended with a gap. Today, fans and journalists remain only to guess, the heart of the charming vocalist is occupied or not.
Rita Ora now
In September 2017, the world premiere of the Clip Rita on the song "Lonely Together", written in co-authorship with DJ Avici, and in October, the Eminate Artist was a guest at the Ellen Show show "The Ellen Show" show. On the transfer of ORA performed the single "Your Song", and also told the leading plans for the next couple of months.
As it became known, this year the singer signed a contract with the Rimmel London cosmetic brand and within the framework of the advertising campaign, he starred in a photo shoot confined to the release of new brand products. Also, the performer shared the news that she would be the leading MTV Europe Music Awards 2017 Music Award, which would be held on November 12 in London.
Despite the dense work schedule, Rita does not forget about fans. In "Instagram", the charismatic actress regularly lays out pictures from a personal archive, as well as video climbing working moments. It is worth noting that social networks are not the only resource telling fans about their favorite in the life. On various Internet resources and print publications, materials related to the creative star biography are also often published.
Discography
- 2012 - "ORA"