嘉贝拉·希米Gabriella Cilmi :《Lessons To Be Learned 必修课》首支单曲Sweet About Me横扫全球单曲榜澳大利亚NO1+英国榜NO6,曾为Kylie Minogue, Cher, Pet Shop Boys一线红人制作之超级团体Xenomania保驾护航。“澳大利亚的公告牌杂志”ARIA奖6项大奖得主(年度突破单曲,年度突破专辑,年度单曲销量冠军,最佳流行作品,最佳女艺人,年度单曲等) 主打推荐 “Sweet About Me” 浓郁动人的Soulful小品,很有Joss Stone刚出道时的相同气势与白人灵魂高质感,已抢下澳洲NO.1并写下澳洲排行榜史上最年轻获冠者纪录,英国也冲进Top6席次;若是你对Amy Winehouse艾米·怀恩豪斯、Duffy达菲或是Adele爱黛儿这些英国复古灵魂乐新势力感到惊艳不已,那么请注意这位来自墨尔本、年仅16岁的小女生Gabriella Cilmi,将从澳洲出发,准备踏上国际舞台散发全然魅力。
by Steve Leggett
A Melbourne-born, U.K.-based singer/songwriter, Gabriella Cilmi possesses a smoky, whiskey-soaked voice that belies her age and a feisty rock attitude that placed her on the inside fast track to pop stardom. Born October 10, 1991, in Dandenong, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, Cilmi attended Sacred Heart Girls' College in nearby Oakleigh, where, when rebuffed at an audition for a high-school musical and told she lacked the discipline to be a good singer, she was driven to form a garage band and record a demo tape. Her break came when she hopped on-stage to perform an impromptu version of the Rolling Stones' &Jumping Jack Flash& at a Melbourne street party and was spotted by a prominent local record producer. Only 13 years old at the time, she was soon flown to London and ended up signing a recording contract with Island Records and began working with the Xenomania production team headed by eccentric pop producer Brian Higgins and his longtime collaborator Miranda Cooper. An impressive debut single, &Sweet About Me,& was released early in 2008, followed a few weeks later by her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned.