1. Gabriella Cilmi won six ARIA Music Awards, including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist, in 2008.
39 Facts About Gabriella Cilmi
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In November 2019, Gabriella Cilmi released a six-track EP, The Water, which she called a taste of a yet-to-be-released studio album.
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In February 2025, Gabriella Cilmi returned home to Australia to support The Corrs on the Australian leg of their tour.
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Gabriella Cilmi was born in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong.
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Gabriella Cilmi had an Italian upbringing where she participated in community events.
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Gabriella Cilmi spoke her parents Italian dialects at home, describing her mother's language as interspersed with Albanian words and learned standard Italian at school.
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Gabriella Cilmi moved to London with her family when she was fifteen, where she currently lives with her parents Paula and Joe and her brother Joseph.
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At an early age, Cilmi developed an interest in a wide range of blues and rock music acts, including Nina Simone, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Sweet, T Rex and Cat Stevens.
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Gabriella Cilmi has cited Suzi Quatro as a particular influence.
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In 2004, Gabriella Cilmi captured the attention of Warner Music executive Michael Parisi while giving an impromptu rendition of the Rolling Stones' song "Jumpin' Jack Flash" at the Lygon Street Festa, a community festival in Melbourne.
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At the age of 13, Gabriella Cilmi travelled to the US and UK with Adrian Hannan and was offered four major US deals.
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Gabriella Cilmi eventually signed a contract with Island Records UK.
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Gabriella Cilmi made her UK TV debut in December 2007 when she sang her single "Sweet About Me" on Later.
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Gabriella Cilmi recorded the theme to UK TV series Echo Beach, which aired in early 2008 on ITV1; it is a cover of "Echo Beach" by Martha and the Muffins.
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From March to May 2008, Gabriella Cilmi supported the Sugababes on their UK Change Tour.
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Gabriella Cilmi covered the Connie Francis song "Warm This Winter", originally a minor hit for Francis in 1962 as "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter", for Co-operative's Christmas 2008 advertising campaign; released as a single, it reached number twenty-two on the UK Singles Chart.
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In January 2009, Gabriella Cilmi was nominated in the International Female category at the BRIT Awards and sang in the Rod Laver Arena before the 2009 Australian Open men's final.
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Gabriella Cilmi performed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 2009 for Sound Relief, a multi-venue rock music concert in support of relief for the Victorian bushfire crisis.
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Gabriella Cilmi made her US television debut in March 2009 and performed on the Pyramid stage at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2009.
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Gabriella Cilmi made her debut in producing with the track "Love Me Coz", saying that it was the song she was most proud of due to the fact it was produced with her band.
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Gabriella Cilmi supported English singer Leona Lewis on the UK leg of her 2010 The Labyrinth Tour.
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On 20 January 2012, Gabriella Cilmi released an acoustic version of a song from her album, "Vicious Love".
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On 22 January 2012, Gabriella Cilmi explained how the song "Vicious Love" was inspired.
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In July 2013, Gabriella Cilmi announced a new track called "The Sting", released on 2 September as the album's lead single.
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In June 2019, Gabriella Cilmi posted a series of Instagram posts, explaining her desire to return to music and that she was in the process of completing new songs.
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On 1 July, Gabriella Cilmi shared the first teaser for her new single titled "Ruins", which was released on 5 July 2019 with a music video released on 16 July 2019.
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Gabriella Cilmi announced she would be playing her first solo gig since 2014 at St Pancras New Church in London.
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Gabriella Cilmi kicked off the promotion of her first new single in six years by appearing on ITV News, London Live and BBC Radio London.
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Gabriella Cilmi took part in live sessions on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live.
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Gabriella Cilmi appeared on the James Whale show on Talkradio on 12 August 2019.
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Gabriella Cilmi released her EP, The Water on 1 November 2019.
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In February 2025, Gabriella Cilmi toured alongside Delta Goodrem and The Corrs on the Australian leg of their tour.
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Gabriella Cilmi has a contralto vocal range and has been compared to Anastacia and Amy Winehouse for her vocal stylings during the initial stages of her career.
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Gabriella Cilmi discovered her sound was partly caused by a back problem, known as hollow back or lordosis, which affects the way in which she uses her diaphragm muscles when singing, producing a more throaty sound.
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Gabriella Cilmi describes her music as "Quite vulnerable and compromised".
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Gabriella Cilmi's voice is seen as having a blend of Anastacia and Macy Gray elements.
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Gabriella Cilmi experimented with "Eurovision disco and '50s jazz and 1950s sound" on Lessons to Be Learned.
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Gabriella Cilmi had experimented with campy electro pop and a Moroder-ish "Love Me Cos You Want To".
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Gabriella Cilmi is mentioned in Ed Sheeran's song "You Need Me, I Don't Need You".