Ira Losco

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Ira Losco
Born July 31, 1981 (1981-07-31) (age 26)
Origin Sliema, Malta
Genre(s) Pop rock, Rock, Alternative
Occupation(s) singer
Years active 1998–present
Website Official website

Ira Losco is a singer, born 31 July 1981 in Sliema, Malta. With a string of number 1 singles and albums, Ira Losco is one of the best selling artists in Malta.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Tiara

She started her career when she joined a college band, named Tiara. They released a track called "Teleport Me" for the Green Label Collection CD, and an album called "Hi-Infidelity" in 2001, which included tracks like "Basketball" which is their biggest hit.

Late in 2001, Ira also released an album called "Butterfly", which included hits such as "Summerbreeze" featuring top Maltese dj J. Joy & "Butterfly" featuring top Maltese rapper IQ, which is a cover version of Claudette Pace's entry for the Malta Song For Europe 1996.

[edit] Eurovision 2002

Tiara split up a few months after Ira Losco represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 which was held in Tallinn. She placed 2nd with the song 7th Wonder[citation needed]. In 2003, she was chosen to perform the song called "Reaching Higher" which was the official song of the Xth Games of the Small States of Europe Malta 2003.

[edit] Album Releases

[edit] Someone Else

April 19, 2004, Ira released her album "Someone Else" which was more her style than her Eurovision Entry & "Butterfly" were- she was back to her original pop-rock/alternative style that she had with Tiara. On June 28, 2004, Ira launched her second music video (after 7th Wonder) for the track "I'm In Love Again"[citation needed]

January 28, 2005, the remix album of "Someone Else", named "Blends & Remixes Of Someone Else" was released. It included remixes by Top DJ's including DJ Ruby, Miss Roberta & Joseph Armani to name just a few.

[edit] Accident Prone

After winning more awards, more appearances on TV, more magazine covers, tours with top artists like Elton John, Katie Melua & Melanie C, she released the single of "Get Out" in Germany, and also released "Everyday" as a radio track in Malta.

Her second studio album named "Accident Prone" was released on November 16, 2005. It included 9 brand new tracks, "Get Out", "Everyday" and a cover version of Lisa Miskovsky's "Driving One Of Your Cars". It topped the charts on the island. Out of the 9 tracks, "Everyday", "Get Out", "Don't Wanna Talk About It", "Driving One Of Your Cars", "Accident Prone", "Uh-Oh", and "Waking Up To The Light", were released as singles. All of them were a great success, receiving great airplay by local stations, particularly "Accident Prone"[citation needed] and "Uh-Oh"[citation needed].

[edit] Unmasked

Ira's latest album is an unplugged album, including unplugged version of some of her tracks, 2 brand new tracks, a cover version of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time", another of Soft Cell's "Bedsitter", and another of The Cure's "Lovesong". The interpretations are all acoustic rock versions.

[edit] Fortune Teller

In July 2007, Ira Losco released her single entitled "Something To Talk About" from her third studio album Fortune Teller, which was released on June 11th 2008. Following (in December 2007) was the release of the second single from Fortune Teller, "Don't Look Down"[citation needed]. On 10th December 2007, "Living It..." was released in local cinemas and on DVD. It includes memorable Live performances, international collaborations,videos, never seen before backstage footage, a personal interview and exclusive new tracks off the album. In January, a music video for Don't Look Down was released. Idle Motion is the third single from the new album, and was released in March 2008. On 21 May 2008, the fourth single entitled Promises was released on local radio stations.

[edit] Discography

Main article: Ira Losco discography
Studio Albums
Remixes and Acoustic Albums

[edit] Awards and nominations

Main article: List of Ira Losco awards

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Fabrizio Faniello		 Maltese Eurovision Entry
2002		 Succeeded by
Lynn Chircop