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}} ''1000 Forms of Fear'' is the sixth studio album by Australian singer Sia. It was released on 4 July 2014 by Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records worldwide, and Inertia Records in Australia. Primarily an electropop album, the record also incorporates influences from reggae and hip hop. Lyrically, the record showcases Sia struggling to deal with drug addiction and bipolar disorder. ''1000 Forms of Fear'' received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who praised Furler's vocals as well as the album's lyrical content. The album debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 52,000 copies. As of October 26th 2015, it has been certified Gold by the RIAA denotining sales of 500,000 copies in the United States. The release also charted atop the charts of Australia and Canada, and reached the top five charts of Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The album spawned four singles. Its lead single, "Chandelier", released in March 2014, became a worldwide top-10 single; it also peaked at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming the first song by Furler to enter the chart as a lead artist. "Big Girls Cry" was released in June 2014. Furler's solo version of "Elastic Heart", which was originally a collaboration with The Weeknd and Diplo, was released in January 2015. "Fire Meet Gasoline" was released in June 2015. To promote the project, Furler appeared on a number of TV shows, including ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' and ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', where she recruited Maddie Ziegler as her persona onstage, during 2014 and 2015. ''1000 Forms of Fear'' earned Furler three ARIA Music Awards in 2014 and was listed as one of the best albums of 2014 by several publications, including ''The Boston Globe'' and ''Rolling Stone''. The lead single "Chandelier" received four Grammy nominations for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Music Video. ==Background== In 2010, Furler released her fifth studio album, ''We Are Born'', which peaked at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association.〔Australian chart position and certification for ''We Are Born'': *(【引用サイトリンク】title=Discography Sia ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title=Accreditations – 2011 Albums )〕 Following the release of ''We Are Born'', Furler decided to retire from the career as a recording artist and established a career as a songwriter. She wrote the song "Titanium" for American singer Alicia Keys, but it was later sent to David Guetta, who included Sia's original demo vocals on the song and released it as a single in 2011.〔 "Titanium" was a commercial success worldwide, peaking within the top five of record charts in the United States, Australia and numerous European regions.〔Chart positions for "Titanium": *(【引用サイトリンク】title=David Guetta feat. Sia – Titanium ) *(【引用サイトリンク】title=David Guetta – Chart history: Hot 100 )〕 However, Furler was not pleased with the success of the single: "() I never even knew it was gonna happen, and I was really upset. Because I had just retired, I was trying to be a pop songwriter, not an artist." From 2011 to 2013, Furler became well known for writing songs for Beyoncé, Flo Rida, Christina Aguilera, and Rihanna. By September 2013, Furler was recording vocal tracks at her home studio with the hope of releasing a new album the following spring. Later that year, a team of RCA Records representatives including the label's CEO Peter Edge met with Furler to discuss a record deal. The singer agreed to a contract for a new album in which she was not obliged to tour or do press appearances to promote the album.〔 In an interview published by ''NME'' in February 2015, Furler revealed that ''1000 Forms of Fear'' was released as a contractual obligation: "Basically, I put this out to get out of my publishing deal. I was planning to be a pop song writer for other artists. But my publishing deal was as an artist so I had to put one more album out. I didn't want to get famous so I kept all the songs I wanted and had a lot of fun making it." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1000 Forms of Fear」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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