Iggy Azalea

At 33 years old, Iggy Azalea has this physical status:

Amelia Kelly (born 7 June 1990), also known as Iggy Azalea, is an Australian rapper, singer, guitarist, singer, and music video producer.

Azalea, a 16-year-old girl from the United States, moved to the United States to pursue a career in music.

Azalea's name was a hit on YouTube when she announced the viral music videos for her songs "Pussy" and "Two Times."

Azalea has signed an American rapper T.I. Grand Hustle's label was launched shortly after and her debut mixtape, Ignorant Art (2011), was released shortly after. The debut studio album of Azalea (2014) debuted in the top five of many charts around the world and received mostly mixed feedback.

Azalea became the first non-American female rapper to reach the top of the charts on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

The album was preceded by her debut single "Work" and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single "Fancy."

Azalea appeared on Ariana Grande's single "Problem," which peaked at No. 1 in the United States. There were two years when "Fancy" was No. 2 was out of place. 1.

Azalea joined The Beatles as the only acts to appear in both top one and two simultaneously with their first two Hot 100 entries.

Azalea's debut album, "Digital Distortion," received three top-ten hits on the Hot 100 simultaneously, as well as the album's fifth single, "Black Widow," later this year.

Azalea released the EP Survive the Summer (2018) under Island Records after switching labels once more.

Azalea's development led to her signing of Bad Dreams, her own name, as a result of an Empire distribution agreement.

In My Defense, her second album, was released on 19 July 2019, followed by her new EP Wicked Lips on December 2, 2019.

Two American Music Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, a People's Choice Award, four Teen Choice Awards, and four Grammy Award nominations are among Azalea's accolades.

Azalea's official YouTube channel has earned over 2.6 billion views, while 13 music videos have received over 100 million views on Vevo.

Early life and education

Amethyst Amelia Kelly was born in Sydney and grew up in Mullumbimby, New South Wales. Brendan Kelly, Brendan Kelly, was an Irish-Australian painter and comedian, while Tanya's mother, Tanya, worked in holiday houses and hotels. Azalea lived in a house that her father built by hand from mud bricks, and the area was surrounded by 5 hectares (12 acres). Mathias and Emerald Kelly are her two siblings. "My family came to Australia on the First Fleet," Azalea says. My family has been living in this region for a long time, over 100 years. Everyone has a little bit of [Aboriginal blood] if your family lived in Australia for a long time. Since we have an eye disease that only Aboriginal people have," I can tell my family. Azalea has also stated that her father "made her look at [art] as a child," which has undoubtedly influenced her life and work. She started rapping at the age of 14. Azalea formed a club with two other girls from her neighborhood before embarking on a solo career: "I was like, I could be the rapper." This could be similar to TLC. "I'll be Left Eye." Azalea eventually decided to disband the group because the other girls were not interested: "I take everything I do serious [sic]. I'm too competitive."

Azalea dropped out of high school in the search of a move to the United States. She worked and saved money by sweeping hotel rooms and holiday houses with her mother. She claims to have disliked school, but that was only to make her miserable, apart from art class. She also said she had no friends and was mocked for her handmade outfits. Azalea made her way to the United States in 2006, shortly before she turned 16. She told her parents she was going "on a holiday" with a friend but they later agreed she wasn't returning home: "I felt like an outsider in my own country, I was in love with hip hop, and America is the birthplace of that." I was correct." "My mum was screaming," she recalled, adding, 'Just be safe.' I was thinking, 'I'm going by myself.' "I'm fucking mad!" says the narrator. She gained her General Educational Development (GED) and stayed in the country on a visa waiver for six years, returning to Australia every three months to renew it. Azalea was living in the United States unlawfully before being granted a five-year O visa in February 2013. After her dog, she chose the name Iggy. Azalea was accepted as a permanent United States resident in 2018.

Personal life

Azalea revealed breast augmentation in March 2015 while talking to Vogue about her body shape, adding, "I did change something: four months ago, I got bigger boobs!" "I'd been considering it my whole life," she said, being tired of sewing bolsters into her stage costumes and wanting to wear lingerie without wires. "I didn't decide I wasn't into mystery-keeping" after first deciding not to discuss it publicly because she didn't want other girls to feel uncomfortable about their bodies, she concluded, "But then, I realized I wasn't into cover-keeping." "Your image of yourself will change a lot over time," she wrote about having a nose job with Seventeen magazine in August 2015. I think it's important to wait and make sure it's the right option." Plastic surgery is a mental journey. ... I had things about myself that I didn't like, which I changed by surgery. There are other things I dislike, but I've learned to cope. It's important to note that you can't change anything. "You can never be perfect."

Azalea was granted permanent residence in the United States in March 2018.

Azalea began dating American rapper A$AP Rocky, who she encountered through American record producer Chase N. Cashe in late 2011. In a January 2012 interview with Vibe, she announced that they were dating and that, at this moment, they were given the name of Rocky's breakout mixtape Live. Love. The A$AP tattooed on her fingers. She claimed that she and Rocky had tattoos devoted to their relationship, but that his tattoos were not apparent. Rocky said they were no longer dating in July 2012, with Azalea later removing her tattoo after years of A$AP crossed out.

Azalea's relationship with Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Nick Young began in November 2013. In the March 2014 issue of GQ magazine, Azalea and Young were included. They lived in Tarzana, California, together. They announced their involvement on June 1, 2015. Azalea's young had to split after a video leaked on the internet showing Young bragging about bribery on Azalea.

French rapper Franco Montana was briefly dated by the French singer for a short time in 2016.

Azalea began dating American rapper Playboi Carti in late 2018. According to reports, the couple split in December 2019. Azalea, onyx, had given birth to her son with Carti in June 2020. "I'm raising my son alone & I'm not in a relationship" in October. Carti cheated on her and missed their son's birth later in December, according to Azalea. He later refused to sign their son's birth certificate.

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Career

When she first arrived in the United States in 2006, she lived in Miami, Florida, and later moved to Houston, Texas. Azalea has lived in Atlanta, Georgia, for a few years, starting with Backbone, a member of the Dungeon Family. During that time, she met future collaborators FKi and Natalie Sims. She predicted that people would laugh at her because "my raps disgusted," she said, but that, after growing up being mocked, she was able to laugh it off. In the meantime, she had met someone from Interscope Records, who encouraged her to move to Los Angeles in the summer of 2010. Interscope will continue to oversee her for a brief period of time. It was during this period that she adopted her stage name, Iggy, the name of her childhood dog, and the street she grew up on, Azalea Street, where her family lives to this day. She began making stop motion animated videos with freestyle rap because she felt she had found her sound.

Azalea's first full-length film, Ignorant Art, was released on September 27, 2011, "with the intention of causing people to question and redefine old ideals." On the mixtape, her song "Pussy" was included, as well as guest appearances from YG, Joe Moses, Chevy Jones, and Problem. She released a music video for her song "My World," directed by Alex/2tone in November 2011. Tiny Lister, a character actor and former wrestler, appears in the film, which attracted more attention due to its increasing success on the internet. "It's supposed to have like, all the ridiculousness of a big-budget '90s video, but then cut and screwed," Azalea, the video's producer, said. Azalea's first studio album, The New Classic, would be released in December 2011 as soon as she signed a major label contract: "I will know what artists will make for a dynamic collaboration" when she starts. Azalea's third film from Ignorant Art, "The Last Song," was released on January 11, 2012. Azalea speculated at an Interscope Records signing in a press interview, as well as a revealing of plans to release The New Classic in June and her debut single in March.

Azalea reached out to rapper T.I. for the direction of her debut album. T.I. The New Classic was supposed to be executive produced soon after a phone call was made between the two teams. "Hopefully if all goes as expected, my album will be out in June and I'll have it out by the end of the month." Azalea was planning on a summer release for The New Classic. However, T.I. could not be allowed in Interscope because it did not allow it.I. Azalea refused to sign with the major label and remain independently signed to Grand Hustle Records until the launch of her first album, which had then been postponed. Azalea was on the front page of XXL in early 2012 as part of the company's annual "Top 10 Freshman List," as well as fellow up-and-coming rappers French Montana, Machine Gun Kelly, Danny Brown, Hopsin, and Roscoe Dash. T.I.'s birthday is on March 1st. Azalea's Signing to Grand Hustle Records, as well as rappers Chip and Trae tha Truth, has confirmed it. Azalea's intended lead single for The New Classic, "Murda Bizness," on her YouTube channel on March 26, 2012. Bei Maejor's album includes a excerpt from her Grand Hustle label-boss T.I.

Azalea revealed plans to unleash Glory, an extended play (EP) later this year. The Azaleans need something new." Azalea appeared in the world's first fully interactive shoppable music video for Canadian fashion store SSENSE, also in April. T.I. announced it in May 2012, a year earlier. Azalea's contract with Grand Hustle Records had not yet been sold, according to T.I. Is a "free agent" who works as a "free agent." It was later revealed in the interview that she was in talks with others than Interscope, perhaps Def Jam Recordings (wherein Bu Thiam, who had tried to recruit her is A&R's VP). Azalea appeared on Steve Aoki and Angger Dimas' collaborative electronic track "Beat Down," which was released on May 31.

Azalea launched "Millionaire Misfits," the second product from her EP Glory on June 24, 2012; the first being "Murda Bizness." The official music video for "Murda Bizness" was posted online on July 21. Glory was not announced in May but not released in May as it had been expected, but it was announced on July 30. Azalea, as well as Tyga and Kirko Bangz, were among the performers on MTV's 2012 Closer to My Dreams Tour. Azalea announced on September 28, 2012, that she would be releasing her second mixtape on October 11, 2012. The mixtape, Titling it TrapGold, was entirely created by Diplo and FKi. Azalea made her US national television debut on October 9th, 2012, cypher at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards, premiering teaser images for the track "Bac 2 Tha Future (My Time). Rita Ora, a Roc Nation singer-songwriter, embarked on her Ora Tour later this month, embarking on another North American mini-concert tour. Azalea also headlined a tour in Europe to promote TrapGold. Azalea was on the television show "VH1 Divas" on December 16, 2012, starring Natasha Bedingfield and Bootsy Collins.

Azalea performed on tour in January and February 2013 while still working on her forthcoming singles and summer edition of The New Classic. She was the opening act on Rita Ora's Radioactive Tour in the United Kingdom. Azalea premiered her debut single "Work," which also serves as the lead single on her debut album, as part of Ora's Radioactive Tour. On February 11, 2013, the single premiered on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Azalea had signed a historic contract with Mercury Records on February 13, 2013. Jonas & François' debut single "Work" was directed by her and published on March 13, 2013. Azalea also appeared on the European leg of his Life Is Good Tour in March 2013.

Vevo revealed Azalea as the country's second LIFT artist of 2013 on April 15th, 2013; she will film live festival performances, fashion and style pieces, and behind-the-scenes interviews as part of the eight-week campaign. The music video for her second single, "Bounce," will premiere on Vevo at the end of the month, according to the company. Azalea will appear in the charity concert "Chime for Change" in London on June 1st, alongside Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, and others, on March 16th, 2013. Azalea's spokesperson revealed on April 23rd that she had signed a solo record with Island Def Jam. On April 26, 2013, "Bounce" premiered on BBC Radio 1. She also announced that the third international single taken from her debut album would be titled "Change Your Life" and feature a T.I. verse. Azalea has also stated that she did not sign up to Grand Hustle Records; however, the label is heavily associated with the brand.

On the 25th of May 2013, Azalea performed a highly popular carnival themed set on the In New Music We Trust stage as part of Radio 1's Big Weekend in Derry, Northern Ireland. The setlist featured songs from previous EPs and album collections, including "Bounce" and "Work." The performance was the first of a short series of UK pre-album commercial appearances. Azalea said in June 2013 that the album was almost finished and that the publication was awaited in September 2013. Azalea revealed on July 29, 2013 that she would be visiting Beyoncé on the 17-date Australia leg of her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in October and November. BBC Radio 1Xtra's MistaJam premiered "Change Your Life," The third single from The New Classic titled "Change Your Life" on August 19, 2013. Azalea's first appearance on BET's 106 & Park on October 3, 2013, when she was interviewed and performed "Change Your Life" alongside T.I.

Azalea's debut album was scheduled for a release in October 2013, but in an interview with Australian News Sun, she revealed that her record label would not allow her to perform The New Classic until March 2014.

She said: "The official date?

Fucked if I know!

It's done, it's sad to say this, but it's so far away that it's so far away, but I guess I'll have to accept it." "It was supposed to be October, but the reason behind the delay was that I'm going on tour with Beyoncé, and they've announced that they will be unable to perform any television appearances until Christmas time, which is unfortunate." "Well, nobody gets back to holidays, and then it's the BRIT Awards, you can't have an album, it's awful for marketing," brings me to February. At the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards, Azalea performed "Blurred Lines" with Robin Thicke on October 10, 2013.

"Leave It," an unfinished song by Azalea alleged to be produced by DJ Mustard, was leaked on December 5th, 2013. The song was later discovered by The Invisible Men and The Arcade, who collaborated with on the entire album. Azalea revealed in February 2014 that she would debut "Fancy" in which English singer-songwriter Charli XCX appears. On February 6, 2014, the song debuted on BBC Radio 1 Xtra at 7 p.m. GMT. It was revealed that "Fancy" was the song with leaked title "Leave It" after the album's premiere. The song was broadcast on urban contemporary radio in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2014, as the album's fourth single. On March 4, the music video for "Fancy," which was based on the 1995 American comedy film Clueless, was released. "Fancy" became Azalea's most popular single to date, earning her first single to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also landed on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart, as well as the top-one on the US Dance Club Play chart.

The New Classic was finally unveiled on April 21, 2014, after much anticipation and rumors. Following its debut on the Billboard 200 chart, the album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 52,000 copies in the United States. The New Classic was the highest-charting female rap album since Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012). The New Classic also sold the most copies of a female rapper's debut album since Minaj's Pink Friday (2010), which had risen to number two with 375,000 copies sold. Azalea was also featured on American singer Ariana Grande's album "Problem," which was released on April 28, 2014. The song was released as the lead single from Grande's second studio album. Azalea appeared on Jennifer Lopez' single "Booty" shortly after.

The New Classic's fourth single "Fancy" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 28, 2014, with Azalea being the fourth solo female rapper to reach the top the Hot 100. "Problem" rose to number two on the Hot 100 on the first day, with Azalea becoming the only artist since the Beatles to debut in number one and two simultaneously with their first two respective Hot 100 entries. The Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart also topped "Fancy." Azalea's song "Black Widow," starring Rita Ora, was released on June 24, 2014 as her debut album's fifth single in the United States. On the Billboard Hot 100, it eventually ranked third. In November 2014, Reclassified, a reissue of The New Classic, containing five new songs, including new singles "Beg for It" and "Trouble."

Azalea revealed plans for an arena tour in 2015 and a second studio album on Twitter on December 10, 2014, reflecting on the year she had and the struggles she suffered with in the years before. On the same day, she announced the tour's name, The Great Escape Tour, as well as the tour's concept, which is Azalea's depiction of herself as "a musical escape artist for people." Azalea also stated that the tour's name was changed along with the brand of her forthcoming second studio album, which would also be announced on the tour.

In January 2015, Azalea's voice revealed that she had started working on her second studio album. "Pretty Girls" was a duet with Britney Spears on May 4th, 2015. It was announced on May 29th that The Great Escape Tour had been cancelled, and that a new tour based on Azalea's new album will be launched in 2016. Azalea later revealed that she had a "new creative change of heart" and that she'd take a break to figure out the direction she wanted for her sound and graphics. When asked for more information on her new music in June, she revealed that she had scrapped six months of work to begin from scratch. After a collaboration between the two artists was announced for Lovato's fifth studio album, Confident (2015), Azalea performed "Cool for the Summer" with Demi Lovato at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30.

Azalea's second album, Digital Distortion, was released in October 2015. On January 9, 2016, a buzz track from the album "Azillion" was released for free streaming on SoundCloud. On March 18, 2016, the project's lead single, "Team," was released alongside a dance video. On March 31, a accompanying music video premiered. Azalea began a production business in March 2016, having "bought the rights to a few books that I love and then some television shows from Australia that I loved watching as a child and had some plans to rework [them]. In July 2016, she announced that Azalea Street Productions, her company, had agreed to produce original content for NBCUniversal. The company optioned Bad Girls Gone for a film that Azalea would produce in February 2017, but no such information was forthcoming.

Azalea had signed up to be a judge on September 12, 2016, the eighth season of The X Factor Australia. Azalea revealed in September 2016 that she was delaying the release of her album to 2017 after breaking the engagement with her fiancé Nick Young and saying, "I" just needed to get my life in order and process the changes that are happening in my personal life." She also said she wanted to record new songs that represented her mood: "I wrote [my album] I was going to get married." I don't want to go and promote my album and get asked about my marriage that has just broken down." On 24 March 2017 and 19 May 2017, Azalea's "Mo Bounce" and "Switch" were two singles. Anitta, a Brazilian singer, appears on the latter track. During a appearance on the 2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, Azalea promoted "Switch" in an interview.

Azalea said on Saturday that she was not allowed to perform music until January 2018, because she had signed with a new company. She also revealed four new tracks for free download via WeTransfer, as the new title of her second album, Surviving the Summer. The songs have been described in the media as a four-track mixtape or EP called 4 My Ratz. Azalea revealed the title of "Savior" featuring Quavo in January 2018, which was released on February 2, 2018.

Survive the Summer is a rapper who performs. She also stated that the reason for the postponed launch date, which was originally scheduled for 2 June but later —was the change in president of Island Records, which was later announced on June 30th. Azalea's "Tokyo Snow Trip" and "Kream," the former starring Tyga, were released on July 5th. The Summer of Survive was announced on August 3, 2018, and it debuted at number 144 on the Billboard 200.

Azalea, a singer who had signed to Island Records in 2017, also established her own record label, which was later called New Classic Records. She announced that she had signed a $2.7 million dollar distribution agreement with an unidentified entity two weeks later. She predicted that she would be an artist, be able to sign other artists, and own all her masters, with the exception of her music that is not available under Universal. Empire Distribution announced on November 20th, 2018 that she had signed a joint venture. Bad Dreams would rename her record company in January 2019.

In early February 2019, Azalea revealed that she had finished coding on her second studio album, In My Defense. She also confirmed that she planned to publish it in the spring of this year. Azalea's "Sally Walker" would be the first single off the album on February 27. "Kream," her previous album, was awarded gold for selling 500,000 copies in the United States on the same day. "Sally Walker" had earned over 82,000 copies on YouTube at the end of March 2019, 14 days after Azalea's latest single was launched, and on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart at number 62, making it the country's highest-charting single since "Team" was released in 2016, which had charted at number 42. During a live appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Azalea promoted the album. During his Las Vegas appearances, he performed. Azalea's official second single, "Started," was released on May 3rd, as well as its official music video. "Boys Like You" was the result of a short collaboration with VVAVES that was announced shortly afterward. Azalea's In My Defense, her album In My Defense, was announced on Twitter on June 24th. The album's pre-orders began on June 28th, 2019. In August, Azalea appeared on Cosmopolitan's cover.

Azalea also revealed a new extended play on September 27th. Azalea said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that she was not sure if she would tour to promote the album, but that she would record new material in September with the intention of releasing it next year. Following the launch of its lead single, "Lola," she later revealed on Twitter that she planned on releasing Wicked Lips, a new extended play on Friday, November 15th, 2019. Following a few minor delays, the EP was published on December 2nd. The EP was mainly written by Azalea, with Noah Cyrus co-writing "The Girls," which featured Pabllo Vittar.

Azalea's third studio album, The End of an Age, was unveiled in the summer of 2020. Azalea's initial lead single, "Dance Like Nobody's Watching," was released on August 20th, a collaboration with Tinashe. Azalea canceled the song from The End of an Age and debuted the album's new lead single "Sip It" with Tyga in April 2021, despite its underperformance. Azalea tweeted in June 2021 that The End of an Age would be announced in August of the same year. Pitbull announced his I Feel Good Tour with Azalea as an opening act later in June. Azalea, a 2021-born artist, announced that after the debut of The End of an Era, she would take a break from music. Azalea's a year later, on August 8th, 2022, she announced that she would resurrect her musical career.

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