Rita Ora - 28-year-old British singer, model and actress, was born on November 26, 1990 in the town of Pristina, Kosovo District in Yugoslavia (now Serbia), and in the same year her family left their native places and moved to permanent residence in the UK from -for the military conflicts that began in Yugoslavia.
Childhood and youth of Rita Ora
The girl was named after the Hollywood movie star Rita Hayworth, beloved by her grandfather, the director. Ora's mother is a psychiatrist by profession, her father is the owner of a pub, Rita has an older sister, Elena, and a younger brother, Don. After moving to the UK, the family settled in west London.
From early childhood, Rita Ora was fond of singing and was a very artistic girl. After graduating from St Matthias CE Primary School, Rita attended the Sylvia Young Junior Theater School where she studied drama, voice and choreography, and later graduated from St. Charles Catholic High School. As a teenager, she very often performed on stage at her father's institution.
Path to popularity
Craig David in 2007 invited Rita to take part in the recording of the single Awkward (uncomfortable in translation), which, in fact, became the first release of the singer.
In 2009, Craig David again offered Rita a collaboration on the single Where's Your Love? (translated as “Where is your love?”) along with Tinchy Strider, a video clip was also filmed for this song with the participation of Ora.
She applied for the selection of the UK representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and performed very brightly on the BBC TV show Eurovision: Your Country Needs You (“Eurovision: Your Country Needs You”). Ora's manager, who previously worked with artists Jessie J, Ellie Goulding, Conor Maynard, recommended Rita Ora to the founder of the Roc Nation record label.
He invited Rita to come to New York and meet with the head of the Roc Nation label, the famous rapper Jay-Z, who after the meeting offered her cooperation, and Rita Ora signed a contract with the Roc Nation label. Then Jay-Z actively "promoted" Rihanna and Beyoncé. He offered Rita to participate in the work on the single Jay-Z Young Forever and the Drake single Over, and also offered to star in an advertisement for Skullcandy headphones.
Rita Ora's first hit Hot Right Now was recorded with British musician DJ Fresh in December 2011.
A video clip was released for it, which gained more than 50 million views on YouTube. Having appeared on sale in February 2012, the single Hot Right Now took 1st position in the British charts.
In April 2012, Rita Ora and her producer Jay-Z visited the New York radio station Z100, where Rita Ora's first solo track How We Do was played.
Rita worked on her first studio album for two years. It includes compositions recorded together with American musician William Adams (Will.i.am), Chase and Status, singer Esther Dean, rappers Drake and Kanye West.
Recorded in collaboration with British hip-hop artist Tiny Tempom, the song RIP took 1st position in the UK Singles Chart and entered the top ten best songs in Japan, New Zealand, and Australia.
In August 2012, Rita Ora released her debut album ORA, which also triumphantly topped the UK Albums Chart.
At the end of 2012, Rita Ora was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards in the categories "Best Artist of Great Britain and Ireland", "Best New Artist", "Best Debut". It was stated that Rita would be the "opening act" for Usher's concerts in the UK and during his European tour in early 2013, but due to personal reasons, Usher postponed the tour.
In November 2012, the third single Shine Ya Light was released. Rita also performed as a special guest at a concert held in the city of Tirana (the capital of Albania) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the country's independence.
February 2013 marked the release of Radioactive's fourth and final single from ORA's first album. In support of which, from January 28 to February 13, Rita Ora made a tour of the UK.
The performer was nominated in three categories at the annual BRIT Awards, including the British Breakthrough of the Year category throughout 2013.
In 2014, Rita Ora, in collaboration with Iggy Azalea, recorded the song Black Widow, and later shot a video clip for it and said that this song is a preview of her new disc, which, according to her, will show her from a new side and will contain various musical directions. .
The second single from this CD is called I Will Never Let You Down, which was released in May 2014, and just a few days later the song took the 1st position of the British hit parade.
In 2015, Rita Ora, together with Chris Brown, recorded the single Body on Me, and in 2016 the song All long was released.
Rita Ora filed a lawsuit, accusing her producers of losing interest in her and no longer paying her due attention, switching to their other wards.
Later, Roc Nation filed a counterclaim against the singer. The lawsuit alleged that Rita Ora violated the terms of her contract by refusing to record an album she was supposed to release.
Lawyers representing the label Roc Nation have produced documents alleging that the company spent more than $2m (£1,3m) marketing and promoting the star's second album, which has yet to be released. Since signing the contract in 2008, Rita Ora has released only one record. At the same time, according to the documents, she had to record five albums.
In an attempt to terminate the contract with the Roc Nation label in 2015, Rita insisted on canceling the contract she signed at 18 years old. It is unenforceable and violates California laws,” Rita argued.
The New York Supreme Court website revealed that Rita Ora and the Jay-Z associates withdrew their lawsuits in June 2016.
Rita Ora became the new host of America's Next Top Model in 2016.
In September 2017, the world premiere of the video clip for the song Lonely Together, written by Rita Ora in collaboration with DJ Avicii. Rita Ora was invited as a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres show The Ellen Show, where she performed the song Your Song and shared her plans for the near future.
The singer was also invited to be the host of the prestigious MTV Europe Music Awards 2017 in London.
In January 2019, Liam Payne and Rita Ora presented the music video for the song For You, which was included in the official soundtrack of the film Fifty Shades Freed.
On May 31, 2019, the premiere of the dance track Ritual was a collaboration between Rita Ora, Dutch DJ, producer Tiësto and British DJ, producer Jonas Blue.
Model business
Rita Ora was also engaged in the modeling business and created her own fashion lines. In March 2013, at an event in Monte Carlo organized by Karl Lagerfeld in aid of the Princess Grace Foundation, she performed as a special guest at Le Bal de la Rose du Rocher.
Being the favorite of Karl Lagerfeld, Rita Ora at various times collaborated and represented such mega-famous brands as Adidas (limited collection of Adidas Originals by Rita Ora in 2014), Rimmel and DKNY.
In May 2014, Rita became the face of the fashion house Roberto Cavalli and appeared in the image of Marilyn Monroe in the photographs of the Autumn-Winter advertising campaign.
In 2017, Rita Ora signed a contract with the Rimmel London cosmetics brand and, as part of a promotional campaign, starred in a photo shoot dedicated to the release of the brand's new products.
In June 2019, in Switzerland, Natalia Vodianova held the first charity evening of the Naked Heart Foundation, which helped children with special needs, The Secret Garden Charity Gala.
Rita Ora was also seen among the invited guests.
Film career
In 2004, 14-year-old Rita Ora starred in the film Peeves (England, 2004), thanks to which she gained a certain recognition.
In 2013, Rita Ora starred in the film Fast and Furious 6.
Then she starred in the TV series "Beverly Hills, 90210: The Next Generation", played herself.
She played the role of Mia, the sister of the protagonist, handsome billionaire and fan of BDSM Christian Gray in the film adaptation of Erica Leonard James' novel Fifty Shades of Grey.
At the end of 2018, Hollywood announced the shooting of a feature film about Pikachu, where the only cartoon character Pikachu was voiced by Ryan Reynolds, and he was accompanied by quite “live” characters performed by famous actors.
Rita Ora also joined the stellar cast, barely saying goodbye to her role in the Fifty Shades of Gray trilogy.
Rita Ora personal life
Today, only one thing is known - Rita is not married. She briefly dated American singer Bruno Mars. In May 2013, she began an affair with Scottish musician Calvin Harris, but they broke up in June 2014.
In the summer of 2014, she became interested in rapper Ricky Hill (son of the famous American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger), but soon they also broke up.
Then Rita met with the ex-guitarist of California Breed, now music producer Andrew Watt, for about a year. After their breakup in November 2018, Rita dated actor Andrew Garfield, but by March 2019, the media was talking about their breakup.
There were rumors in the yellow media about the unrequited love for Rita Ora Jr. Beckham, but she was refuted in them.
On Instagram, Rita Ora regularly posts photos from her personal archive, as well as video clips of working moments.
Discography
- 2012 - "ORA"
- 2018 Phoenix
