Rita Ora

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GenrePop, R&B, Dance, Hip-Hop, Electronic

Rank5,633 (−1,825)

Albums8

Songs137

AboutBorn Rita Sahatçiu Ora, better known as Rita Ora, is an Albanian British singer-songwriter from London, UK. Originally born in Prishtina, Kosovo in 1990, Ora's family moved to London where she was raised. During her early teens, Ora attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, whose other notable alumni include Emma Bunton and Amy Winehouse.

Her first UK exposure came after several collaborations with British singer Craig David. She also auditioned for the BBC talent competition 'Your Country Needs You' - the prize of which was to represent England at the Eurovision Song Contest - but withdrew her application.

In 2009, she signed a recording contract with Jay-Z's label Roc Nation and relocated to America. The How We Do (Party) Songfacts reports that when Ora visited Clear Channel with Jay-Z to present music and videos from her debut release, the executives were so enthused by what they heard that they organised for How We Do (Party) to be immediately premiered on DJ JJ's afternoon show on New York's top hit music station WHTZ (Z100). Her debut album titled, ORA was released in August 2012.

After experiencing legal battles and limited promotion of her singles I Will Never Let You Down in 2014 and Poison in 2015, Rita filed to sue Roc Nation for her contract and came to a settlement.
Ora then signed with Atlantic Records as of June 2016. She has since released her first song in over two years, 2017 ironically titled, Your Song (written by Ed Sheeran) her second album, Phoenix on September 18, 2018 with its fourth single, Let You Love Me which marked Ora's 13th top-ten song, thus breaking a 30-year-old record for most top ten songs by a British female solo artist.