New York, NY (Top40 Chart) International icon, 5 x GRAMMY Award nominee, and multi-platinum selling artist/songwriter/hitmaker Sia today releases a brand new single and video for "The Greatest." The single was co-written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, and produced by Greg Kurstin. The video for "
The Greatest" was co-directed by Sia and
Daniel Askill, with choreography by Ryan Heffington and starring dancer Maddie Ziegler, the dream team who have collaborated on most of Sia's internet breaking smash videos including "Chandelier," "Elastic Heart," and "Cheap Thrills."
The release of "
The Greatest" follows on the heels of Sia dominating the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 4 consecutive weeks at #1 with her smash hit "Cheap Thrills." This chart position also marks Sia's first ever Top 5 as a solo artist on the Billboard HOT 100 Chart and the song has dominated the global radio and streaming charts for most of this summer. Click hereto watch the video for "Cheap
Thrills (Performance Edit) and here for the "
Cheap Thrills" lyric video feat. Sean Paul.
Sia will soon be embarking on her Nostalgic For The Present US Tour accompanied by dancer/muse/star of her videos Maddie Ziegler on all North American dates. The 22 city tour, promoted exclusively by Live Nation, kicks off on Sept. 29 in Seattle, WA's KeyArena, with special guest Miguel, and AlunaGeorge� including stops at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl, Chicago's United Center and Atlanta's Philips Arena. Since its announcement, the tour has been lauded as one of the hottest tickets for the fall with Rolling Stone saying it "promises to recreate some of the stunning visuals and choreography that the singer usually packs into her music videos and unique live performances" and Bustle raved it's "sure to be epic."
Sia released her new album THIS IS ACTING (Monkey Puzzle Records/RCA Records) earlier this year to much critical acclaim. The New Yorker described it as "the Platonic ideal of a modern pop album," with rave reviews across the board from TheNew York Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, The Fader,and many more. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 Chart, peaked at #1 on the ITunes chart in over 50 countries, and charted Top 10 in 8 countries worldwide, including #1 in her native Australia and #3 in the UK.
"Nostalgic for the Present" US Tour dates:
Sept. 29 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena
Oct. 1 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
Oct. 4 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Arena
Oct. 5 - San Diego, CA - Viejas Arena
Oct. 7 - Las Vegas, NV - Mandalay Bay
Oct. 8 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
Oct. 13 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
Oct. 15 - Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
Oct. 16 - Chicago, IL - United Center
Oct. 18 - TBA
Oct. 19 - Washington, D.C. - Verizon Center
Oct. 21 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 22 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
Oct. 23 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
Oct. 25 - TBA
Oct. 26 - Uncasville, CN - Mohegan Sun Arena
Oct. 29 - Sunrise, FL - BB&T Center
Oct. 30 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center
Nov 1 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
Nov. 3 - New Orleans, LA - Smoothie King Center
Nov. 4 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
Nov. 6 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
