Missy Higgins

Melissa Morrison "Missy" Higgins (an haife ta a ranar 19 ga Agusta 1983) mawaƙiya ce kuma mawaƙiya 'yar ƙasar Ostiraliya. Waƙoƙinta da suka fi shahara sun haɗa da " Scar ", " Steer ", da " Where I Stood ". Kundin waƙoƙinta na farko a Ostiraliya sune The Sound of White (2004), On a Clear Night (2007) da The Ol' Razzle Dazzle (2012). A shekarar 2018, ta fitar da wani kundin waƙoƙi mafi shahara mai suna The Special Ones.

An zaɓi Higgins don kyaututtukan kiɗa guda biyar na ARIA a shekara ta 2004 kuma ta lashe kyautar mafi kyawun fitowar Pop don "Scar". A shekara ta 2005, an zaɓe ta don ƙarin kyaututtuka bakwai kuma ta lashe biyar. An zaɓe ta don ƙarin kyaututtuka da yawa, Higgins ta lashe kyautar ARIA ta bakwai a shekara ta 2007 da kuma biyu a shekara ta 2012, gami da Mafi kyawun Kundin Kundin Zamani na Manya don The Ol' Razzle Dazzle.

Baya ga aikinta na kiɗa, Higgins tana neman haƙƙin dabbobi da muhalli, tana ƙoƙarin sanya yawon shakatawarta ya zama ruwan dare gama gari. A shekarar 2009, ta fara fitowa a matsayin jaruma a fim ɗin Bran Nue Dae, sannan ta yi wasa a cikin waƙoƙin da ta rera.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Melissa Morrison Higgins a Melbourne a ranar 19 ga Agusta, 1983 ga Christopher Higgins, ƙwararren likitan Ingila da Ostiraliya, da Margaret (née Morrison), wacce ke kula da cibiyar kula da yara ta Ostiraliya.   'Yar uwarta, Nicola, ta girmi shekara bakwai, ɗan'uwanta kuma, David, ya girmi shekara shida.  Higgins ta koyi buga piano na gargajiya tun tana shekara shida, tana bin sawun Christopher da David, amma ta fahimci tana son zama mawaƙi tana da shekara 12, lokacin da ta fito a wani shiri na Makarantar Firamare ta Armadale na waƙar Andrew Lloyd Webber mai suna Joseph da Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat .  Da yake ta gaji da yin aiki, ta daina buga piano a lokacin. 

Da fatan samun ƙarin 'yanci, ta roƙi iyayenta da su tura ta zuwa Makarantar Grammar Geelong, wata makarantar kwana mai zaman kanta da 'yan uwanta ke halarta. A Geelong, Higgins ta sake fara piano, a wannan karon tana buga jazz kuma tana yin wasa tare da ƙungiyar ɗan'uwanta David a ƙarshen mako. Higgins, wacce take da son kai ta hanyar halitta, ta gano cewa koyon piano ya taimaka mata ta jure rayuwa a makarantar kwana. 

Tana da shekara 15, yayin da take halartar Timbertop na Geelong Grammar, ta rubuta "All for Believing" don wani aikin kiɗa na makaranta, inda ta kammala shi 'yan awanni kaɗan kafin wa'adin ƙarshe.  Aikin ya sami maki A kuma ta rera waƙarta a gaban abokan karatunta. Ta tuntuɓi wani kamfanin rikodin Melbourne kuma aka gaya mata cewa suna son fiye da waƙa ɗaya. Ta rubuta ƙarin waƙoƙi kuma ta yi aiki tare da aikin Kool Skools, wanda ke ba ɗalibai damar yin rikodin kiɗa. 

A shekara ta 2001, 'yar'uwar Missy Nicola ta shiga gasar "All for Believing" a madadinta a gidan rediyo na Unearthed, gasar Triple J ga mawakan da ba su da hannu. Waƙar ta lashe gasar kuma an ƙara ta cikin jerin waƙoƙin gidan rediyon. 

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 Farkon aikina 
Kamfanonin rikodin guda biyu sun nuna sha'awar Higgins— Sony da Eleven. Ta sanya hannu da Eleven, wani ɓangare saboda sun yarda cewa ba za a "sa ta zama tauraruwar pop ba" wani ɓangare kuma saboda suna farin cikin ɗaukar hutu don hutun hutun baya. Manajan Higgins shine John Watson na Eleven, wanda kuma shine shugaban ƙungiyar rock Silverchair. Daga baya Watson ya bayyana cewa "Missy ita ce kaɗai lokacin da na san bayan daƙiƙa 90 ina son sanya hannu a kanta." An shirya tafiyar baya da abokina tsawon shekaru kuma su biyun sun shafe mafi yawan 2002 a Turai; yayin da Higgins ke tafiya, "All for Believing" ya fara karɓar watsa shirye-shirye a tashar rediyo ta Los Angeles KCRW . watsa rediyo ya jawo hankalin kamfanonin rikodin Amurka kuma, a ƙarshen shekara, an yi shawarwari kan yarjejeniyar rikodi ta ƙasa da ƙasa da Warner Bros.

 2003–2005: Sautin Fari 
alt=Higgins is seated. She sings into a microphone and plays a keyboard instrument. The lettering RD-300SX and Roland are visible across its front.|right|thumb|Higgins ya yi wasa a shekarar 2005
alt=Higgins stands and plays an acoustic guitar with her left hand high on the fret board. She sings into a microphone. Her right arm and bottom of guitar are not in view. Background has large stage lights.|right|thumb|Higgins, wasan kwaikwayo na Duniya kai tsaye, Sydney, 7 ga Yuli, 2007

 Manazarta 
Ziffer, Daniel (29 October 2005), "No one's idol", The Age, pp. 1–3, retrieved 15 January 2009 Note: pages 2–3 are accessed by tabs at bottom of text.
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