Early career Bruce Fielder was born and raised in
Norfolk, England. He first got into music at age 8, when he began to play the piano, which he has up to grade 8. He attended
Reepham High School and
City College Norwich, before graduating with a BA honours degree in commercial music from the
University of Westminster. He is based at Verdansk Studios in
Kings Cross, London. including co-writing "
Good Times" by
Ella Eyre with
Sigma. He took on the stage name
Sigala after the family name of an ancestor on his mother's side. His debut single, "
Easy Love", came about after Fielder drank a six-pack of
Desperados, a tequila-flavoured beer, in sheer tiredness and frustration after being asked to perform a thirty-seventh mix for a popular artist and downloaded an
a cappella of
the Jackson 5's single "
ABC". In an interview with the
Official Charts Company, he stated that the record was written on a Sunday evening out of a desire to create music for himself outside of the confines of "somebody asking me to create a song that had a certain sound to it or had to be a certain way". A video was commissioned for it, set in Los Angeles, and features Lucky Aces, a Canadian duo composed of 12-year-olds, Lucky and C, dancing to it; in the video, after meeting each other, they challenge a number of child gangs. It was directed by Craig Moore, who said that he opted to shoot in Los Angeles due to the "pool of talent that would've been hard to find anywhere else", and that his attention was caught by Lucky Aces after spotting them on
The Ellen Show. Within a few days, it had been picked up by
Ministry of Sound, Sigala's second single was called "
Sweet Lovin". Released on 4 December 2015, and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, with vocals from singer-songwriter
Bryn Christopher. Sigala released his third single, "
Say You Do", on YouTube on 23 January 2016, and the single was released officially on 18 March 2016. It features a sample of
Mariah Carey's "
Always Be My Baby" and
DJ Fresh, with vocals from singer Imani Williams. Sigala was reported to be working on his debut studio album, revealing that his dream collaborations would be
Stevie Wonder and
Chris Martin. Shortly after this was announced, his next single, "
Give Me Your Love", featuring vocals from
John Newman and partial production works from
Nile Rodgers, was released on 8 April 2016. On 19 August 2016, Sigala released "
Ain't Giving Up" with British singer
Craig David. Sigala contributed to "
Only One" with
Digital Farm Animals on 2 December 2016 and "
Show You Love" with
KATO, featuring vocals from American singer
Hailee Steinfeld on 17 January 2017. On 9 June 2017, Sigala collaborated with British singer-songwriter
Ella Eyre for his sixth single "
Came Here for Love". On 23 February 2018, Sigala released a single with
Paloma Faith titled "
Lullaby". On 13 March 2018, Sigala said on
Twitter that he had nearly finished his debut album. Sigala's debut album
Brighter Days was released on 28 September 2018. It peaked at number 14 in the UK. A mini-concert tour took place in the United Kingdom and Ireland in support of the album. Sigala released "
Feels Like Home" with British recording artist
Fuse ODG and Jamaican rapper
Sean Paul, featuring guest vocals from American recording artist
Kent Jones on 14 June 2018 as the eighth single. "
We Don't Care" was released on 27 July 2018 with British
pop rock band
The Vamps as the ninth single off the album. On 7 September 2018, Sigala released the tenth and final single from the album titled "
Just Got Paid" with
Ella Eyre and American singer-songwriter
Meghan Trainor, featuring American rapper
French Montana.
2019–2023: New singles, Every Cloud delays and scrapping Sigala signed with the newly relaunched
Arista Records in early 2019. Sigala released "
Wish You Well" on 24 May 2019 with vocals by British singer
Becky Hill.
Ella Henderson features on his next single "
We Got Love", released on 1 November 2019.
Becky Hill again featured on the single "
Heaven on My Mind", released on 25 June 2020. The song "
Lasting Lover" with British singer
James Arthur was written by
Lewis Capaldi. The song was released alongside two vertical lyric videos on 4 September 2020. The song samples "
Time to Pretend" by American indie band
MGMT. At the
APRA Music Awards of 2022 "Lasting Lover" won Most Performed International Work. On 2 July 2021, Sigala released his new single "
You For Me" with British singer-songwriter
Rita Ora. On 20 August 2021, Sigala collaborated with
R3hab and
JP Cooper on the song "Runaway". On 21 January 2022, Sigala released the song "
Melody". On 20 May 2022, Sigala collaborated with British singer-songwriter and YouTuber
Talia Mar on the song "
Stay the Night". On 2 September 2022, Sigala teamed up with French DJ
David Guetta and British singer-songwriter
Sam Ryder on the song "Living Without You". On 3 March 2023, Sigala issued
Every Cloud – Silver Linings, the intended first part of his then-upcoming second album
Every Cloud. It included the 11 tracks that had been issued as singles from the album to that point. The release date had initially been intended as that of the full album. Ultimately, on 9 November 2023, Sigala announced on social media that
Every Cloud had been scrapped following several delays, including pushing the 3 March and 29 September dates to 1 December, due to a sample clearance issue, which he expressed was the reason for the delays. Sigala also confirmed in the announcement of the album's scrapping that he had been working on some new music.
2024: New music Sigala debuted a new logo and announced a single with American rapper
24kGoldn and singer-songwriter
Trevor Daniel titled "It's a Feeling", which was released on 5 July 2024. == Discography ==