1984–2005: Early life and early career Born in
Vaasa,
Finland to a Finnish mother and a Mexican father, Sofia relocated to Helsinki, the capital of Finland at the age of thirteen. Her first public performance was at the age of eight in children's singing contest called "
Tenavatähti". At the age of 15 Sofia signed her first record deal with Universal Music Finland and recorded two singles with a group called 'F2F'.
2006–present: International releases and recording in Finnish In 2006 Zida went on with her solo career by signing a record deal with
EMI. The debut single 'You Know What To Do' was Sofia's first hit song as a solo artist released under the name "Sofia". In 2006 Sofia Zida released her first album
Disco Mamazida (EMI) under the name "Sofia Zida". In 2008 Sofia Zida changed her surname to "Sida" and released her first international single. The song "Reason" was released in July 2008. After recording her album in Sweden, Sofia Sida's second studio album
Butterfly was released in September 2009. The music video for the title song
Butterfly was shot in Helsinki, New York and Los Angeles and it was directed by awarded American-Finnish female director,
Tii Ricks. In 2010 American DJ / Producer
DJ Cadet produced exclusive remixes of Sofia's songs
Reason and
Party Freak. Remixes were released through American record label
Active Ingredient Records. After "Butterfly" -album Sida changed her surname back to "Zida" and moved to Stockholm. In 2012–2015 Zida concentrated on raising his newly born son in Sweden before returning to Finland in 2015. In 2016 her new single, "Guerrera" was released in Finland through Kaiku Entertainment and distributed by Warner Music Finland. "Guerrera" is the first single for Sofia Zida has recorded in the Finnish language. The song is produced by a Finnish producer, Jurek. ==Musical style and performance==