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4Giulietta Russo (born 12 November 1992), known as just [[OnlyOneName Giulietta]], is an UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n [[SynthPop dance-pop]] and [[ContemporaryRAndB R&B]] singer from UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}}. She is also a dancer, actress and model who previously trained at NIDA.
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6She first came to prominence in 2008 after contributing vocals to the Marcus Knight club track "Dirty House Music". The song peaked at number four on the Beatport charts and entered the Australian ARIA Dance Charts twice. While she continued to sing on other club tracks such as "Venus", "Save Me", "Take Your Mind There" and "Give It Up", it was "Dirty House Music" and its underground success that caught the attention of US producer David Kershenbaum (a producer for artists such as Music/DuranDuran, Music/ToriAmos, Tracy Chapman and Cat Stevens as well as being responsible for signing Music/JanetJackson and Music/BryanAdams) -- leading him to produce nine tracks for her debut album ''Ascension'', released in 2010.
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8In November 2009, a little way from the album's release, Giulietta won ‘International Pop Artist of the Year Award’, ‘Producers Choice Award’ and a ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame Award’ at the Los Angeles Music Awards which took place in Hollywood. She later became the first Australian unsigned artist to reach the top 20 of the Billboard dance charts with the album's sole [[AlbumSingle single]], "Vertigo", which peaked at #16.
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10Apart from releasing her debut album in 2010, Giulietta supported Lloyd Banks (fom Music/FiftyCent's posse G-Unit) while he was doing shows in Melbourne and also opened for the likes of Akon, Ja Rule, Ciara, [=FloRida=], Music/StanWalker and Travie [=McCoy=] in the Melbourne leg of the Australian [[ContemporaryRAndB R&B]] and HipHop festival [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsHMrhBJ3b4 Summerbeatz]]. She also contributed scratch vocals on demo tapes for a possible Ciara album.
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12Her second studio album, a free set distributed through [=SoundCloud=] titled ''911: Code Pink'', was released in July 2012. Her third album, ''XXVI'', was released in early 2015 (though [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes good luck trying to find it]]). Her fourth album, ''Bandit'', was released in November 2016. New music has been in development since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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14!!Singles discography:
15* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJrLOyoSkg4 Dirty House Music]] (2008)
16* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWX4cZXbcIY Vertigo]] (2010)
17** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRVZ3QOJ9fA Skynet Remix featuring E.Cov]] (2010)
18* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t0uKQR1-60&feature=relmfu Like a Ghost]] (2011)
19* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixzc10r9nn0 Pixelated]] (2011)
20** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-hzpBok07o&feature=relmfu Jeremy Word Remix]] (2012)
21* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CioWXRX58fY When December Comes]] (2011) (a [[ChristmasSongs Christmas song]])
22* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-MqOUHu6lM VooDoo]] (2012)
23* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxQ54XvQW1A Pretty in Pink]] (2012)
24* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtApdOzeMTw&feature=youtu.be @2AM (feat. Raz B)]] (2012)
25* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPOYEcY2Op0 No Where (feat. Tay Dizm)]] (2013)
26* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg-KezYXIDU No De$$ert]] (2013)
27* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtyCrUeqkU Not Enough]] (2014)
28* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ6g7o6Rk4g Uptown]] (2014)
29* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXIiC5OrNfU Over]] (2014)
30* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vgnp7PTiU She Ain't Like Me]] (2015)
31* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVWFfS42xI4 Real 1]] (2015)
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33!!Other music videos:
34* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrj68mbTCDo&feature=plcp Compliments]] (2011) (Kevin [=McCall=] cover)
35* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoBToebL1rI&feature=plcp How to Love]] (2011) (Music/LilWayne cover)
36* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erAfjrvT5Rg&feature=plcp Save Me]] (2011) (Music/NickiMinaj cover)
37* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2rmCtsuaJI&feature=plcp Who You Are]] (2011) (Music/JessieJ cover)
38* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2rmCtsuaJI&feature=plcp H.Y.F.R and Doing It Wrong]] (2012) (Music/{{Drake}} cover {{medley}})
39* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGykGgZncMc&feature=youtu.be Drunk On Love]] (2012) (Music/{{Rihanna}} cover)
40* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6MwirFZSak&feature=g-all-u Never Again]] (2012) (Music/TreySongz cover)
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42!!Albums discography:
43* ''Ascension'' (2010)
44* ''911: Code Pink'' (2012)
45* ''XXVI'' (2015)
46* ''Bandit'' (2016)
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48!!This musician contains examples of:
49* AgeInappropriateArt: Barely. She was singing about clubs when she was only slightly too young to get in one. Giulietta herself even said that there were only a few venues she could perform at early in her career because they were restricted to either those over eighteen (in Australia) or those over twenty-one (in America). However, iLounge in Orange County, California ''did'' let her perform a set at their venue when she was sixteen.
50* AutoTune: Giulietta herself isn't really subject to this, but a few of her collaborators in ''911: Code Pink'' are -- most noticeably Raz B in "@2AM".
51* BeYourself: "Pretty In Pink", "Unbeatable" and traces of "Ascension". "Unbeatable" also overlaps with PepTalkSong (to both herself and the audience).
52* BoastfulRap / BadassBoast: Billionare's rap in "Audio Slave", and both Giulietta and Mick Stillz's verses in "Zombie".
53* BookEnds: The video for “Vertigo” (officially) begins and ends in the same dining room.
54* BreakUpSong: "Vertigo", "Pixelated", "Walk Away", "Here We Go Again", "No Where".
55* CallBack: The intro to ''911: Code Pink'' features a snippet of the Dave Audé remix of "Vertigo".
56* CannotSpitItOut: The song's subject in "Lemme Know".
57** Also, Giulietta herself in "Excuse Me" exhibits shades of this.
58* ClusterFBomb: There was mild swearing on her debut, but she goes to town with it on ''911: Code Pink''.
59* CoolShades: She's been known to don dark sunglasses, especially in her photoshoots.
60* CoverVersion: Of Music/NickiMinaj's "Save Me" (not to be confused with one of ''Ascension'''s bonus tracks) and Music/JessieJ's "Who You Are".
61** TheCoverChangesTheGender: Her covers of Kevin [=McCall's=] "Compliments", Music/LilWayne's "How To Love" and a {{medley}} of Music/{{Drake}}'s "HYFR" and "Doing it Wrong".
62** "Venus" [[{{sampling}} samples]] the song by Shocking Blue (later covered by Music/{{Bananarama}}) and "Give It Up" samples the KC and the Sunshine Band song of the same name.
63* DarkerAndEdgier: Though ''Ascension'' was by no means kiddie-pop, ''911: Code Pink'' managed to be this to its predecessor.
64* EatingTheEyeCandy: "Girlfriend Button", "S.M.W.Y.G".
65* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: She wears loads and loads of jewellery. It's pretty much an integral part of her image.
66* ExhortTheDiscJockeySong: "Hands Up".
67* {{Fangirl}}: Is ''very'' sweet on Music/ChrisBrown. Also, judging by [[http://giuliettamusic.blogspot.com.au/2009/04/twitter-obsession-xd.html this reaction]] to a certain tweet, it seems she's also one of Music/MariahCarey.
68* FieryRedhead: From 2008-2011.
69* FlippingTheBird: Has done this a lot over the course of 2012, like when posing for photos on Instagram and such.
70* FreakyFashionMildMind
71* GreenEyedMonster: She's acting like one in "Girlfriend", and she sings about those who envy her in "Zombie".
72* HeartbeatSoundtrack: In [="VooDoo"=].
73* IncrediblyLongNote: In "Take Your Mind There".
74* InDaClub: "Dirty House Music" has the [[LoopedLyrics looped lyric]] about rocking a disco, and "Save Me" has one about wanting to be saved on a dancefloor.
75** In "Girlfriend":
76--> ''If I was your girlfriend/imagine rocking all up on me on the dancefloor all night''
77** In "Here We Go Again":
78--> ''She can teach you a thing or two or even three/just know that she will kill the club''
79** This is pretty much the entire subject of "Hands Up" and "@2AM". "Zombie" takes place in one.
80* IntercourseWithYou: "Girlfriend Button", "No De$$ert", implied in "Audio Slave".
81* LoopedLyrics:
82--> ''I love dirty dirty house music, I-I rock a disco, I-I-I rock a disco, disco...''\
83''Save me on the dancefloor, save-save-save...''
84* LyricSwap: In the acoustic version of her single "Vertigo", she swaps the lyric "time to tell the truth" for "learn to tell the truth".
85* MelismaticVocals: Uses melisma in her songs a lot. She also cites Music/WhitneyHouston, Music/MariahCarey and Music/CelineDion as early influences.
86* MusicVideoCreditsSequence: At the end of "Vertigo".
87* RambunctiousItalian: And HOW.
88* RecordProducer: David Kershenbaum worked with her for the majority of ''Ascension'', while Australian producer Simmy assumed this position with ''911: Code Pink''.
89* RereleaseTheSong: "Soldier", which featured on both ''XXVI'' and ''Bandit''.
90* RockstarSong: "Ascension", though it overlaps with the IWantSong and FollowYourHeart.
91* SillyLoveSongs: "Excuse Me" (where the protagonist sings about trying to be cool around her crush), "Press Rewind" (about trying to make a relationship work), "Bandit".
92* SingerNamedrop: The MC drops Giulietta's name in "Lemme Know", "Excuse Me" and "Hands Up".
93** In the mixtape there's also namedropping in "Planet X" and "Audio Slave".
94* SpellingSong: "Zombie":
95--> ''Z.O.M.B.I.E''
96--> ''You envy me!''
97* SpokenWordInMusic: There is a distorted male voice in "Vertigo" and "Pretty in Pink" while "Planet X" begins with a robotic female voice.
98** "Owh!" ends with a spoken soundbite of her praising and comparing herself to Music/KatyPerry.
99* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's Ice onstage, Sugar offstage.
100* ThisIsThePartWhere: Sung word-for-word in "@2AM":
101--> ''This is the part where the beat breaks down''
102--> ''The beat breaks down and the crowd goes wild''
103* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: Five in the case of the videos for "Vertigo" and "Pixelated".
104* TitleTrack:
105--> ''Make some room for me, cos this is my ascension...''
106** “Bandit” is the one for its parent album.
107* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: A few days before the release of ''911: Code Pink'', Giulietta stated on her Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/{{Twitter}} profiles that there would be a [[HiddenTrack hidden bonus track]] with a surprise guest. In her "Thank You" video (meant to act as a trailer) posted to Website/YouTube the night before the album's release, she said that the album's bonus track was a remix of "Pixelated" by Ron Carroll.
108* UncannyValleyMakeup: Probably in an effort to become Australia's answer to Music/LadyGaga. This is especially noticeable in the video for "Vertigo".
109* UnpluggedVersion: Her Website/YouTube channel is full of acoustic versions of covers and originals.
110* VideoFullOfFilmClips: Her video for the acoustic version of "Ascension" contains clips of her doing appearances, recording, etc.
111* AWildRapperAppears: A random unnamed MC appears in "Lemme Know", "Excuse Me" and "Hands Up".
112** E.Cov and Mr. Focus also contribute verses to the Skynet remix of "Vertigo".
113** Heck, ''911: Code Pink'' is ''made'' of this trope. It features appearances fom Raz B, Dall Diamond, Mick Stillz, Mr Focus, Envy, Billionare and Tay Dizm (who also features in "No Where").

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