Arlissa Ruppert (; born 21 September 1992), known professionally as Arlissa, is a German-born British singer and songwriter.

Life and career

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who served in the U.S. Army in Germany, and her German father provided her with a rich cultural background that influences her work. Arlissa's music career took off with her debut track "Hard to Love Somebody", which caught the attention of a publisher who passed it along to rapper

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. Nas was impressed and featured on the track, which became

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' Record of the Week on

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in November 2012. Arlissa was subsequently named one of the

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's artists to watch for 2013, making the longlist for the Sound of 2013. Her first official single, " Sticks & Stones", released on March 3, 2013, was described as a "stomping break-up anthem". The song reached number 48 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2017,

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covered "Sticks and Stones" for her sixth studio album, ''The Ride''. In addition to her solo work, Arlissa has made significant contributions as a songwriter. She co-wrote K-pop group

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's hit single "

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", which topped the

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and surpassed 2,500,000 downloads. The song also won 'Song of the Year' at the 2017

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. In January 2018, she collaborated with British DJ/producer

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on an EDM version of her song "

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". In March 2018, Arlissa was selected as

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and performed a live acoustic version of her single on NBC's ''Today Show''. Arlissa also contributed to the soundtrack of the 2018 film ''The Hate U Give'', based on the

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. She co-wrote and performed the track "We Won't Move" which she performed at the film's international premiere at the 2018

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. In 2020, Arlissa released the single "Healing". On June 17, 2022, she announced the title of her debut album, ''The Open-Hearted'', which was released on October 6, 2023. The album was preceded by the singles "Pieces", "Take", "Hard to Be", "My Heart Is on the Floor", and "Audacity".

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other appearances

Writer/co-writer for other artists

References

External links

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