Rina Sawayama
Japanese singer
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| 2024 | Nominated for Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Actress in an Action Movie for 'John Wick: Chapter 4' |
| 2023 | Spoke out about ongoing misogyny and abuse in the music industry, highlighting challenges in releasing new music and advocating for systemic change. |
| 2023 | Continued her musical journey with the Hold the Girl Reloaded Tour, demonstrating her ongoing artistic evolution. |
| June 2023 | Featured on the cover of British Vogue, highlighting her growing prominence in the fashion industry. |
| March 2023 | Made her film acting debut in the fourth installment of the John Wick film series, which received positive reviews. |
| 2022 | Won AIM Independent Music Awards Innovator Award |
| September 16 2022 | Released her second studio album 'Hold the Girl'. |
| September 12 2022 | Released 'Hurricanes' as the final single from Hold the Girl. |
| August 25 2022 | Released 'Phantom' as another single from Hold the Girl. |
| July 27 2022 | Released 'Hold the Girl' as the third single from the album. |
| June 27 2022 | Released 'Catch Me in the Air' as the second single from Hold the Girl. |
| May 18 2022 | Released 'This Hell' as the lead single from her upcoming album Hold the Girl. |
| May 16 2022 | Announced her second studio album, Hold the Girl, to be released in September. |
| March 31 2022 | Featured on the single 'Follow Me' by Brazilian drag queen Pabllo Vittar. |
| January 27 2022 | Featured on the single 'Beg for You' by Charli XCX. |
| 2021 | Won Music Week Women in Music Awards as New Artist |
| 2021 | Won Gay Times Honours for British Excellence in Music |
| November 2021 | Sawayama embarked on the first leg of The Dynasty Tour in support of her album Sawayama. |
| September 2021 | Sawayama contributed a cover of Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist. |
| September 2021 | Walked the runway for Balmain to celebrate Olivier Rousteing's ten-year anniversary as head of the French House. |
| September 3 2021 | A remix version of Lady Gaga's 'Free Woman' by Clarence Clarity and Sawayama appeared on Gaga's remix album Dawn of Chromatica. |
| August 2021 | Sawayama was included on Newsweek Japan's '100 Japanese people respected by the world' list. |
| April 2021 | Sawayama released an updated version of her song 'Chosen Family' as a duet with Elton John. |
| 2020 | Signed to record label Dirty Hit, signaling a significant milestone in her professional music career. |
| 2020 | Received Attitude Awards Breakthrough Award |
| 2020 | Won Rober Awards Music Prize for Best New Artist |
| December 4 2020 | Released a deluxe version of her album 'Sawayama'. |
| November 2020 | Released the song 'Lucid', produced by BloodPop. |
| October 26 2020 | Made television debut performing 'XS' on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. |
| July 2020 | Signed an open letter to UK Equalities minister Liz Truss calling for a ban on all forms of LGBT+ conversion therapy. |
| July 2020 | Launched the '#SawayamaIsBritish' campaign after highlighting her ineligibility for British music awards due to citizenship status. |
| June 2020 | Released a nu-metal-influenced cover of Lady Gaga's 'Dance in the Dark' for Spotify's Singles series. |
| May 2020 | Revealed she was taking an online course at the University of Oxford. |
| April 2020 | Released the single 'Chosen Family'. |
| April 17 2020 | Released debut album 'Sawayama' to widespread critical acclaim. |
| March 2 2020 | Released the single 'XS', a rock and 2000s R&B-inspired track. |
| 2019 | Performed as supporting act for Charli XCX's UK tour and acted in the comedy series 'Turn Up Charlie'. |
| 2019 | Rina Sawayama appeared in the television series 'Turn Up Charlie', playing the character of Layla Valentine in 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Joined Charli XCX as a supporting act on the Charli Live Tour, further establishing her presence in the pop music scene. |
| 2019 | Rina Sawayama named Vogue Japan Women of the Year |
| 2018 | Embarked on the Ordinary Superstar Tour across the UK, US, and Canada. |
| 2018 | Supported Years & Years on their Palo Santo Tour, expanding her live performance experience. |
| August 2018 | Sawayama publicly came out as pansexual during an interview with Broadly, stating she has always written songs about girls and never mentioned guys in her songs. |
| August 2018 | Released the track 'Cherry', exploring her sexual identity. |
| June 2018 | Released the music video for 'Ordinary Superstar'. |
| February 14 2018 | Released the single 'Valentine' on Valentine's Day. |
| 2017 | Sawayama was chosen for the Versus x Versace fall/winter campaign, marking a significant moment in her modeling career. |
| 2017 | Self-released her debut extended play (EP) titled 'Rina'. |
| 2017 | Sawayama publicly criticized pop-star Madonna for stereotypical portrayal of Asian women in her marketing, specifically calling out the representation of Asian women as silent nail salon employees in an advertisement for Madonna's skin care line. |
| 2017 | Ranked in The Guardian's '18 for '18' list and Dazed's '100 people shaping culture in 2017' list. |
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