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Living up to her new album title Ira Losco is definitely “Accident Prone”. It’s the inability to sit and watch the world go by without doing something creative, her constant hunger for performance and incessant love of music, which makes this young talented singer/songwriter convince you that she’s dead serious about her music, and is not afraid of getting hurt in pursue living her dream.

Already the best selling artist in her country for 3 consecutive years, Ira Losco is a great success story in Malta, having released three number 1 albums, a string of number 1 singles and winning every conceivable award from ‘Image Icon’ to ‘Best Single’ and ‘Best Artist.’ Over the years she has developed into a complete artist with phenomenal sex appeal, a powerful and distinct voice and one of her greatest assets, her energetic live performances playing both piano and guitar. Undoubtedly though, her Unique selling point is definitely her magnetic Charisma which gives her 'star’ quality.

In April 2005, Ira Losco’s burning ambition to share her music with a wider audience, led her to sign to Seven Days Music licensed to Sony/BMG, after Jack White, responsible for 500 million worldwide sales, heard Ira’s first album ‘Someone Else’. Since then she has performed around all Germany and some other countries, in front of audiences reaching 4,000 to 80,000, playing main support to well re-knowned international acts such as Elton John, Katie Melua, Maroon 5, Akon, Mel C, Ronan Keating, Bob Geldof, Bob Sinclair, Gigi D’alessio …, and alongside Germany’s chart Toppers, Sohne Mannheims, Silbermond, Nena … as well as the yearly event ISLE of MTV amongst other televised concerts. In addition, Ira Losco has frequently been asked to collaborate with other artists such as Italy’s superstar giants Gigi D’alessio, Gianni Morandi and Claudio Baglioni. Her songs have also been covered by a number of artists namely Michelle Hunzinger and more recently Kelly Clarkson who re-adapted one of her songs - UH-OH!



In April 2006 Ira Losco entered the studio to start working on her second local release ‘Accident Prone’. The first tracks were recorded just before she embarked on her Summer Tour and finally drew to an end in September. The album was recorded, produced and mixed by Howard Keith, who has worked with acts such as (Multi platinum) Rammstein, (cult) Philip Boa, (Grammy winner) Carlos Bonel, Block buster ‘Lord of the rings’ and many others. A series of co-writing sessions with top American and Swedish song writers including Dead Mono and Mute 8 also contributed to the album, which grips you on first listening, with its powerful guitars, edgy riffs and strong melodies.


“I am always ready to learn and delve deeper into my soul to discover more things about myself and about music, only to emerge with something which somehow affects me and others when I perform or write a record.”

This is evident in her unplugged album release titled ‘Unmasked’ which has also lead to a live DVD which was released at the end of 2007. The audiences were so moved by her performance and reviews were so impressive, with one particular review by Rhine Magazine in the U.K. quoting “Losco was certainly way above average…” that it was only natural to take it one step further. I wanted to ‘shock’ people again come up with something so intimate they wouldn’t expect it. I’ve always been the kind to prefer people to either Love me or hate me, if people are indifferent, that means nothing to me”.

This ‘in-your-face’ attitude and her approachable nature, makes Ira Losco so appealing to her undying and ever-growing fan base as her official website boasts a staggering 300,000 hits to date in just 22 months. “I believe it is important for me to give something back to the people who continuously believe in my music and are so loyal to me. I post messages on my site on a regular basis and that keeps my relationship with those who support me alive.” Besides having an official web site there are more than 12 other unofficial sites which gives a clear indication of how loyal her fans really are.

Ira Losco and her band are currently in the studio recording the new album ‘Fortune Teller’ scheduled for release date - May 2008.