Hot Right Now: The Definitive Biography of Rita Ora - Hardcover

Wight, Douglas; Wiley, Jennifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0993430503 ISBN 13: 9780993430503

Publisher: 22five Publishing Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

The FIRST and ONLY proper biography of Rita Ora. Jam-packed with exclusive revelations and fresh insight from people who have known and loved Rita for her entire life. She's the hottest pop star in Britain, with four number one singles, a number one album. She is credited with attracting an extra four million viewers to BBC1's The Voice and is one of two new star judges on The X Factor. But who is Rita Ora? What makes her tick? What drives her to succeed? And what has she got that Simon Cowell was willing to stake the future of his prime time talent show on it? Featuring new material from the UK and her native Kosovo, Hot Right Now - the first and definitive biography on a singer critics have dubbed 'the British Rihanna' - charts Rita's incredible journey from her humble beginnings in Pristina to international superstardom...When Besnik and Vera Sahatciu gathered their two young daughters and boarded a flight from their native Kosovo for a new life in Britain never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined what lay in store. Wrapped in their arms was baby Rita, a girl her grandfather predicted would be a star when she was just a baby. The family would have to overcome refugee status, forced separation, hardship and health fears just to give Rita a start in life. But from the moment she opened her lungs to sing, it was clear she had a calling. Rita Ora - as she would become - is now one of the most recognisable faces in music, and one of the new faces on The X Factor. But, following stunning pop success, celebrated stints on TV and a blossoming movie career, international mega-stardom now beckons. Yet Rita is anything but an overnight sensation. She's had to battle and scrape for every chance she's got. She's seen her dreams shattered and her ambitions crushed. Each time she's come back stronger. Experienced showbiz writers Douglas Wight and Jennifer Wiley chart Rita's astonishing rise to fame and - with fresh insight and never-before-published comments from

Edition details

• Publisher: 22five Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0993430503
• ISBN 13: 9780993430503
• Binding: Hardcover