'Take Away the Pain' was then released as a single 2013 along with a music video, while 'Satellite' was later found through Jerey's website. She met producer Fritz Jerey in 2013, with whom she recorded two songs, ' Take Away the Pain' and ' Satellite', under the stage name AVA. The six-track EP has since been removed from the singer's distribution sources. In 2008, at the age of 14, Max released her debut EP titled Amanda Kay on her MySpace profile. I don't like people putting me or anyone else I know in a box.'Ĭareer 2008–2016: Musical beginnings When it comes to sexuality, Max revealed in a 2019 interview with Attitude that she has been attracted to women in the past, but has chosen not to label her sexuality, stating 'Personally, I like it when it's about who you are as a person. However, she has stated she can't fully read Albanian as she was raised around Americans. English is actually Ava's second language with first being Albanian. Max has stated that she is '100% Albanian' and where possible 'definitely wants to give back to the Albanian community when I can'. For several years, Ava did not perform too much, and things did not happen the way she and her family imagined before. To build a musical career, Ava moved to New York City, then returned to Los Angeles at the age of 17, moving there permanently. Inspired by the courageous decision made by her family when they left their country of war, she eventually chose to move with her family to Los Angeles, California, to make her dream come true. She managed to seek the help of Pharrell Williams, who gave her tips. The singer began her career as a teenager, writing songs, making covers, singing at small events, and sharing work on the internet.Īt the age of 14, after winning several local music competitions, Ava realized her potential and how she could become a singer. When she was only 10 years old, the singer began to write her first songs, her first musical presentation being in a place called The NorVa in Virginia where she grew up. Another major inspiration for Ava was big celebrities from 1990s-2000s, such as Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Fergie, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey. When she was young, Ava would often hear her mother singing fragments of opera and wanted to do the same, which led her to pursue a career in music. They later moved to Virginia, where Ava spent most of her childhood.

Arriving in France, they lived there for one year before getting American passports and moving to Pennsylvania.

Her parents are from Albania, from Sarandë and Tirana respectively. 3.2 2017–2019: Breakthrough with 'Sweet but Psycho'Īva Max was born on February 16, 1994, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Her debut studio album, Heaven & Hell, was released in September 2020, and spawned several singles including her second Billboard Hot 100 entry, ' Kings & Queens'. Upon release, it became a sleeper hit, appearing on various Spotify playlists and subsequently reaching number one in 22 countries including Germany and the United Kingdom. It wasn't until August 2018 that she released ' Sweet but Psycho', her official debut single, through Atlantic Records. In the same year, Max started releasing songs on SoundCloud under the name AVA, one of them being ' Anyone But You' which helped kick off her career and caught the eye of many major record labels. In 2013, she released an independent single titled ' Take Away the Pain' which was later remixed and re-released by Canadian DJ/producer duo Project 46 in 2015. She then released an EP titled Amanda Kay later that year which featured six original songs that gained barely any traction. In 2008, she began posting material on MySpace at the age of 14. Max was born on Februin Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Have you ever heard the song ' Sweet but Psycho'? Or ' Kings & Queens'? Or possibly, her latest single, ' Ghost'? Well, you probably didn't know that the voice behind these songs was none other than the phenomenal Ava Max.

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