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Luke, Stargate and Liam Howe. A promotional single, Radioactive produced by Stargate, was released in October The song reached number twenty-five in the UK. Electra Heart was released on 27 April The concept album made its debut at number one in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, making it her first album to do so. In the United Kingdom, the album sold over 21, copies in its first week. Electra Heart also charted in Europe and Australia, and it became her highest-charting album in the US, peaking at number thirty.

The album was preceded by the single Primadonna produced by Dr. Luke and Cirkut. Primadonna became Marina's highest-peaking single in the UK to date, peaking at number eleven, and also became her most successful single internationally, being certified Gold in Ireland for sales exceeding 7, units and reaching number four on the New Zealand chart, as well as platinum status.

Marina started her Lonely Hearts Club Tour in May , which consisted of shows and lasted for over a year. L , that was released for free download via SoundCloud hours later as a Valentine's Day gift from Diamandis to her fans. On 17 April , Marina tweeted " The music video for the song Lies from Electra Heart was released in July This video was the final part of her series "The Archetypes" and saw the death of the fictional character Electra Heart, officially ending the Electra Heart era.

Electra Heart was Marina's first internationally successful project, not only getting a gold certification in the UK in for sales exceeding , units, but also going on to receive a gold album certification by the RIAA for sales of , album units. Electra Heart surpassed 1 billion streams during October After spending one month in New York City, Diamandis announced in February that she had begun writing material for an upcoming third studio album.

The first single from the album, " Froot ", was released on 10 October, her 29th birthday, and announced as the title track. The album was originally scheduled for release on 3 April with a new track being announced each month known as the " Froot of the Month ". However, due to an Internet leak, the release was brought forward to 13 March Entirely produced by Diamandis and David Kosten, the album was praised for its cohesive sound. Froot debuted at number 8 on the Billboard chart and is currently her highest charting album in the United States selling 43, copies and 46, units it's first week.

The album also charted in the Top 10 in the UK and several other countries. She told fans that she would be embarking on a short break to "do some different things". The album on Spotify alone has also garnered over ,, streams as of Nov On June 23, , her much-anticipated collaboration with Clean Bandit , " Disconnect ", was released.

In November, she posted a photo to her social media back from when she recorded Froot. She revealed she hadn't recorded her new album yet. In February of , Diamandis revealed that she was almost ready to begin production on her 4th album that she had been writing for the past 2 years. In April of , Marina clarified that she is going to release music within the year. In August, she revealed on Twitter that her new era will go under the name "Marina", removing the "and the Diamonds".

Marina confirmed that the song will appear on her new album, saying that it didn't share the same sound as the rest of the album but its placement would "make sense" when the album was released.

The single was a massive commercial success going viral on YouTube. In 2 months the song had passed million views making it Marina's first song to achieve this feat. The single entered the Top, Top, and Top of many music markets around the world. The song is one of Clean Bandit's biggest hits and Marina's first big hit since with the release of her songs How to Be a Heartbreaker and Primadonna during the Electra Heart era.

Diamandis moved from London to Los Angeles no later than in February [38] , sharing the time between the two [39] her thoughts of leaving London were hinted already in the song Too Afraid. On February 1, , Marina announced the lead single from her fourth album.

Handmade Heaven was released one week later on February 8. In order to promote the release of her new album, Marina released three further singles before the album's release, Superstar , Orange Trees and To Be Human.

Marina performing at her Live from the Desert online concert during I Still Love You. The track has since received over 50,, plays. Throughout and , Marina wrote and produced her fifth studio album. On April 8, Marina said she was writing the album alone, and that it was "Froot 2.

Later on the 10th of April, during her livestream on Bose's Instagram, Marina revealed she had been writing the album since July She further confirmed that, similar to Froot , she is writing the album herself and working with a single female producer. The first single " Man's World " was released on November 18, It was accompanied by a stripped version and two remixes. Three music videos and photoshoot material were shot during this time. On this day, the album was announced, along with its tracklist being revealed.

The song was also accompanied by a collaboration remix with Pussy Riot. On the same day, the Ancient Dreams: Live from the Desert online concert was revealed. The last single before the album's release, Venus Fly Trap , was released on June 9. On July 3, Marina's YouTube channel hit 2,, subscribers. On September 30, Marina said that the writing process of her sixth studio album had begun.

Marina Diamandis stands at 5'4" 1. In October , she bleached her hair blonde, but later dyed it back. During , she wore a blonde wig for 9 months following a hairdressing incident in which she lost a significant amount of hair.

In February , [47] Marina revealed that she had been "going grey" since the age of 15, and due to societal pressure felt like she had no other option but to dye her hair. She hoped that by being open it would encourage herself and others not to feel pressured by current beauty standards, and intended to grow her natural hair colour out, partially due to her attributing dyes to her suffering with "headaches and sickness", and a claim that even organic dyes were filled with "carcinogenic chemicals".

A year later she posted to Instagram: [48]. As part of Selfridges' "Sound of Music", Diamandis and Paloma Faith designed their own window display for the London Oxford Street branch in May and additionally appeared as "live mannequins" for the display. In November, Diamandis was featured on the website for the British edition of Vogue, where she contributed to the "Today I'm Wearing" column that month.

In February , she became a brand ambassador for Max Factor, who called her "colorful personality" a perfect fit for the brand. When asked in an interview to describe her fashion style in three words, Marina said "vintage, cheerleader, and cartoon". In late July , she started her own online clothing range, Eleven Diamonds , which ran until Marina had two grey cats named Mavis and Jupiter, as stated on her Instagram account.

The cats are now in England with Marina's ex-boyfriend, Jack Patterson. Throughout and , Marina fostered different cats and dogs. Despite having a No 1 album and a strong fanbase, Marina Diamandis has never become a household name. F or the last decade, Marina — formerly Marina and the Diamonds — has sat on the precarious fence between mainstream and underground pop: someone with that curious, 21st-century kind of fame where you can rack up tens of millions of streams without ever having a Top 10 single.

With every album Marina, now 33, has offered a different persona, focus and tone, attracting and dismaying fans and critics with each change. Her first album, The Family Jewels , in , was written mainly by her — rough around the edges but unapologetically honest and autobiographical. This strikingly stylised voice contrasted starkly against the tedious ballad singers who had begun dominating the charts, such as Adele and Sam Smith.

In the opener, Are You Satisfied? She later said she held out for six months before finally accepting all the commercial help her record company offered her on next album, Electra Heart — from big pop producers such as Dr Luke Katy Perry , Stargate Rihanna and Shellback. She developed a new, theatrical persona called Electra, complete with a blond wig, long eyelashes and pink bows to comment on female archetypes.

Which is exactly where the album went. How refreshing it was, then, when she returned in to write all the tracks for her third album Froot, herself, and with a more mature and self-aware approach. While still lacking cohesion — and a killer hit — Froot was the work of a woman brimming with confidence.