Iggy Azalea

Amethyst Amelia Kelly, known as Iggy Azalea, is an Australian former rapper and songwriter born June 7, 1990. At 16, she left Sydney for the United States to pursue music, posting freestyles on YouTube that earned her early recognition. After releasing "Pussy" and "Two Times" online, she dropped her debut mixtape *Ignorant Art* in 2011 and signed to rapper T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint.

Her 2014 debut album *The New Classic* broke new ground: it peaked in the top five globally and topped the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making Azalea the first non-American female rapper to reach number one on that chart. The album's singles dominated pop radio. "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, hit number one on the Hot 100 and earned a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. She was featured on Ariana Grande's "Problem," which peaked at number two, positioning both songs at the top of the chart simultaneously. With "Black Widow" (featuring Rita Ora) also in the top ten, Azalea became only the second act ever—after the Beatles—to occupy the Hot 100's number-one and number-two slots with debut releases.

After *The New Classic*, planned album *Digital Distortion* stalled due to label and personal conflicts, leading her to switch to Island Records and later launch her own imprint, Bad Dreams, under a distribution deal with Empire. She released the EP *Survive the Summer* in 2018, followed by her second album *In My Defense* in 2019, the EP *Wicked Lips* that same year, and a third album *The End of an Era* in 2021. In 2024, she announced her retirement from music via social media and Billboard. Azalea ranks among the world's best-selling female rappers, with accolades including two American Music Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, one MTV VMA, a People's Choice Award, and four Teen Choice Awards, plus four Grammy nominations. Her YouTube content has accumulated 7 billion views, with 15 music videos exceeding 100 million views on Vevo. As a Gemini life-path 5, she embodies the sign's duality and reinvention—moving between sound, label, and continent throughout her career.