Max adopted the stage name Ava at the age of 14, and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of a music career at the suggestion of her mother, but was constantly rejected for being underage. At the age of 13, Max came up with the middle name Ava and adopted it as her first name after stating that she did not like being called Amanda while growing up. Max often traveled to Florida in order to perform in singing competitions, and began releasing music under the moniker Amanda Kay. While living in Virginia, she competed in numerous Radio Disney singing competitions at Greenbrier Mall in Chesapeake and debuted at the NorVa in Norfolk when she was 10 years old as an opening act, where she performed Whitney Houston's 1987 song " I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". Max moved with her family to Virginia when she was 8 years old, where she was raised in Hampton Roads. Her mother was a classically trained opera singer, while her father was a pianist. During her childhood, Max often saw her parents struggle to earn an income, as they each worked three jobs without speaking English. While in Paris, they encountered a woman from Wisconsin and were given passports by her before immigrating to the United States to reside in the state, where Max was born. In 1991, her parents fled Albania after the fall of communism in the country, and lived at a Red Cross supported church in Paris for a year. Max also has a brother approximately seven years older than her. Max's parents are from Albania her father, Paul, is from Qeparo and her mother, Andrea, is from Sarandë.
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See the full Official Albums Chart Update Top 100 here from 5.45pm.Amanda Ava Koci (born Amanda Koci February 16, 1994), known professionally as Ava Max, is an American singer and songwriter. Singer, songwriter and producer Charli XCX is set to return to the Top 40 with her lockdown album How I’m Feeling Now, currently at 11 following a vinyl release, while comedic actor Matt Berry is at Number 15 with his sixth studio album Phantom Birds.įurther down, Neil Young’s latest EP The Times (29) could make a Top 40 debut, while David Bowie’s 1975 album Young Americans (30) is on course to re-enter the chart following a 45th anniversary vinyl reissue.įinally, Fun City by singer-songwriter Bright Light Bright Light could make a Top 40 debut, at Number 39 midweek. Meanwhile, Alicia Keys’ new record Alicia is eyeing up a Top 10 debut at Number 7, just ahead of country musician Keith Urban’s The Speed of Now at Number 8, potentially his first UK Top 10 album. MORE: Every Official UK Number 1 album ever Rounding off the Top 5, UK rapper Potter Payper could earn his first Top 40 collection with Training Day 3. Meanwhile, hip-hop duo Run The Jewels re-enter at Number 4 with RTJ4 following its release on physical formats – the album landed at Number 18 in June on its initial digital-only release. Led by the Pink Floyd drummer, the album is a live recording taken from the band’s sold-out shows at the legendary London venue in May 2019.Īt Number 3, Yusuf / Cat Stevens could land his ninth Top 10 album with Tea For The Tillerman 2 – a rerecording of the singer-songwriter’s 1970 album, which originally peaked at Number 20. MORE: Ava Max's Official UK Chart history in fullĬlose behind at Number 2 are Prog supergroup Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets’ with Live At The Roundhouse. The collection also includes Top 20 hits So Am I and Kings & Queens. Ava’s breakout single Sweet but Psycho reached the top spot on the Official Singles Chart in the final week of 2018, which it held for four weeks. Heading for Number 1 is US pop star Ava Max with her debut album Heaven & Hell. Ava Max and Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason lead an eclectic and extremely close Official Albums Chart Update, with just 1,700 chart sales currently separating the Top 5.
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