Rita Ora Net Worth And Biography

Rita Sahatçiu Ora is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. She first became popular in February 2012 following her feature on DJ Fresh’s single, Hot Right Now. She is also one of the casts of the Fifty Shades series. However, RNN details Rita Ora’s net worth, biography, and career.

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Bio-Data

Biography

Rita Ora was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) on the 26th of November, 1990. Her mother, Vera, is a psychiatrist and her father, Besnik Sahatçiu, is a pub owner; they are both Albanian. While moving to London, Rita Ora’s parents added “Ora” to her name so it could be easily pronounced compared to her birth name which was Rita Sahatçiu. Ora was an addition to the family surname and it means “time” in Albanian.

For political reasons, Rita Ora’s family left Kosovo for London in 1991, when Rita Ora was still a baby. They left because of the persecution of Albanians initiated with the disintegration of Yugoslavia. Rita Ora grew up in Notting Hill in West London and attended a performing arts school, Sylvia Young Theatre School.

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Music Career

Rita Ora initially started performing at open mic sessions around London, and occasionally, she performs in her father’s pub too. In 2008, she auditioned for Eurovision: Your Country Needs You on BBC One to be the British contestant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and qualified. However, she withdrew from the competition after a few episodes on claims that she didn’t feel she was ready and she thought that the challenge wasn’t for her.

Music Career Breakthrough

Soon afterwards, Rita Ora’s management got in touch with Roc Nation. She, fortunately, signed a recording deal and a publishing deal with the Americal Record Label in December 2008, emerging as one of their first signees. In 2009, she made a cameo appearance in Jay Z’s video for Young Forever, she also recorded an album that the label advised against its release. She heeded the advice and started work on other material for her debut album.

Throughout 2011, Rita Ora released covers and videos about working on her debut album on YouTube. In a short while, her videos caught the attention of DJ Fresh and he ended up featuring her on his single released on the 12th of February 2012. The album debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and in the same February 2012, she was also the opening act at the UK concerts from Drake’s Club Paradise Tour.

On the 6th of May 2012, the first UK single from her debut, R.I.P ft Tinie Tempah was released. The song also debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming her first solo UK number one. On 12 August 2012, How We Do (Party) was released and it also reached number one in the UK and Ireland. It became her second UK number one as a solo artist, and third overall in 2012.

In January 2013, Rita Ora went on her first UK tour, the Radioactive Tour to support her debut album. She was nominated for three awards at the 2013 Brit awards and also the Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act.

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Split From Roc Nation

In December 2015, Rita Ora filed a lawsuit against Roc Nation, citing that the contract she signed is “unenforceable”, due to California’s “seven-year rule” and she sought for release. Furthermore, the complaint stated that she was only permitted to release one album despite creating multiple additional records for release. Also, it stated that her relationship with the label is “irrevocably damaged”. In reaction to this, Roc Nation also filed a counter-lawsuit against her in January 2016 for breaking her recording contract in New York. Finally, in May 2016, they reached a settlement.

A report came in 2016 that she signed a new record deal with Atlantic Records. And on the 3rd of September 2016, she performed in a concert at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, in Rome, at the vigil for Mother Teresa’s canonisation. With the engagement of other Albanian artists, accompanied by the Kosovo Philarmonic Orchestra.

In April 2019, Rita Ora released the song Carry On with Norwegian producer Kygo. It was released as a standalone single for Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, a film she featured in taking a minor role. On 31st May, she released the song, Ritual with Tiësto and Jonas Blue.

In September 2019, Rita Ora confirmed to Marie Claire that she had begun working on her third studio album. She provided further details regarding her upcoming third studio album with NME, stating that “people have been coming to studio sessions from all over the world. I’ve been working on this now for the past two years, on and off. I have plans for this third album to be something I’ve never done before.” On 12 February 2021, Ora released the EP Bang, with Kazakh producer Imanbek. Come February 2022, Rita Ora announced that she signed a record deal with BMG

Acting Career

At the age of 13, Rita Ora made her first appearnace in an episode of the British drama series, The Brief. Soon afterwards, she appeared in the British film, Spivs (2004). In April 2014, she appeared an episode of Girl, You Better Walk alongside Korean Popstar, Hyuna. And in 2015, she played Mia, Christian Grey’s sister in the Fifty Shades series. She also played the Artful Dodger in the 2021 film, Twist.

In 2017, she was announced to star in the Disney+ prequel, Beauty and The Beast, but the project has been put on hold indefinitely ever since.

Other Ventures

In 2010, Rita Ora featured in a commercial for Skullcandy headphones. And she has afterwards gotten several endorsement deals with famous brands such as Calvin Klein, Material Girl, various cosmetics brands, Coca-Cola and Samsung Galaxy, and so on.

In January 2014, Adidas announced a multi-year designer collaboration with Rita Ora for their brand of casual sports clothing, Adidas Originals. She also designed  her own apparel collections for the brand, including footwear and accessories. And several other design collaborations afterwards.

She hosted the BBC Radio 1’s Teen Awards alongside Nick Grimshaw from 2013 to 2017. In 2015, she was a coach on the fourth series of The Voice UK on BBC One, replacing Kylie Minogue. Also in 2015, she signed with Nick Grimshaw as judges for the twelfth series of The X Factor on the rival TV network, ITV. That was after a bidding war between The X Factor and The Voice UK.

In July 2016, Tyra Banks, the creator of America’s Next Top Model announced that Rita Ora would replace her as host of the revamped show which aired on VH1. She also hosted the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards on 12 November in London, at Wembley Arena. In September 2019, Rita Ora was announced as a judge for the UK version of the music game show, The Masked Singer, which aired on ITV in January 2020.

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Rita Ora Net Worth

As of 2022, Rita Ora’s net worth is estimated at $30 million. No doubt, her career deals as earned her a lot thereby contributing largely to her huge net worth of $30 million.

Philanthrophy

Rita Ora has participated in several philanthropic activities such as performing at Bal de la Rode du Rocher in Monte carlo in aid of the Proncess Grace foundation. Also, she performed at the Chime for Change charity concert at Twickenham Stadium, London which raised funds and awareness for girls’ and women’s issues around the world.

On November 15, 2014, Rita Ora joined the charity group Band Aid 30 to record a version of the track, Do They Knoe It’s Christmas? . This project was used to raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in West Africa. And on March 9 2016, she gave a speech on immigration and the Syrian refuge crisis at the We Day UK event in London, organised by Free the Children. In April 2019, she was announced as one of the UNICEF UK’s ambassadors.

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Personal Life

Rita Ora’s mother is Catholic and her father, a nominal Muslim. However, she considers herself spiritual but not religious.

On the 10th of July 2015, Rita Ora was named an Honarary Ambassador of Kosovo by the then-president, Atifete Jahjaga, at the Embassy of Kosovo in London.

Rita Ora dated Scottish DJ Calvin Harris from 2013 until June 2014. In 2016, she dated Andrew Watt, and they dated for two years, they broke up in September 2018. And in January 2019, they got back together but broke up again in October 2019. In 2021, she started dating Taika Waititi who she is now married to in a secret wedding in London.

Notable Awards

• 2015: Bambi Awards,
• 2017: China Music Awards,
• 2021: Daily Front Row’s Fashion Media Awards, Elle Style Awards Spain,
• 2013 & 2015: Glamour Awards,
• 2018: Global Awards,
• 2013: Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards,
• 2019: Latin American Music Awards, LOS40 Music Awards,
• 2012 & 2020: Lovie Awards,
• 2012: MP3 Music Awards,
• 2017: MTV Europe Music Awards,
• 2018: MTV Video Music Awards, Popjustice £20 Music Prize,
• 2016: QQ Music Awards,
• 2015: Silver Clef Award,
• 2020: Spotify Awards,
• 2012: Urban Music Awards,
• 2017: Variety+ H&M Conscions Award.

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Honours

• 2015: Honorary Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo,
• 2018: Key to the City of Tirana, Albania.