嘉贝拉•希米Gabriella Cilmi ：《Lessons To Be Learned 必修课》首支单曲Sweet About Me横扫全球单曲榜澳大利亚NO1+英国榜NO6，曾为Kylie Minogue, Cher, Pet Shop Boys一线红人制作之超级团体Xenomania保驾护航。“澳大利亚的公告牌杂志”ARIA奖6项大奖得主（年度突破单曲，年度突破专辑，年度单曲销量冠军，最佳流行作品，最佳女艺人，年度单曲等） 主打推荐 “Sweet About Me” 浓郁动人的Soulful小品，很有Joss Stone刚出道时的相同气势与白人灵魂高质感，已抢下澳洲NO.1并写下澳洲排行榜史上最年轻获冠者纪录，英国也冲进Top6席次；若是你对Amy Winehouse艾米·怀恩豪斯、Duffy达菲或是Adele爱黛儿这些英国复古灵魂乐新势力感到惊艳不已，那么请注意这位来自墨尔本、年仅16岁的小女生Gabriella Cilmi，将从澳洲出发，准备踏上国际舞台散发全然魅力.
by Steve Leggett
A Melbourne-born, U.K.-based singer/songwriter, Gabriella Cilmi possesses a smoky, whiskey-soaked voice that belies her age and a feisty rock attitude that placed her on the inside fast track to pop stardom. Born October 10, 1991, in Dandenong, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, Cilmi attended Sacred Heart Girls' College in nearby Oakleigh, where, when rebuffed at an audition for a high-school musical and told she lacked the discipline to be a good singer, she was driven to form a garage band and record a demo tape. Her break came when she hopped on-stage to perform an impromptu version of the Rolling Stones' "Jumping Jack Flash" at a Melbourne street party and was spotted by a prominent local record producer. Only 13 years old at the time, she was soon flown to London and ended up signing a recording contract with Island Records and began working with the Xenomania production team headed by eccentric pop producer Brian Higgins and his longtime collaborator Miranda Cooper. An impressive debut single, "Sweet About Me," was released early in 2008, followed a few weeks later by her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned.