Rita Ora Signs with UTA for Global Representation

British singer-songwriter Rita Ora has signed with UTA for global representation in all areas.

Per Variety, Ora has amassed more than 10 billion streams across all platforms and holds the record for the most top 10 singles for a British female artist in the history of the UK, totalling 13 including four No. 1s.

“Rita is a brilliant multi-hyphenate whose talent and influence extend far beyond the stage and screen” said Jay Gassner, UTA partner and co-head of talent. “UTA is thrilled to partner with her to build on her remarkable career and expand her horizons across media.”

UTA partners and co-heads of global music, Samantha Kirby-Yoh and David Zedeck, added: "Rita is a bona fide superstar who has shown, time and again, why she is beloved by fans worldwide. We’re looking forward to joining her team for this next exciting chapter.”

In a recent online exclusive with Rolling Stone AU/NZ, Ora said she's signalling a new era with her latest single "All Natural", 13 years since releasing her debut album.

“There’s been a lot of, I would say, thoughts in my mind over the past 12 years of what I am as an artist and how I wanted to change my perspective and just evolve as a creative,” she said.

“I just felt like I was on a hamster wheel for a while, and so I really wanted to strip everything back and really find what my identity is right now. ‘All Natural’, the title and the subject, really felt very relevant. The word ‘natural,’ I think, means a lot of different things for different people. I thought that with my perspective of a woman and me not being a kid anymore, I wanted to show a sense of strength and confidence with who I am as a woman and really play with my character when it comes to using my sexuality and my sensuality and celebrating that, you know?”

The representation extends to film and television, with Ora due to appear in upcoming features He Bled Neon, Voltron, and Descendants: Wicked Wonderland.

Her film repertoire includes memorable roles in the Fifty Shades of Grey film trilogy and The Descendents: The Rise of Red and Tin Soldier. She has also appeared on Netflix’s Too Much, and Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, and h served as a panelist on The Masked Singer in the US and UK, and a judge on The Voice Australia.