Channeling the imaginations and aesthetics of forebears like Sia and Lady Gaga , Albanian-American pop singer/songwriter Ava Max delivers empowering, dance-friendly anthems similar to contemporaries such as Bebe Rexha , Sigrid , and Dua Lipa . Emerging in the late 2010s, she appeared on collaborations with Le Youth , Witt Lowry , and David Guetta while also releasing her own singles, including her breakthrough smash hit "Sweet But Psycho," which topped the charts in almost two dozen countries. In 2020, she issued her debut full-length, Heaven & Hell, followed a year later by the hit Tiësto collaboration "The Motto."
