Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian singer and songwriter. She is best known for her debut single "Sweet About Me", released in 2008.The single "Sweet About Me" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #68 (9 March 2008) and rose to #50 the following week (16 March 2008). The single rose again to #20 (4 May 2008) several weeks after the physical CD was made available. Despite then falling back to number 23, it re-entered the top 20 at number 19 on 18 May and is still going up, the single reached it's highest position (7) so far on the chart dated Sunday, June 8. It has also reached #44 in the Irish Singles Chart. It debuted at #13 in Australia on downloads alone, and has peaked at #1.
She performed "Sweet About Me" on the Australian breakfast news program Sunrise on the Seven Network on the 1 April 2008 and again on the talk show Rove five days later. She also performed this single on Irelands' chat show The Late Late Show on Friday 23rd May 2008.
Cilmi will be supporting the Sugababes on their 2008 UK tour Change Tour, as well as supporting Nouvelle Vague. She is also opening for James Blunt on his 2008 Australian tour.
After her single 'Sweet About Me' dropped to number two for several weeks, she reclaimed the #1 spot on 19/05/08 on the Australian ARIA Charts.