Tula Paulinea Contostavlos[4] (Greek: Τούλα Παυλίνα 'Τουλίσα' Κοντόσταυλου; born 13 July 1988),[1] known professionally as Tulisa, is an English singer, songwriter, rapper, and television personality.

[5][6] Tulisa's father, Plato Contostavlos, is Greek Cypriot and at one time was keyboardist with Mungo Jerry.

Performing as the Lickle Rinsers Crew, they released the singles "Bad Man Riddim" and "Life Is Getting Sicker by the Day", which became hits on pirate radio stations.

[11] After Lickle Rinsers Crew, they then became NW1, after the area they hail from, making their first music video in 2005 for the track "Everyday Of My Life", which received airplay on Channel U, recording more demos as NW1 such as "Don't Feel Like Moving", "Girl On Road" and "Livin Broke".

In 2007, the group appeared on the UK charts with "Feva Las Vegas" (also self-released), peaking at number 57.

[2][15] The lead single from the group's second album titled "I Need You" was released on 9 November 2009 and charted at number five in the UK.

The second single, "Playing with Fire", features R&B/pop musician, Mr Hudson, and reached number 15 in the UK charts on album downloads alone.

[18] N-Dubz parted ways with record label Def Jam in August 2011 due to creative differences.

[24] Tulisa mentored the "Girls", a category made up of female contestants aged 16–27, which included Lucy Spraggan and Ella Henderson.

[25] Tulisa did not join the tenth series of the show in 2013 and was replaced by original judge, Sharon Osbourne.

[27] She also appeared on the first night of the series' final, temporarily filling in for Mel B who was ill.[28] In March 2012, a six-minute sex tape of Tulisa and her former boyfriend Justin Edwards emerged on the internet.

[35] Tulisa released her solo album, The Female Boss, on 3 December 2012, for which she began working on earlier that year.

She described the album as having "a track for every mood," with songs meant for parties, big ballads and "UK urban music.

Tulisa's third solo single "Sight of You" was released together with the album to mostly negative reviews and charted lower than expected at number 18.

[41] Released in November 2012 Britney Spears and will.i.am's single "Scream & Shout" was originally co-written by Tulisa with Jean Baptiste and recorded under the title "I Don't Give a Fuck".

Despite Tulisa's vocals still being heard on "Scream & Shout", she was not credited with co-writing the song upon its release, which prevented her from collecting any royalties.

[49] She had earlier acted with roles such as the role of Laurissa, a cocaine addict who is in R&B group, in the television series Dubplate Drama (2007–09), Shaniqua in the straight-to-DVD British comedy, Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011), and Amber in the British slasher film Demons Never Die (2011).

[50] In April 2019, Tulisa released her first single in three years, "Daddy", after signing to Xploded Records, which was founded by the co-founders of All Around the World.

[59][60] On 4 June 2013, Tulisa was arrested by police on suspicion of supplying class A drugs[61] and bailed to a date in July 2013.

[63] The case was dismissed as the judge believed prosecution witness and undercover journalist Mazher Mahmood had lied to the court.

[65][66] In July 2014, her documentary Tulisa: The Price of Fame premiered on BBC Three to a moderate success, attracting 615,000 viewers (3.8% of the audience within its time slot).