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An album of rejects! Sia reveals the singing sensations that knocked back her tracks... and why she is glad they did

Published: 12:53 EST, 2 February 2016 | Updated: 18:43 EST, 2 February 2016

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For years this Australian hitmaker's songs have been sung along too, cried with and caused impromptu interpretative dance sessions in living rooms across with world.

However, it is only recently that those big hits have been sung by the star rather than some of the decade's biggest musicians.

Being a songwriter can come with many perks but it can also come with the heartbreak of having your songs rejected, unless you are Sia, as the 40-year-old told Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday she's fine with hearing the words 'no'.

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Recycled hits: Sia spoke to Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday about her new album, This Is Acting, which is made up of tracks she wrote for other people

The Australian song writer turned chart topper sat down with Ellen to talk about her new album, This Is Acting, which she said is filled with 'rejects'.

And she is not lying, every track on the CD - which was released Friday - was a song that the Sia wrote for another star.

Performing her latest single, Bird Set Free, the 40-year-old told the host that the emotional track was rejected three times.

Speaking of Bird Set Free, the star told Ellen: 'That one I wrote and I loved it, and I wrote it for Pitch Perfect 2 but they ended up taking a song called Flashlight so then I pitched it to Rihanna and Rihanna took that one [before rejecting it].

Belted it out: The 40-year-old Australian star performed her latest single Bird Set Free on the show

'But then Adele heard it and Adele it cut but then Adele gave it back to me and I was grateful because I had had seller's remorse.

'So that's one of those happy endings.'

Adele actually did her fair share of rejecting also deciding against Alive, which has been enormously successful for Sia.

If you love something set it free: The Chandelier hitmaker initially wrote the song for Pitch Perfect 2 but the movie took another of her songs

Third time's not a charm: Both Rihanna (pictured last year) and Adele (seen here in December) were offered the song as well

Sia famously wrote Rihanna's mega hit Diamonds, but the Barbadian beauty did not want track Reaper, which seemed so destined for her new album Anti that it was produced by Kanye West.

But their loss is Sia's - whose full name is Sia Furler - gain as now she has her seventh album.

'This is just a bit of fun [it's] all the things we had lying around.

A new 'do: Ellen presented the star with a long blonde wig to replace her face obscuring black and white one

There she is: Sia never used to wear a wig but recently has attempted to remain a anonymous by doing so during performances. Last week she was spotted in New York without it

'It's like when you have a whole lot of things lying in the fridge about to go off but then you're such a good chef that you whip up something totally delicious out of it.'

Speaking of a bit of fun, Ellen decided to update Sia's on-stage look of a face obscuring black and white wig with a long blonde one with giant pink bow.

The wig was so long that the 58-year-old host told Sia she could wear it and not have to wear pants.