Ursula Bellwald, known professionally as Sina, is a Swiss dialect rock singer and songwriter. Born on May 28, 1966, in Visp, Switzerland, she won the Oberwalliser Schlagerfestival in 1983 with a performance of “The House of the Rising Sun”. She released her self-titled debut dialect album, Sina (1994), which remained on the Swiss charts for 23 weeks and achieved platinum status. Her second album, Wiiblich (1995), reached Number 1 for one week and earned gold and platinum certifications. Her subsequent studio albums, including Häx odär Heilig (1997), Sina 4 (1999), Marzipan (2001), All:Tag (2005), In Wolkä fische (2008), Ich schwöru (2011), Duette (2013), Tiger & Reh (2015), and Emma (2019), all reached the Swiss top ten, with Ich schwöru and Emma both peaking at Number 1. She received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Swiss Music Awards in 2019, and in 2020, she released a cover of “Lovers Lullaby” with Adrian Stern and cellist Isabel Gehweiler.
