Amira Willighagen was born on March 27, 2004, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and became well-known by demonstrating her talent as a singer of opera arias and other classical music at the age of 9, without ever having taken a single music or singing lesson.

In October 2013, Willighagen took part in the auditions for the talent show Holland's Got Talente and wowed the jury with her interpretation of the aria "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi.

Semi Finals with the song 'Ave Maria'

On December 28, 2013, Willighagen won the finals of the talent show with her interpretation "Nessun dorma", an aria for tenor from Puccini's opera Turandot

In February 2014, Willighagen recorded her debut album titled Amira. The album contains ten tracks including the songs she performed during Holland's Got Talent. The album was released in The Netherlands on March 28, reaching a Gold status only 2 weeks later, meaning that by then already 10,000 copies had been sold or downloaded.