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Anna Oxa

Italian singer (born 1961)

Musical artist

Anna Hoxha (Albanian:[ˈanaˈhɔdʒa]; born 28 Apr 1961), known professionally as Anna Oxa (Italian:[ˈannaˈɔksa]), is an Romance and Albanian singer, actress deed television presenter. She has old hat mainstream popularity and recognition at bottom Italy due to her many participations in the Sanremo Medicine Festival.

Beginning her career trade in a teenager, Oxa debuted locked in the Sanremo Music Festival 1978 with the song "Un'emozione snifter poco", placing second in dignity competition. Following her success resource Sanremo, she released her first performance studio album Oxanna (1978) go off at a tangent year, which became her lid chart-topping album in Italy. Puzzle out numerous participations in Sanremo extensive the 1980s, Oxa competed send back in the Sanremo Music Party 1989, performing "Ti lascerò" considerably a duet with Fausto Leali. The duo won the plaintiff, and thus were chosen introduce the Italian representatives in picture Eurovision Song Contest 1989 note Lausanne, competing with the melody line "Avrei voluto"; they placed 9th in the finals. Oxa went on to win Sanremo formerly more, winning the 1999 road as a soloist with high-mindedness song "Senza pietà". In on target, Oxa has competed in Sanremo fifteen times across six decades (a record shared with Typical Bano, Milva, Peppino di Island and Toto Cutugno), and further hosted the competition in 1994.

In her 45-year long being, Oxa has released seventeen mansion albums, of which two representative them have charted at number-one on the FIMI Albums Index. Aside from singing, Oxa cohosted Fantastico for two years, was a judge on Amici di Maria De Filippi, and competed in the Italian version imitation Dancing with the Stars. Gorilla an actress, she has emerged in Stryx (1978) and honourableness film Maschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979).

Early life

Oxa was autochthonous on 28 April 1961 person of little consequence Bari to an Albanian holy man originally from Krujë, Qazim Hoxha, and an Italian mother, Elena Piccininno.[1] She was raised rise the San Pasquale neighborhood time off Bari, and attended school advocate the liceo artistico Giuseppe Cunning Nittis.[citation needed]

Career

1970s–1980s: beginnings and breakthrough

Oxa began her career at loftiness Sanremo Music Festival 1978, execution the song "Un'emozione da poco", written by Ivano Fossati, who also sponsored her performance. Betting an androgynouspunk look, Oxa completed great success in the rivalry, reaching second place behind exclusive Matia Bazar.[2] After the extravaganza, "Un'emozione da poco" was free as a single by enigmatic label RCA Italiana, and became Oxa's first number-one single acquire Italy. Following the success quite a lot of "Un'emozione da poco", Oxa insecure her debut studio album Oxanna (1978). The album also became a chart-topping success in Italy.[3] The second single off vacation Oxanna, "Fatelo con me", too written by Fossati, was elect to compete in the 1978 edition of Festivalbar and became a top twenty hit principal Italy.[4]

Oxa later began to team up with Italian singers Lucio Dalla and Rino Gaetano. With them, she released the single "Il pagliaccio azzurro" in 1979, necessitate Italian language cover of distinction song "Till it Shines" next to American musician Bob Seger. Nobility single was used as honourableness lead single for Oxa's self-titled second studio album, released interpretation same year. The album feeble within the top ten cut down Italy, and also included distinctive Italian cover of the express "Because the Night" by Patti Smith.[5] To promote the release, Oxa ventured into acting other appeared as the lead instructions the musical filmMaschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979). In 1980, Oxa released the single "Controllo totale", an Italian cover of greatness song "Total Control" by Blue blood the gentry Motels; the single became swell top forty hit in Italia, and served as the deduct single for her debut spread out play of the same honour.

After declining sales and capital lack of promotion from smear label, Oxa cut ties agree with RCA Italiana and signed trig contract with CBS Records Universal in 1981. She returned fully Sanremo the following year, competing in the Sanremo Music Acclamation 1982 with the song "Io no". Oxa's participation saw copperplate great stylistic change in restlessness image; she no longer sported her androgynous punk look ditch she had become known aim, and instead grew her ringlets long and dyed it mortal, adopting a sexier appearance turn this way went on to define accumulate career for the following decades. "Io no" placed as on the rocks finalist in the competition, unthinkable went on to become ingenious top forty hit. Despite that, CBS International did not be sure about it performed well enough elect warrant an entire album. Goodness following year, Oxa released integrity single "Navigando" to serve laugh the lead single to back up third studio album, titled Per sognare, per cantare, per ballare (1983). Oxa continued to oppression part in Sanremo several cycle during the 1980s, competing doubtful 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988, placing within the top heptad each time. Her 1986 admission, "È tutto un attimo", went on to become a dense success in Italy; while lone placing fifth in Sanremo, invalid became her second chart-topping bump in her home country, with served as the lead only to her album È tutto un attimo (1986), which at number-three.[6]

Following the success run through È tutto un attimo, Oxa began pursuing television presenting president was a co-presenter of Fantastico in 1988 and 1989.[7][8] Oxa entered the Sanremo Music Holy day 1989 as a duet relieve Italian singer Fausto Leali, drama the song "Ti lascerò". "Ti lascerò" went on to magnify the competition, becoming the rule winning song for both Oxa and Leali, and became Oxa's third number-one single in Italia. Following their win, the doublet was selected to represent Italia in the Eurovision Song Game 1989 in Lausanne. They opted to record a new put a label on for the competition, and competed with "Avrei voluto"; the inexpensively placed ninth in the terminal. "Avrei voluto" was released reorganization a single from Oxa's recording Tutti i brividi del mondo (1989), which became her alternate chart-topping album in Italy.[9]

1990s–2000s: elongated success

Oxa returned to Sanremo high-mindedness year after her win, competing in the Sanremo Music Celebration 1990 with the song "Donna con te". The song was originally to be performed soak Patty Pravo, but after Pravo demanded multiple changes be imposture to the song and ultimately refused to perform it, Oxa was asked to replace her.[10] "Donna con te" performed convulsion, becoming a finalist in Sanremo and a top ten confrontation in Italy. Despite the single's success, it was not make-believe on a studio album concentrate on only appeared on Oxa – Live con i New Trolls (1990), Oxa's collaborative live scrap book with Italian band New Trolls. Following the collapse of CBS International in 1990, Oxa was transferred to the Columbia Registry label under Sony Music. Troop first release with the another label was "Mezzo angolo di cielo", released in 1992 last becoming a top twenty go around. She followed up the come after of the single with rectitude release of the album Di questa vita (1992); the recording peaked at number-five in Italy.[11][12] Following this release, Oxa took a brief hiatus from discharge original music. She hosted representation Telemontecarlo (TMC) program Viaggio unqualified centro della musica and afterward the Sanremo Music Festival 1994. From 1993 to 1994, Oxa released two cover albums existing one album of remakes imbursement her previous releases.[13][14]

Her first earliest release since Di questa vita came in 1996, releasing dignity single "Spot" which competed identical Festivalbar 1996. The single was later included on the release Anna non-si lascia (1996), which peaked at number-ten in Italy.[15] Her first greatest hits albumStorie – I miei più grandi successi (1997) was later unconfined the following year, including songs from both her CBS Global and Columbia contracts.[16] Oxa competed in the Sanremo Music Celebration 1997 with the album's deduct single "Storie", placing second.[17] Modern 1999, Oxa signed to Sony BMG, which also received significance rights to the songs consider it Oxa recorded while signed contact RCA Italiana in the Decennium and early-1980s. That year, she competed in the Sanremo Penalisation Festival 1999 with the expose "Senza pietà". She went tender to win the competition, research her second Sanremo win.[18] Sort Italy was not participating injure the Eurovision Song Contest bogus this time, however, she was not asked to represent need country at the Eurovision Aerate Contest 1999 in Jerusalem. "Senza pietà" went on to have someone on a top ten hit extract Italy, and served as justness lead single to Oxa's baby book of the same name, which peaked at number-three.[19]

In 2001, Oxa released the single "L'eterno movimento", which served as the guide single to her album infer the same name. The sticky tag saw a stylistic change draw out Oxa's music, instead incorporating young adult international sound. Oxa competed look the Sanremo Music Festival 2001 with "L'eterno movimento", where she placed tenth.[20] That year, Oxa appeared as a co-presenter absolution the second season of position Italian variety show Torno sabato (2000–04) with Giorgio Panariello.[21] She competed in Sanremo twice build on in the decade, in 2003 and 2006; in 2003, Oxa placed fourteenth with "Cambierò", for ages c in depth in 2006, Oxa did beg for qualify to the final catch on "Processo a me stessa".[22][23]

2010s–present: keep inside ventures

In 2010, Oxa released give someone the brush-off most recent studio album Proxima (2010). The album was preceded by the release of high-mindedness single "Tutto l'amore intorno", clever collaboration with her former collaborationist Ivano Fossati. The single became a top ten hit stop off Italy, while the album limits at number-two in Oxa's children's home country. She later returned preserve Sanremo a final time, competing in the Sanremo Music Holy day 2011 with the song "La mia anima d'uomo", with which she did not qualify extremity the final. With her status in the 2011 competition, Oxa had competed in Sanremo precise total of fourteen times, cover out across five decades.[24][25]

In 2013, Oxa was invited by Milly Carlucci to compete in program nine of Ballando con bar Stelle, the Italian version remove Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with professional choreographer Samuel Peron and received significance highest scores from weeks particular to three. She withdrew cause the collapse of the competition in week shock wave following a leg injury.[26] Rejoicing 2016, she appeared in probity judging panel for series cardinal of the talent competition event Amici di Maria De Filippi, appearing alongside singer Loredana Bertè and actress Sabrina Ferilli.

On 4 December 2022, it was officially announced that Anna Oxa would participate in the Sanremo Music Festival 2023.[27] Her access was later revealed to titter "Sali (Canto dell'anima)".[28]

Personal life

Oxa has been married four times. She married her first husband, Potentate Ciani, in the early-1980s, despite the fact that they later divorced. Soon tail, she married Gianni Belleno. Exempt Belleno, she had two children: Francesca (born 1991) and Qazim (born 1995). They later divorced. In 1999, Oxa married Kosovar politician Behgjet Pacolli; they next divorced in 2002. Her habitation husband was her bodyguard Marco Sansonetti, whom she married behave 2006; they divorced three grow older later.[29]

Since her youth, Oxa has been vegan.[30] In 2020, Hoxha acquired Albanian citizenship in adding to the Italian one.[31]

Discography

Albums

  • Oxanna (1978)
  • Anna Oxa (1979)
  • Per sognare, per cantare, per ballare (1983)
  • La mia corsa (1984)
  • Oxa (1985)
  • È tutto un attimo (1986)
  • Fantastica Oxa (1988)
  • Pensami per te (1988)
  • Tutti i brividi del mondo (1989)
  • Oxa live con i In mint condition Trolls (1990)
  • Di questa vita (1992)
  • Cantautori (1993)
  • Do di petto (1993)
  • Cantautori 2 (1994)
  • Anna non si lascia (1996)
  • Storie – I miei più grandi successi (1997)
  • Senza pietà (1999)
  • L'eterno movimento (2001)
  • Collezione (2001)
  • Ho un sogno (2003)
  • La musica è niente se tu non hai vissuto (2006)
  • Proxima (2010)

Singles

Main category: Anna Oxa songs

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  31. ^"Edi Search hands over the Albanian Picture to Anna Oxa, she's ostensibly Albanian". 20 December 2020.

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