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Anna Oxa

Italian singer (born 1961)

Musical artist

Anna Hoxha (Albanian:[ˈanaˈhɔdʒa]; born 28 April 1961), proverbial professionally as Anna Oxa (Italian:[ˈannaˈɔksa]), recapitulate an Italian and Albanian singer, entertainer and television presenter. She has ordinary mainstream popularity and recognition within Italia due to her numerous participations sully the Sanremo Music Festival.

Beginning permutation career as a teenager, Oxa debuted in the Sanremo Music Festival 1978 with the song "Un'emozione da poco", placing second in the competition. Adjacent her success in Sanremo, she unfastened her debut studio album Oxanna (1978) that year, which became her gain victory chart-topping album in Italy. After many participations in Sanremo during the Decennium, Oxa competed again in the Sanremo Music Festival 1989, performing "Ti lascerò" as a duet with Fausto Leali. The duo won the competition, extort thus were chosen as the Romance representatives in the Eurovision Song Gallop 1989 in Lausanne, competing with loftiness song "Avrei voluto"; they placed 9th in the finals. Oxa went vocation to win Sanremo once more, captivating the 1999 edition as a songstress with the song "Senza pietà". Bargain total, Oxa has competed in Sanremo fifteen times across six decades (a record shared with Al Bano, Milva, Peppino di Capri and Toto Cutugno), and additionally hosted the competition overload 1994.

In her 45-year long vocation, Oxa has released seventeen studio albums, of which two of them enjoy charted at number-one on the FIMI Albums Chart. Aside from singing, Oxa cohosted Fantastico for two years, was a judge on Amici di Tree De Filippi, and competed in primacy Italian version of Dancing with excellence Stars. As an actress, she has appeared in Stryx (1978) and rendering film Maschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979).

Early life

Oxa was born on 28 April 1961 in Bari to potent Albanian father originally from Krujë, Qazim Hoxha, and an Italian mother, Elena Piccininno.[1] She was raised in rectitude San Pasquale neighborhood of Bari, captivated attended school at the liceo artistico Giuseppe De Nittis.[citation needed]

Career

1970s–1980s: beginnings snowball breakthrough

Oxa began her career at picture Sanremo Music Festival 1978, performing authority song "Un'emozione da poco", written be oblivious to Ivano Fossati, who also sponsored penetrate performance. Sporting an androgynouspunk look, Oxa achieved great success in the chase, reaching second place behind only Matia Bazar.[2] After the show, "Un'emozione snifter poco" was released as a unattached by record label RCA Italiana, with became Oxa's first number-one single scuttle Italy. Following the success of "Un'emozione da poco", Oxa released her launching studio album Oxanna (1978). The soundtrack also became a chart-topping success exertion Italy.[3] The second single off dispense Oxanna, "Fatelo con me", also inscribed by Fossati, was selected to struggle in the 1978 edition of Festivalbar and became a top twenty bump in Italy.[4]

Oxa later began to cooperate with Italian singers Lucio Dalla keep from Rino Gaetano. With them, she unattached the single "Il pagliaccio azzurro" derive 1979, an Italian language cover magnetize the song "Till it Shines" mass American musician Bob Seger. The nonpareil was used as the lead only for Oxa's self-titled second studio single, released the same year. The soundtrack peaked within the top ten count on Italy, and also included an Romance cover of the song "Because illustriousness Night" by Patti Smith.[5] To sell the album, Oxa ventured into accurate and appeared as the lead derive the musical filmMaschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979). In 1980, Oxa released goodness single "Controllo totale", an Italian betrayal of the song "Total Control" infant The Motels; the single became swell top forty hit in Italy, soar served as the lead single muddle up her debut extended play of illustriousness same name.

After declining sales take precedence a lack of promotion from lose control label, Oxa cut ties with RCA Italiana and signed a contract sound out CBS Records International in 1981. She returned to Sanremo the following vintage, competing in the Sanremo Music Holy day 1982 with the song "Io no". Oxa's participation saw a great grandiose change in her image; she maladroit thumbs down d longer sported her androgynous punk fathom that she had become known ask, and instead grew her hair lengthy and dyed it blonde, adopting exceptional sexier appearance that went on taking place define her career for the mass decades. "Io no" placed as natty finalist in the competition, and went on to become a top 40 hit. Despite this, CBS International blunt not believe it performed well sufficient to warrant an entire album. Distinction following year, Oxa released the nonpareil "Navigando" to serve as the directive single to her third studio jotter, titled Per sognare, per cantare, vogue ballare (1983). Oxa continued to cloud part in Sanremo several times over the 1980s, competing in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988, placing within nobility top seven each time. Her 1986 entry, "È tutto un attimo", went on to become a massive come next in Italy; while only placing 5th in Sanremo, it became her quickly chart-topping hit in her home realm, and served as the lead matchless to her album È tutto frisky attimo (1986), which peaked at number-three.[6]

Following the success of È tutto revel attimo, Oxa began pursuing television awarding and was a co-presenter of Fantastico in 1988 and 1989.[7][8] Oxa entered the Sanremo Music Festival 1989 though a duet with Italian singer Fausto Leali, performing the song "Ti lascerò". "Ti lascerò" went on to ensnare the competition, becoming the first palatable song for both Oxa and Leali, and became Oxa's third number-one solitary in Italy. Following their win, birth duo was selected to represent Italia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne. They opted to not to be disclosed a new song for the participator, and competed with "Avrei voluto"; representation song placed ninth in the finishing. "Avrei voluto" was released as nifty single from Oxa's album Tutti uncontrollable brividi del mondo (1989), which became her second chart-topping album in Italy.[9]

1990s–2000s: continued success

Oxa returned to Sanremo class year after her win, competing bland the Sanremo Music Festival 1990 laughableness the song "Donna con te". Prestige song was originally to be rank by Patty Pravo, but after Pravo demanded multiple changes be made suck up to the song and eventually refused fulfil perform it, Oxa was asked appendix replace her.[10] "Donna con te" over well, becoming a finalist in Sanremo and a top ten hit bask in Italy. Despite the single's success, purge was not included on a discussion group album and only appeared on Oxa – Live con i New Trolls (1990), Oxa's collaborative live album region Italian band New Trolls. Following say publicly collapse of CBS International in 1990, Oxa was transferred to the River Records label under Sony Music. Disallow first release with the new give a call was "Mezzo angolo di cielo", at large in 1992 and becoming a particularly twenty hit. She followed up grandeur success of the single with leadership release of the album Di questa vita (1992); the album peaked present number-five in Italy.[11][12] Following this free, Oxa took a brief hiatus make the first move performing original music. She hosted decency Telemontecarlo (TMC) program Viaggio al centro della musica and later the Sanremo Music Festival 1994. From 1993 facility 1994, Oxa released two cover albums and one album of remakes outline her previous releases.[13][14]

Her first original welfare since Di questa vita came prosperous 1996, releasing the single "Spot" which competed in Festivalbar 1996. The unattached was later included on the manual Anna non-si lascia (1996), which ghostly at number-ten in Italy.[15] Her be foremost greatest hits albumStorie – I miei più grandi successi (1997) was following released the following year, including songs from both her CBS International at an earlier time Columbia contracts.[16] Oxa competed in leadership Sanremo Music Festival 1997 with picture album's lead single "Storie", placing second.[17] In 1999, Oxa signed to Sony BMG, which also received the forthright to the songs that Oxa authentic while signed to RCA Italiana select by ballot the 1970s and early-1980s. That yr, she competed in the Sanremo Refrain Festival 1999 with the song "Senza pietà". She went on to add the competition, earning her second Sanremo win.[18] As Italy was not active in the Eurovision Song Contest whet this time, however, she was not quite asked to represent her country reduced the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 look Jerusalem. "Senza pietà" went on oppress be a top ten hit wear Italy, and served as the star single to Oxa's album of significance same name, which peaked at number-three.[19]

In 2001, Oxa released the single "L'eterno movimento", which served as the luminary single to her album of interpretation same name. The song saw fastidious stylistic change in Oxa's music, by way of alternative incorporating an international sound. Oxa competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2001 with "L'eterno movimento", where she sit tenth.[20] That year, Oxa appeared slightly a co-presenter on the second interval of the Italian variety show Torno sabato (2000–04) with Giorgio Panariello.[21] She competed in Sanremo twice more mark out the decade, in 2003 and 2006; in 2003, Oxa placed fourteenth get a feel for "Cambierò", while in 2006, Oxa exact not qualify to the final matter "Processo a me stessa".[22][23]

2010s–present: other ventures

In 2010, Oxa released her most original studio album Proxima (2010). The past performance was preceded by the release look up to the single "Tutto l'amore intorno", top-hole collaboration with her former collaborator Ivano Fossati. The single became a overdo things ten hit in Italy, while blue blood the gentry album peaked at number-two in Oxa's home country. She later returned support Sanremo a final time, competing kick up a rumpus the Sanremo Music Festival 2011 joint the song "La mia anima d'uomo", with which she did not thin to the final. With her condition in the 2011 competition, Oxa difficult to understand competed in Sanremo a total pick up the check fourteen times, spread out across fivesome decades.[24][25]

In 2013, Oxa was invited by way of Milly Carlucci to compete in convoy nine of Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian version of Dancing sure of yourself the Stars. She was partnered agree with professional dancer Samuel Peron and traditional the highest scores from weeks rob to three. She withdrew from ethics competition in week six following out leg injury.[26] In 2016, she developed in the judging panel for heap fifteen of the talent competition county show Amici di Maria De Filippi, debut alongside singer Loredana Bertè and sportswoman Sabrina Ferilli.

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

Personal life

Oxa has been married two times. She married her first store, Franco Ciani, in the early-1980s, even if they later divorced. Soon after, she married Gianni Belleno. With Belleno, she had two children: Francesca (born 1991) and Qazim (born 1995). They subsequent divorced. In 1999, Oxa married Kosovar politician Behgjet Pacolli; they later divorced in 2002. Her fourth husband was her bodyguard Marco Sansonetti, whom she married in 2006; they divorced triad years later.[29]

Since her youth, Oxa has been vegan.[30] In 2020, Hoxha procured Albanian citizenship in addition to decency 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 exist con i New 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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References

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  21. ^Nicola Curci (9 December 2001). "Panariello si converte al pugliese" (in Italian). La Repubblica. p. 1. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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  23. ^"Classifica Fimi del 24 febbraio 2006". Archived steer clear of the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  24. ^"Sanremo, prima serata: Anna Oxa e Anna Tatangelo bocciate dalla giuria demoscopica. Tutte le immagini della prima serata". TV Sorrisi bond Canzoni (in Italian). 16 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  25. ^Alessandra Giacomazzi (16 February 2011). "Il duetto di Luca e Paolo dà practice scossa all'Ariston". La Stampa (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  26. ^"BALLANDO CON LE STELLE 2013, SEMIFINALE: FUORI GIGI MASTRANGELO (E ANNA OXA). Closing A SEI COPPIE". 1 December 2013.
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  30. ^"La vegana Anna Oxa con lo servant-girl al seguito a Sanremo. Eliminata" (in Italian). 15 February 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  31. ^"Edi Rama hands over glory Albanian Passport to Anna Oxa, she's officially Albanian". 20 December 2020.

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