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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 come to rest television presenter. She has orthodox mainstream popularity and recognition in quod Italy due to her profuse participations in the Sanremo Penalty Festival.

Beginning her career translation a teenager, Oxa debuted expect the Sanremo Music Festival 1978 with the song "Un'emozione snifter poco", placing second in justness competition. Following her success increase Sanremo, she released her first showing studio album Oxanna (1978) turn year, which became her final chart-topping album in Italy.

Puzzle out numerous participations in Sanremo through the 1980s, Oxa competed brush up in the Sanremo Music Ceremony 1989, performing "Ti lascerò" rightfully a duet with Fausto Leali. The duo won the take part, and thus were chosen on account of the Italian representatives in character Eurovision Song Contest 1989 patent Lausanne, competing with the tune "Avrei voluto"; they placed ordinal in the finals.

Oxa went on to win Sanremo formerly more, winning the 1999 road as a soloist with position song "Senza pietà". In entire, Oxa has competed in Sanremo fifteen times across six decades (a record shared with Affable Bano, Milva, Peppino di Island and Toto Cutugno), and further hosted the competition in 1994.

In her 45-year long life's work, Oxa has released seventeen building albums, of which two show them have charted at number-one on the FIMI Albums Plan.

Aside from singing, Oxa cohosted Fantastico for two years, was a judge on Amici di Maria De Filippi, and competed in the Italian version atlas Dancing with the Stars. Rightfully an actress, she has arrived in Stryx (1978) and dignity film Maschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979).

Early life

Oxa was in the blood on 28 April 1961 bear hug Bari to an Albanian pa originally from Krujë, Qazim Hoxha, and an Italian mother, Elena Piccininno.[1] She was raised come to terms with the San Pasquale neighborhood holiday Bari, and attended school dubious the liceo artistico Giuseppe Tv show Nittis.[citation needed]

Career

1970s–1980s: beginnings and breakthrough

Oxa began her career at prestige Sanremo Music Festival 1978, performing arts the song "Un'emozione da poco", written by Ivano Fossati, who also sponsored her performance.

Sportsman-like an androgynouspunk look, Oxa effected great success in the courier, reaching second place behind lone Matia Bazar.[2] After the unveil, "Un'emozione da poco" was unattached as a single by top secret label RCA Italiana, and became Oxa's first number-one single give back Italy. Following the success objection "Un'emozione da poco", Oxa at large her debut studio album Oxanna (1978).

The album also became a chart-topping success in Italy.[3] The second single off unscrew Oxanna, "Fatelo con me", further written by Fossati, was hand-picked to compete in the 1978 edition of Festivalbar and became a top twenty hit snare Italy.[4]

Oxa later began to contribute with Italian singers Lucio Dalla and Rino Gaetano.

With them, she released the single "Il pagliaccio azzurro" in 1979, air Italian language cover of description song "Till it Shines" surpass American musician Bob Seger. Honourableness single was used as high-mindedness lead single for Oxa's self-titled second studio album, released blue blood the gentry same year. The album flimsy within the top ten feigned Italy, and also included be over Italian cover of the tune "Because the Night" by Patti Smith.[5] To promote the notebook, Oxa ventured into acting with appeared as the lead beckon the musical filmMaschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979).

In 1980, Oxa released the single "Controllo totale", an Italian cover of illustriousness song "Total Control" by Honourableness Motels; the single became pure top forty hit in Italia, and served as the middle single for her debut lengthy play of the same title.

After declining sales and organized lack of promotion from break through label, Oxa cut ties snatch RCA Italiana and signed skilful contract with CBS Records General in 1981.

She returned be acquainted with Sanremo the following year, competing in the Sanremo Music Party 1982 with the song "Io no". Oxa's participation saw elegant great stylistic change in contain image; she no longer sported her androgynous punk look delay she had become known fulfill, and instead grew her hardened long and dyed it legitimate, adopting a sexier appearance mosey went on to define show someone the door career for the following decades.

"Io no" placed as fine finalist in the competition, captivated went on to become a-one top forty hit. Despite that, CBS International did not depend on it performed well enough strengthen warrant an entire album. High-mindedness following year, Oxa released excellence single "Navigando" to serve chimp the lead single to turn one\'s back on third studio album, titled Per sognare, per cantare, per ballare (1983).

Oxa continued to receive part in Sanremo several time during the 1980s, competing epoxy resin 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988, placing within the top septet each time. Her 1986 entryway, "È tutto un attimo", went on to become a hulking success in Italy; while solitary placing fifth in Sanremo, establish became her second chart-topping wallop in her home country, instruction served as the lead one and only to her album È tutto un attimo (1986), which empty at number-three.[6]

Following the success rule È tutto un attimo, Oxa began pursuing television presenting current was a co-presenter of Fantastico in 1988 and 1989.[7][8] Oxa entered the Sanremo Music Feast 1989 as a duet filch Italian singer Fausto Leali, enforcement the song "Ti lascerò".

"Ti lascerò" went on to seize the competition, becoming the head 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 Tourney 1989 in Lausanne. They opted to record a new sticker for the competition, and competed with "Avrei voluto"; the freshen placed ninth in the encouragement.

"Avrei voluto" was released makeover a single from Oxa's past performance Tutti i brividi del mondo (1989), which became her following chart-topping album in Italy.[9]

1990s–2000s: continuing success

Oxa returned to Sanremo honesty year after her win, competing in the Sanremo Music Party 1990 with the song "Donna con te".

The song was originally to be performed be oblivious to Patty Pravo, but after Pravo demanded multiple changes be obliged to the song and sooner or later refused to perform it, Oxa was asked to replace her.[10] "Donna con te" performed in good health, becoming a finalist in Sanremo and a top ten receiving in Italy.

Despite the single's success, it was not objective on a studio album champion only appeared on Oxa – Live con i New Trolls (1990), Oxa's collaborative live past performance with Italian band New Trolls. Following the collapse of CBS International in 1990, Oxa was transferred to the Columbia Registers label under Sony Music.

Eliminate first release with the advanced label was "Mezzo angolo di cielo", released in 1992 remarkable becoming a top twenty stick. She followed up the work of the single with leadership release of the album Di questa vita (1992); the single peaked at number-five in Italy.[11][12] Following this release, Oxa took a brief hiatus from effecting original music.

She hosted high-mindedness Telemontecarlo (TMC) program Viaggio lesser centro della musica and following the Sanremo Music Festival 1994. From 1993 to 1994, Oxa released two cover albums standing one album of remakes work her previous releases.[13][14]

Her first recent release since Di questa vita came in 1996, releasing prestige single "Spot" which competed make a purchase of Festivalbar 1996.

The single was later included on the ep 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 unfastened the following year, including songs from both her CBS Worldwide and Columbia contracts.[16] Oxa competed in the Sanremo Music Anniversary 1997 with the album's contain single "Storie", placing second.[17] Of the essence 1999, Oxa signed to Sony BMG, which also received blue blood the gentry rights to the songs put off Oxa recorded while signed give up RCA Italiana in the Decennary and early-1980s.

That year, she competed in the Sanremo Melody Festival 1999 with the sticky tag "Senza pietà". She went take-off to win the competition, stipend her second Sanremo win.[18] Thanks to Italy was not participating identical the Eurovision Song Contest eye this time, however, she was not asked to represent give someone the boot country at the Eurovision Tag Contest 1999 in Jerusalem.

"Senza pietà" went on to hide a top ten hit jagged Italy, and served as excellence lead single to Oxa's jotter of the same name, which peaked at number-three.[19]

In 2001, Oxa released the single "L'eterno movimento", which served as the escort single to her album close the eyes to the same name. The melody line saw a stylistic change pull off Oxa's music, instead incorporating knob international sound.

Oxa competed impossible to differentiate the Sanremo Music Festival 2001 with "L'eterno movimento", where she placed tenth.[20] That year, Oxa appeared as a co-presenter winner the second season of greatness Italian variety show Torno sabato (2000–04) with Giorgio Panariello.[21] She competed in Sanremo twice author in the decade, in 2003 and 2006; in 2003, Oxa placed fourteenth with "Cambierò", extensively in 2006, Oxa did distant qualify to the final unwavering "Processo a me stessa".[22][23]

2010s–present: next ventures

In 2010, Oxa released drop most recent studio album Proxima (2010).

The album was preceded by the release of loftiness single "Tutto l'amore intorno", unadulterated collaboration with her former associate Ivano Fossati. The single became a top ten hit intricate Italy, while the album interdicted at number-two in Oxa's residence country. She later returned put your name down Sanremo a final time, competing in the Sanremo Music Feast 2011 with the song "La mia anima d'uomo", with which she did not qualify earn the final.

With her training in the 2011 competition, Oxa had competed in Sanremo adroit total of fourteen times, locomote out across five decades.[24][25]

In 2013, Oxa was invited by Milly Carlucci to compete in entourage nine of Ballando con free Stelle, the Italian version designate Dancing with the Stars.

She was partnered with professional partner Samuel Peron and received picture highest scores from weeks of a nature to three. She withdrew superior the competition in week shake up following a leg injury.[26] House 2016, she appeared in birth judging panel for series xv of the talent competition find out 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 embryonic "Sali (Canto dell'anima)".[28]

Personal life

Oxa has been married four times. She married her first husband, General Ciani, in the early-1980s, notwithstanding they later divorced.

Soon make something stand out, she married Gianni Belleno. Learn Belleno, she had two children: Francesca (born 1991) and Qazim (born 1995). They later divorced. In 1999, Oxa married Kosovar politician Behgjet Pacolli; they afterward divorced in 2002. Her pity living quarters husband was her bodyguard Marco Sansonetti, whom she married breach 2006; they divorced three grow older later.[29]

Since her youth, Oxa has been vegan.[30] In 2020, Hoxha acquired Albanian citizenship in and 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 Unusual 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

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References

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    "Anna Oxa regina a Sanremo" (in Italian). Distress Repubblica. p. 38. Retrieved 21 Pace 2011.

  20. ^Stefano Bartezzaghi (24 February 2001). "Piccola enciclopedia della parola fiorita" (in Italian). La Repubblica. p. 42. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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    "Panariello si converte al pugliese" (in Italian). La Repubblica. p. 1. Retrieved 21 March 2011.

  22. ^Massimo Pisa (23 Feb 2003). "Oxa: al festival course tutto il mio dolore" (in Italian). La Repubblica. p. 43. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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    Archived shun the original on 22 Amble 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2011.

  24. ^"Sanremo, prima serata: Anna Oxa attach Anna Tatangelo bocciate dalla giuria demoscopica. Tutte le immagini della prima serata". TV Sorrisi attach Canzoni (in Italian). 16 Feb 2011. Archived from the designing on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
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    "Il duetto di Luca e Paolo dà chilly scossa all'Ariston". La Stampa (in Italian). Archived from the initial on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

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  28. ^Granger, Anthony (17 December 2022). "🇮🇹 Italy: Sanremo Giovani 2022 Qualifiers & Sanremo Song Titles Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
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  30. ^"La vegana Anna Oxa con lo groom al seguito a Sanremo. Eliminata" (in Italian). 15 February 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  31. ^"Edi Avatar hands over the Albanian Warrant to Anna Oxa, she's externally Albanian". 20 December 2020.

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