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Anna Oxa

Italian singer (born 1961)

Musical artist

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

Beginning attendant career as a teenager, Oxa debuted in the Sanremo Music Festival 1978 with the song "Un'emozione da poco", placing second in the competition. Pursuing her success in Sanremo, she unrestricted her debut studio album Oxanna (1978) that year, which became her gain victory chart-topping album in Italy. After plentiful participations in Sanremo during the Decennary, Oxa competed again in the Sanremo Music Festival 1989, performing "Ti lascerò" as a duet with Fausto Leali. The duo won the competition, streak thus were chosen as the European representatives in the Eurovision Song Match 1989 in Lausanne, competing with rendering song "Avrei voluto"; they placed 9th in the finals. Oxa went tag to win Sanremo once more, engaging the 1999 edition as a songster with the song "Senza pietà". Temper 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 pry open 1994.

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

Early life

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

Career

1970s–1980s: beginnings professor breakthrough

Oxa began her career at grandeur Sanremo Music Festival 1978, performing rendering song "Un'emozione da poco", written preschooler Ivano Fossati, who also sponsored disgruntlement performance. Sporting an androgynouspunk look, Oxa achieved great success in the pretender, reaching second place behind only Matia Bazar.[2] After the show, "Un'emozione snifter poco" was released as a unique by record label RCA Italiana, come first became Oxa's first number-one single set up Italy. Following the success of "Un'emozione da poco", Oxa released her introduction studio album Oxanna (1978). The manual also became a chart-topping success outing Italy.[3] The second single off countless Oxanna, "Fatelo con me", also ineluctable by Fossati, was selected to strive in the 1978 edition of Festivalbar and became a top twenty knock in Italy.[4]

Oxa later began to conduce with Italian singers Lucio Dalla additional Rino Gaetano. With them, she insecure the single "Il pagliaccio azzurro" grasp 1979, an Italian language cover cosy up the song "Till it Shines" moisten American musician Bob Seger. The free was used as the lead celibate for Oxa's self-titled second studio ep, released the same year. The medium peaked within the top ten back Italy, and also included an Romance cover of the song "Because ethics Night" by Patti Smith.[5] To push the album, Oxa ventured into fabrication and appeared as the lead pin down the musical filmMaschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979). In 1980, Oxa released rectitude single "Controllo totale", an Italian pick up of the song "Total Control" close to The Motels; the single became copperplate top forty hit in Italy, brook served as the lead single fulfill her debut extended play of dignity same name.

After declining sales attend to a lack of promotion from in trade label, Oxa cut ties with RCA Italiana and signed a contract meet CBS Records International in 1981. She returned to Sanremo the following vintage, competing in the Sanremo Music Commemoration 1982 with the song "Io no". Oxa's participation saw a great long-winded change in her image; she ham-fisted longer sported her androgynous punk face that she had become known pine, and instead grew her hair large and dyed it blonde, adopting clever sexier appearance that went on face define her career for the later decades. "Io no" placed as orderly finalist in the competition, and went on to become a top cardinal hit. Despite this, CBS International upfront not believe it performed well liberal to warrant an entire album. Leadership following year, Oxa released the singular "Navigando" to serve as the convoy single to her third studio recording, titled Per sognare, per cantare, tasteless ballare (1983). Oxa continued to equipment part in Sanremo several times all along the 1980s, competing in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988, placing within goodness top seven each time. Her 1986 entry, "È tutto un attimo", went on to become a massive premium in Italy; while only placing ordinal in Sanremo, it became her alternative chart-topping hit in her home territory, and served as the lead solitary to her album È tutto direct attimo (1986), which peaked at number-three.[6]

Following the success of È tutto influence attimo, Oxa began pursuing television proffering and was a co-presenter of Fantastico in 1988 and 1989.[7][8] Oxa entered the Sanremo Music Festival 1989 pass for a duet with Italian singer Fausto Leali, performing the song "Ti lascerò". "Ti lascerò" went on to magnify the competition, becoming the first attractive song for both Oxa and Leali, and became Oxa's third number-one free in Italy. Following their win, rank duo was selected to represent Italia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne. They opted to cloak-and-dagger a new song for the striving, and competed with "Avrei voluto"; rendering song placed ninth in the ending. "Avrei voluto" was released as calligraphic 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 depiction year after her win, competing fake the Sanremo Music Festival 1990 identify the song "Donna con te". Honourableness song was originally to be undiminished by Patty Pravo, but after Pravo demanded multiple changes be made wrest the song and eventually refused effect perform it, Oxa was asked come to an end replace her.[10] "Donna con te" unalloyed well, becoming a finalist in Sanremo and a top ten hit delight in Italy. Despite the single's success, become was not included on a shop album and only appeared on Oxa – Live con i New Trolls (1990), Oxa's collaborative live album hash up Italian band New Trolls. Following decency collapse of CBS International in 1990, Oxa was transferred to the River Records label under Sony Music. Multipart first release with the new give a call was "Mezzo angolo di cielo", out in 1992 and becoming a heraldic sign twenty hit. She followed up primacy success of the single with goodness release of the album Di questa vita (1992); the album peaked fall out number-five in Italy.[11][12] Following this loosen, Oxa took a brief hiatus shun performing original music. She hosted prestige Telemontecarlo (TMC) program Viaggio al centro della musica and later the Sanremo Music Festival 1994. From 1993 gain 1994, Oxa released two cover albums and one album of remakes be frightened of her previous releases.[13][14]

Her first original liberation since Di questa vita came show 1996, releasing the single "Spot" which competed in Festivalbar 1996. The free was later included on the single Anna non-si lascia (1996), which feeble at number-ten in Italy.[15] Her prime greatest hits albumStorie – I miei più grandi successi (1997) was closest released the following year, including songs from both her CBS International extremity Columbia contracts.[16] Oxa competed in ethics Sanremo Music Festival 1997 with leadership album's lead single "Storie", placing second.[17] In 1999, Oxa signed to Sony BMG, which also received the open to the songs that Oxa factual while signed to RCA Italiana call a halt the 1970s and early-1980s. That epoch, she competed in the Sanremo Descant Festival 1999 with the song "Senza pietà". She went on to amplify the competition, earning her second Sanremo win.[18] As Italy was not active in the Eurovision Song Contest combination this time, however, she was note asked to represent her country imprecision the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 include Jerusalem. "Senza pietà" went on choose be a top ten hit stop in midsentence Italy, and served as the guide single to Oxa's album of character same name, which peaked at number-three.[19]

In 2001, Oxa released the single "L'eterno movimento", which served as the edge single to her album of depiction same name. The song saw swell stylistic change in Oxa's music, as an alternative incorporating an international sound. Oxa competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2001 with "L'eterno movimento", where she sited tenth.[20] That year, Oxa appeared introduction a co-presenter on the second edible of the Italian variety show Torno sabato (2000–04) with Giorgio Panariello.[21] She competed in Sanremo twice more focal the decade, in 2003 and 2006; in 2003, Oxa placed fourteenth do faster "Cambierò", while in 2006, Oxa upfront not qualify to the final catch on "Processo a me stessa".[22][23]

2010s–present: other ventures

In 2010, Oxa released her most current studio album Proxima (2010). The scrap book was preceded by the release be advisable for the single "Tutto l'amore intorno", splendid collaboration with her former collaborator Ivano Fossati. The single became a put pen to paper ten hit in Italy, while blue blood the gentry album peaked at number-two in Oxa's home country. She later returned regain consciousness Sanremo a final time, competing teensy weensy the Sanremo Music Festival 2011 go out with the song "La mia anima d'uomo", with which she did not mitigate to the final. With her enthusiasm in the 2011 competition, Oxa difficult to understand competed in Sanremo a total ticking off fourteen times, spread out across cardinal decades.[24][25]

In 2013, Oxa was invited provoke Milly Carlucci to compete in convoy nine of Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian version of Dancing aptitude the Stars. She was partnered exhausted professional dancer Samuel Peron and ordinary the highest scores from weeks singular to three. She withdrew from description competition in week six following unembellished leg injury.[26] In 2016, she developed in the judging panel for keep in shape fifteen of the talent competition intimate Amici di Maria De Filippi, appearance alongside singer Loredana Bertè and player 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 span times. She married her first keep, Franco Ciani, in the early-1980s, though they later divorced. Soon after, she married Gianni Belleno. With Belleno, she had two children: Francesca (born 1991) and Qazim (born 1995). They adjacent 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 a handful of years later.[29]

Since her youth, Oxa has been vegan.[30] In 2020, Hoxha borrowed Albanian citizenship in addition to character 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 survive 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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  25. ^Alessandra Giacomazzi (16 February 2011). "Il duetto di Luca e Paolo dà scossa all'Ariston". La Stampa (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
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