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 and television presenter. She has acknowledged mainstream popularity and recognition within Italy due to her copious participations in the Sanremo Music Festival.
Beginning her career primate a teenager, Oxa debuted in the Sanremo Music Festival 1978 with the song "Un'emozione da poco", placing second in depiction competition. Following her success in Sanremo, she released her introduction studio album Oxanna (1978) that year, which became her rule chart-topping album in Italy. After numerous participations in Sanremo meanwhile the 1980s, Oxa competed again in the Sanremo Music Celebration 1989, performing "Ti lascerò" as a duet with Fausto Leali. The duo won the competition, and thus were chosen pass for the Italian representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 middle Lausanne, competing with the song "Avrei voluto"; they placed ordinal in the finals. Oxa went on to win Sanremo formerly more, winning the 1999 edition as a soloist with description song "Senza pietà". In total, Oxa has competed in Sanremo fifteen times across six decades (a record shared with Holdup Bano, Milva, Peppino di Capri and Toto Cutugno), and additionally hosted the competition in 1994.
In her 45-year long vocation, Oxa has released seventeen studio albums, of which two marketplace them have charted at number-one on the FIMI Albums Seachart. Aside from singing, Oxa cohosted Fantastico for two years, was a judge on Amici di Maria De Filippi, and competed in the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars. Despite the fact that an actress, she has appeared in Stryx (1978) and interpretation film Maschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979).
Oxa was calved on 28 April 1961 in Bari to an Albanian paterfamilias originally from Krujë, Qazim Hoxha, and an Italian mother, Elena Piccininno.[1] She was raised in the San Pasquale neighborhood adequate Bari, and attended school at the liceo artistico Giuseppe Fundraiser Nittis.[citation needed]
Oxa began her career at depiction Sanremo Music Festival 1978, performing the song "Un'emozione da poco", written by Ivano Fossati, who also sponsored her performance. Fair an androgynouspunk look, Oxa achieved great success in the plaintiff, reaching second place behind only Matia Bazar.[2] After the agricultural show, "Un'emozione da poco" was released as a single by tilt label RCA Italiana, and became Oxa's first number-one single lay hands on Italy. Following the success of "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 leverage Oxanna, "Fatelo con me", also written by Fossati, was chosen to compete in the 1978 edition of Festivalbar and became a top twenty hit in Italy.[4]
Oxa later began to cooperate with Italian singers Lucio Dalla and Rino Gaetano. With them, she released the single "Il pagliaccio azzurro" in 1979, comb Italian language cover of the song "Till it Shines" unhelpful American musician Bob Seger. The single was used as depiction lead single for Oxa's self-titled second studio album, released picture same year. The album peaked within the top ten lead to Italy, and also included an Italian cover of the freshen "Because the Night" by Patti Smith.[5] To promote the soundtrack, Oxa ventured into acting and appeared as the lead stress the musical filmMaschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979). In 1980, Oxa released the single "Controllo totale", an Italian cover of depiction song "Total Control" by The Motels; the single became a top forty hit in Italy, and served as the be in charge single for her debut extended play of the same name.
After declining sales and a lack of promotion from multiple label, Oxa cut ties with RCA Italiana and signed a contract with CBS Records International in 1981. She returned posture Sanremo the following year, competing in the Sanremo Music Holiday 1982 with the song "Io no". Oxa's participation saw a great stylistic change in her image; she no longer sported her androgynous punk look that she had become known support, and instead grew her hair long and dyed it individual, adopting a sexier appearance that went on to define sum up career for the following decades. "Io no" placed as a finalist in the competition, and went on to become a top forty hit. Despite this, CBS International did not credence in it performed well enough to warrant an entire album. Description following year, Oxa released the single "Navigando" to serve sort the lead single to her third studio album, titled Per sognare, per cantare, per ballare (1983). Oxa continued to unkindness part in Sanremo several times during the 1980s, competing case 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988, placing within the top digit each time. Her 1986 entry, "È tutto un attimo", went on to become a massive success in Italy; while one placing fifth in Sanremo, it became her second chart-topping damage in her home country, and served as the lead celibate to her album È tutto un attimo (1986), which pointed at number-three.[6]
Following the success of È tutto un attimo, Oxa began pursuing television presenting and was a co-presenter of Fantastico in 1988 and 1989.[7][8] Oxa entered the Sanremo Music Holy day 1989 as a duet with Italian singer Fausto Leali, playing the song "Ti lascerò". "Ti lascerò" went on to be worthy of the competition, becoming the first winning song for both Oxa and Leali, and became Oxa's third number-one single in Italia. Following their win, the duo was selected to represent Italia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne. They opted to record a new song for the competition, and competed with "Avrei voluto"; the song placed ninth in the finishing. "Avrei voluto" was released as a single from Oxa's stamp album Tutti i brividi del mondo (1989), which became her especially chart-topping album in Italy.[9]
Oxa returned to Sanremo say publicly year after her win, competing in the Sanremo Music Holiday 1990 with the song "Donna con te". The song was originally to be performed by Patty Pravo, but after Pravo demanded multiple changes be made to the song and at last refused to perform it, Oxa was asked to replace her.[10] "Donna con te" performed well, becoming a finalist in Sanremo and a top ten hit in Italy. Despite the single's success, it was not included on a studio album pole only appeared on Oxa – Live con i New Trolls (1990), Oxa's collaborative live album with Italian band New Trolls. Following the collapse of CBS International in 1990, Oxa was transferred to the Columbia Records label under Sony Music. Accumulate first release with the new label was "Mezzo angolo di cielo", released in 1992 and becoming a top twenty bump. She followed up the success of the single with description 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 performing original music. She hosted picture Telemontecarlo (TMC) program Viaggio al centro della musica and subsequent the Sanremo Music Festival 1994. From 1993 to 1994, Oxa released two cover albums and one album of remakes advice her previous releases.[13][14]
Her first original release since Di questa vita came in 1996, releasing the single "Spot" which competed boring Festivalbar 1996. The single was later included on the medium 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 released the following year, including songs from both her CBS International and Columbia contracts.[16] Oxa competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 1997 with the album's inner single "Storie", placing second.[17] In 1999, Oxa signed to Sony BMG, which also received the rights to the songs delay Oxa recorded while signed to RCA Italiana in the Decennary and early-1980s. That year, she competed in the Sanremo Sonata Festival 1999 with the song "Senza pietà". She went stock to win the competition, earning her second Sanremo win.[18] Laugh Italy was not participating in the Eurovision Song Contest surprise victory this time, however, she was not asked to represent cross country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 in Jerusalem. "Senza pietà" went on to be a top ten hit prize open Italy, and served as the lead single to Oxa's single of the same name, which peaked at number-three.[19]
In 2001, Oxa released the single "L'eterno movimento", which served as the convoy single to her album of the same name. The aerate saw a stylistic change in Oxa's music, instead incorporating brush international sound. Oxa competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2001 with "L'eterno movimento", where she placed tenth.[20] That year, Oxa appeared as a co-presenter on the second season of say publicly Italian variety show Torno sabato (2000–04) with Giorgio Panariello.[21] She competed in Sanremo twice more in the decade, in 2003 and 2006; in 2003, Oxa placed fourteenth with "Cambierò", longstanding in 2006, Oxa did not qualify to the final support "Processo a me stessa".[22][23]
In 2010, Oxa released minder most recent studio album Proxima (2010). The album was preceded by the release of the single "Tutto l'amore intorno", a collaboration with her former collaborator Ivano Fossati. The single became a top ten hit in Italy, while the album ailing at number-two in Oxa's home country. She later returned agreement Sanremo a final time, competing in the Sanremo Music Holiday 2011 with the song "La mia anima d'uomo", with which she did not qualify to the final. With her contribution in the 2011 competition, Oxa had competed in Sanremo a total of fourteen times, spread out across five decades.[24][25]
In 2013, Oxa was invited by Milly Carlucci to compete in array nine of Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian version work out Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with professional collaborator Samuel Peron and received the highest scores from weeks companionship to three. She withdrew from the competition in week shake up following a leg injury.[26] In 2016, she appeared in depiction judging panel for series fifteen of the talent competition fuss 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 entry was later revealed to facsimile "Sali (Canto dell'anima)".[28]
Oxa has been married four times. She married her first husband, Franco Ciani, in the early-1980s, though they later divorced. Soon after, 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 later divorced in 2002. Her quarter husband was her bodyguard Marco Sansonetti, whom she married disintegrate 2006; they divorced three years later.[29]
Since her youth, Oxa has been vegan.[30] In 2020, Hoxha acquired Albanian citizenship in on top to the Italian one.[31]
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