Ivana Spagna Biography

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Ivana Spagna


Spagna (born Ivana Spagna, 16 December 1954, Verona, Italy) is an Italian singer and songwriter.

Career

She started her career singing in English and in the early 1980s she provided vocals (with Angela Parisi) and wrote songs for a pop duo project called Fun Fun; Ivana Spagna as well as writing songs for many other disco projects until 1986, when she embarked on a solo career.

Her first dance song "Easy Lady" (1986) was a hit throughout Europe. In 1987 she released her second hit, "Call Me". The single made no.1 in the European Chart, and reached no.2 in the UK Singles Chart. It also made no.13 in the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart.

Her first album, Dedicated To The Moon, was released the same year. It sold 500,000 copies, and won an international prize for having been the best-selling album on compact disc that year.

After another minor UK hit "Every Girl And Boy" and a dance-rock album, You Are My Energy in 1988, Spagna moved to the U.S. She lived in Santa Monica, California, working on her new pop album No Way Out. This collection featured a song written by Diane Warren ("There's A Love"), and the two singles which she released in the U.S. - "Love At First Sight" (also released in the UK) and "Only Words".

In 1993, Spagna moved back to Europe again, and recorded Matter Of Time, featuring the two successful singles "Why Me" and "I Always Dream About You".

In 1995, after the release of her last hit ("Lady Madonna"), she started singing in her native Italian. She took part (several times) in the Sanremo Festival, the most important Italian song contest, ranking 3rd in 1995 with the song "Gente Come Noi", which became the biggest hit of the year in Italy.

From that year onwards, Spagna released many successful albums sung in Italian (including hit singles such as "Siamo in due", "E io penso a te", "Lupi solitari", "Indivisibili", "Dov'eri", "Il bello della vita-World Cup Song", "Con il tuo nome") until 2003, when she left Sony Music in order to sing in English again. She signed to an independent Swiss record label (B&G), and recorded Woman, a dance-pop album featuring eight new songs in English, two in Spanish and one in French. The album spawned the three singles "Never Say You Love Me", "Woman" and "Do It With Style". In 2004 a new remixed version of "Easy Lady" was released.

Spagna's fourteen albums have sold a total of over 10 millions copies worldwide.

In February 2006 she took part in the Sanremo Festival, with the song "Noi Non Possiamo Cambiare", and in May 2006 ranked third in the Italian reality television program, Music Farm. As of April 2008, she was working on her next album which is scheduled for release in 2009.Nato Campobasso CB

Discography

  • Lola6Angiolina project - I love you (2009, Italian)
  • Comunque vada (SPAGNA FEAT. BERTE’ E AIDA COOPER)
  • I love you (SPAGNA)
  • enrico 40(LOREDANA BERTE’)
  • Father (SPAGNA)
  • Belladonna (LOREDANA BERTE’)
  • Musica e parole (LOREDANA BERTE’ - SPAGNA)
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References

  • Guinness Book of British Hit Singles (16th Edition) - ISBN 0-85112-190-X


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1954 birthsLiving peoplePeople from VeronaItalian singer-songwritersItalian singersItalian dance musicians

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