Anna Oxa

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Anna Oxa (born April 28, 1961 in Bari as Iliriana or Anna Hoxha ) is an Italian singer . She has participated in the Sanremo Festival 14 times since 1978 and won it twice. She also appeared as a television presenter .

Life

Hoxha was born in Bari as the daughter of an Albanian and an Italian. At the age of 16 she began her professional music career as Anna Oxa at the Sanremo Festival in 1978 , where she presented the song Un'emozione da poco (written by Ivano Fossati ) and achieved second place. It then rose to number one in the single charts. After participating in the Festivalbar competition with Fatelo con me (also by Fossati), the singer released her first album Oxanna . In 1979 Anna Oxa followed with the single Pagliaccio azzurro (a Bob Seger cover) and in 1980 the mini album Controllo totale . In 1979 she had her first film role in Maschio, femmina, fiore, frutto by Ruggero Miti . Oxa then signed a new record deal with CBS and took part in the Sanremo Festival again in 1982 with Io no (written by Mario Lavezzi ).

The next album Per sognare, per cantare, per ballare was released in 1983 and in 1984 the singer returned to Sanremo with Non scendo , followed by the album La mia corsa . In 1985 she presented the song A lei written by Roberto Vecchioni at the festival and released the album Oxa , the following year she took part in the festival for the third time in a row with È tutto un attimo . The song was also eponymous for the next album. After another festival participation in 1988 with Quando nasce un amore and the release of the album Pensami per te , Anna Oxa also appeared alongside Enrico Montesano as the presenter of the popular Italian TV show Fantastico .

In her seventh participation in the Sanremo Festival, this time in a duet with Fausto Leali , she achieved her first victory in 1989 with the song Ti lascerò . This enabled her and Leali to represent Italy at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest with Avrei voluto . Oxa's next album was Tutti i brividi del mondo , which she presented during a summer tour with the popular group New Trolls . A live album emerged from the tour in 1990, and in the same year the singer competed again in Sanremo with Donna con te . A brief retreat from the public followed and the singer became mother to a daughter until she released her new album Di questa vita in 1992 with Columbia . In 1993 and 1994 two cover albums dedicated to the Cantautori appeared , and Oxa also presented the Sanremo Festival for the first time alongside Pippo Baudo .

In 1996 Oxa published Anna non si lascia and participated in Festivalbar . With Storie she came second again in 1997 at the Sanremo Festival, the song found its way into a compilation. In 1999 the singer finally achieved another victory in Sanremo with her tenth participation, with the song Senza pietà . After the release of the album of the same name and another festival bar participation, she returned to Sanremo in 2001 and presented L'eterno movimento . The album of the same name was then released, while in 2003 Cambierò , presented in Sanremo , and Il muro , presented at Festivalbar, introduced the album Ho un sogno . The following year the singer went on tour with Fabio Concato .

At the Sanremo Festival 2006 Oxa entered the race with Processo a me stessa and then released the live album La musica è niente se tu non hai vissuto . The single Tutto l'amore intorno (again by Ivano Fossati) finally announced their return to the limelight in 2010, which came with the album Proxima . In 2011 she took part in the Sanremo Festival for the 14th time, but her contribution La mia anima d'uomo was only moderately successful and did not reach the final. In 2014 Oxa was a participant in the dance show Ballando con le stelle (Italian version of Strictly Come Dancing ), in 2016 a juror in the 15th season of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi .

Discography

Appearance 2003

Albums

Studio albums

  • Oxanna (RCA PL 31384, 1978)
  • Controllo totale (Q disc; RCA PC 33411, 1980)
  • Per sognare, per cantare, per ballare (CBS 25428, 1983)
  • La mia corsa (CBS 25905, 1984)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1985 Oxa IT20 (7 weeks)
IT
CBS 26140
1986 È tutto un attimo IT23 (2 weeks)
IT
CBS 26884
1988 Pensami per te IT25 (1 week)
IT
CBS 460665
1989 Tutti i brividi del mondo IT7 (16 weeks)
IT
CBS 465497
1992 The questa vita IT9 (7 weeks)
IT
Columbia COL 471501
1993 Cantautori IT11 (10 weeks)
IT
Columbia COL 473803 1
cover album
Do di petto IT25 (1 week)
IT
Columbia COL 474827 1
1994 Cantautori 2 IT19 (3 weeks)
IT
Columbia COL 476958 2
cover album
1996 Anna non si lascia IT12 (5 weeks)
IT
Columbia COL 483578 2
1999 Senza pietà IT4 (6 weeks)
IT
Columbia COL 489819 2
2001 L'eterno movimento IT27 (6 weeks)
IT
Sony BMG
2003 Ho un sogno IT7 (3 weeks)
IT
Sony BMG
2006 Anna Oxa IT43 (4 weeks)
IT
Original from 1979: RCA PL 31444
2010 Proxima IT4 (9 weeks)
IT
CDM

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1990 Live with i New Trolls IT8 (12 weeks)
IT
CBS COL 466728 1
with New Trolls
2010 number 98 (1 week) on the FIMI charts
2006 La musica è niente se tu non hai vissuto IT29 (3 weeks)
IT
EMI

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1988 Fantastica Oxa IT16 (7 weeks)
IT
CBS 465090
1997 Storie - I miei più grandi successi IT8 (27 weeks)
IT
Columbia COL 487269 2
2001 Collezione IT48 (3 weeks)
IT
Sony BMG
2004 Mie IT28 (4 weeks)
IT
Sony
2010 New Artwork 2009 (Successi Flashback) IT80 (1 week)
IT
Sony
Le mie più belle canzoni IT94 (1 week)
IT
Sony
2013 I miei successi IT56
gold
gold

(6 weeks)IT
Sony
sales: + 25,000

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1978 Un'emozione da poco
Oxanna 		IT1
gold
gold

(16 weeks)IT
RCA, PB 6144
B-side: Questa è vita ; Sales: + 25,000
Fatelo con me
Oxanna 		IT19 (4 weeks)
IT
RCA, PB 6195
B-side: Pelle di serpente
1980 Controllo totale
Controllo totale 		IT24 (4 weeks)
IT
RCA, PB 6455
B-side: Metropolitana
1982 Io no IT16 (5 weeks)
IT
CBS, A 1971
B-side: Cammina
1984 Non scendo
La mia corsa 		IT25 (1 week)
IT
CBS, 4167
B-side: Primo amore come stai
1985 A lei
Oxa 		IT13 (6 weeks)
IT
CBS, A 6026
B-side: Piccola piccola fantasia
1986 È tutto un attimo
È tutto un attimo 		IT4 (8 weeks)
IT
CBS, 6888
B-side: Tenerife immagine
1988 Quando nasce un amore
pensami per te 		IT15th
gold
gold

(7 weeks)IT
CBS, 651416-7
B-side: Estensione
2008 No. 27 (2 weeks) on the FIMI charts
Sales: + 25,000
1989 Ti lascerò IT4th
gold
gold

(15 weeks)IT
CBS, 654698-7
with Fausto Leali ; Sales: + 25,000
1990 Donna con te
Live con i New Trolls 		IT6 (20 weeks)
IT
CBS, 655695 7
1999 Senza pietà
Senza pietà 		IT10 (3 weeks)
IT
2001 L'eterno movimento
L'eterno movimento 		IT25 (3 weeks)
IT
Io sarò con te
L'eterno movimento 		IT48 (1 week)
IT
2003 Cambierò
Ho un sogno 		IT18 (1 week)
IT
2010 Tutto l'amore intorno
Proxima 		IT33 (2 weeks)
IT
2011 La mia anima d'uomo
Proxima (Sanremo Edition) 		IT55 (1 week)
IT

Filmography

  • 1979: Maschio, femmina, fiore, frutto

Web links

Commons : Anna Oxa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources (albums):
  2. ↑ a b c d Awards archive. FIMI , accessed July 4, 2019 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
    • M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on August 16, 2018 (Italian, paid subscription access).
    • Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 130 .
personal data
SURNAME Oxa, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoxha, Iliriana (real name); Hoxha, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Bari , Italy