Cristina D'Avena

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Cristina D'Avena (born July 6, 1964 in Bologna ) is an Italian singer and actress .

Career

D'Avena attracted attention as a child on the television program Zecchino d'Oro , where she achieved third place in 1968 with the song Il valzer del moscerino . Afterwards she became part of the children's choir Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano , in which she remained until 1976. In 1981 she received a recording contract with Five Records and recorded the theme song for the anime series Pinocchio . In the following years her popularity grew and her singles and albums proved extremely successful. In 1986 she got a role in the television series Love Me Licia , the live-action version of the anime series Rock 'n' Roll Kids ; this first appearance as an actress was followed by a number of other similar roles.

In the 2000s, D'Avena also began writing her own songs. In the course of her career she recorded over 700 theme songs and more than 150 albums; Usually in Italian, she sang in English on the 2009 Christmas album Magia di Natale . In November 2017 she reached the top of the charts for the first time with the album Duets .

Discography (selection)

Albums and compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1987 Tenerife Licia IT21 (3 weeks)
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1989 Arriva Cristina IT22 (2 weeks)
IT
1995 Cristina D'Avena ei tuoi amici in TV 8 IT9 (9 weeks)
IT
Fivelandia 13 IT26 (5 weeks)
IT
1996 Cristina D'Avena ei tuoi amici in TV 9 IT10 (4 weeks)
IT
Dance IT40 (2 weeks)
IT
Fivelandia 14 IT13 (16 weeks)
IT
1997 Cristina D'Avena ei tuoi amici in TV 10 IT36 (3 weeks)
IT
Fivelandia 15 IT29 (2 weeks)
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1999 Fivelandia 16 IT27 (1 week)
IT
2000 Cristina D'Avena ei tuoi amici in TV 13 IT57 (2 weeks)
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Fivelandia 18 IT38 (6 weeks)
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2001 Cristina D'Avena ei tuoi amici in TV 14 IT51 (4 weeks)
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Fivelandia 19 IT64 (4 weeks)
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2002 Cristina D'Avena ei tuoi amici in TV 15 IT82 (1 week)
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Fivelandia 20 IT64 (1 week)
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Greatest Hits (Vent'anni) IT67 (2 weeks)
IT
2003 Cristina D'Avena ei tuoi amici in TV 16 IT59 (3 weeks)
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2007 Cristina D'Avena ei tuoi amici in TV 20 IT85 (1 week)
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2008 Cristina D'Avena ei tuoi amici in TV 21 IT42 (1 week)
IT
2009 Magia di Natale IT78 (4 weeks)
IT
2010 Il coccodrillo, le tagliatelle IT66 (5 weeks)
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Natale con Cristina IT54 (5 weeks)
IT
2011 Il meglio di Cristina D'Avena IT62 (1 week)
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2012 30 e poi… - parte great IT33 (8 weeks)
IT
2013 30 e poi… - parte prima seconda IT33 (3 weeks)
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2009 Magia di Natale (Deluxe Edition) IT42 (5 weeks)
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2015 Cristina D'Avena IT30 (1 week)
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2016 #Le sigle più belle IT3 (13 weeks)
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2017 Duets - Tutti cantano Cristina IT1
platinum
platinum

(36 weeks)IT
Sales: + 50,000
2018 Duets Forever - Tutti cantano Cristina IT3
gold
gold

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2018IT
Sales: + 25,000

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1982 Bambino Pinocchio IT23 (2 weeks)
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Canzone dei puffi IT5 (17 weeks)
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1983 John e Solfamì IT9 (15 weeks)
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1985 Georgie IT13 (4 weeks)
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Kiss Me Licia IT7 (9 weeks)
IT
1986 Memole dolce memole IT21 (4 weeks)
IT
Magica Emi IT25 (1 week)
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Love Me Licia IT5 (11 weeks)
IT
David gnomo amico mio IT21 (3 weeks)
IT
1987 Vola mio mini pony IT24 (2 weeks)
IT
Tenerife Licia IT17 (3 weeks)
IT
Piccola bianca Sibert IT19 (8 weeks)
IT
1989 Arriva Cristina IT18 (5 weeks)
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Milly un giorno dopo l'altro IT25 (1 week)
IT
1990 Alvin rock & roll IT20 (6 weeks)
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Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Chart sources (albums):
  2. ↑ a b Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed January 2, 2018 (Italian).
  3. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on November 17, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access).
personal data
SURNAME D'Avena, Cristina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna