Malika Ayane

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Malika Ayane in Villa Solaria, Sesto Fiorentino (2009)

Malika Ayane / maˈliːka aˈjan / (born January 31, 1984 in Milan , Italy ) is an Italian singer and cantautrice . She took part in the Sanremo Festival four times and won the Critics' Prize twice.

Career

Ayane's father is from Morocco , her mother from Italy. Between 1995 and 2001 she studied cello at the Conservatory and sang in the Coro di Voci Bianche of the Teatro alla Scala . In 2007 she was discovered by Caterina Caselli and signed to her label Sugar Music . She made her debut in 2008 with the single Sospesa and a self-titled album; the second single, Feeling Better , was her first hit. In 2009 she took part in the Newcomer category at the Sanremo Festival and presented Come Foglie , followed by a special edition of her first album. In 2010 she returned to Sanremo and won, now in the main category, the critics' award with Ricomincio da qui . At the same time, the second album Grovigli was released , which reached second place in the charts. It contained contributions from Pacifico , Cesare Cremonini and Paolo Conte .

Two years later Ayane reported back with the album Ricreazione , introduced by the single Tre cose . Paolo Conte and Pacifico as well as u. a. Tricarico and Paolo Buonvino involved. At the 2013 Sanremo Festival , the singer presented Niente and E se poi , and during the festival she also covered the song Cosa hai messo nel caffè? by Riccardo Del Turco . The three songs found their way into a new edition of the last album, E se poi finally reached fourth place in the competition. In 2014 she made a guest appearance in the short film Caserta Palace Dream .

A year later, Ayane entered the 2015 Sanremo Festival , where she came third with Adesso è qui (Nostalgico presente) and won the critics' award. The fourth album Naïf was released afterwards and also contained the song Senza fare sul serio , which became one of their greatest successes and was awarded triple platinum . In 2016 Ayane was seen in Italy as Evita in the musical of the same name .

Between 2009 and 2010 Ayane was in a relationship with fellow musician Cesare Cremonini, and in 2011 she married Federico Brugia.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
IT IT
2008 Malika Ayane IT9
platinum
platinum

(81 weeks)IT
Sugar
sales: + 70,000
2010 Grovigli IT2
platinum
platinum

(60 weeks)IT
Sugar
incl. Special Tour Edition
sales: + 60,000
2012 Ricreazione IT2
platinum
platinum

(53 weeks)IT
Sugar
sales: + 50,000
2015 Naïf IT9
gold
gold

(64 weeks)IT
Sugar
sales: + 25,000
2018 domino IT10 (5 weeks)
IT
Sugar

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
IT IT
2008 Feeling Better
Malika Ayane
IT6 (19 weeks)
IT
2009 Come foglie
Malika Ayane
IT2
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)IT
Sales: + 30,000
Contro vento
Malika Ayane
IT35 (9 weeks)
IT
2010 La prima cosa bella
Grovigli
IT5
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)IT
Sales: + 30,000
Ricomincio da qui
Grovigli
IT2
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)IT
Sales: + 30,000
Hello!
Grovigli (Special Tour Edition)
IT7th
gold
gold

(21 weeks)IT
Cesare Cremonini feat. Malika Ayane
Sales: + 15,000
Thoughts and Clouds
Grovigli
IT33 (5 weeks)
IT
2012 Tre cose
Ricreazione
IT13
platinum
platinum

(24 weeks)IT
Sales: + 30,000
L'unica cosa che resta
Una voce non basta
IT70 (9 weeks)
IT
Pacifico feat. Malika Ayane
Il tempo non inganna
Ricreazione
IT85 (6 weeks)
IT
2013 E se poi
Ricreazione (Sanremo Edition)
IT8th
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)IT
Sales: + 30,000
Niente
Ricreazione (Sanremo Edition)
IT39 (2 weeks)
IT
Cosa hai messo nel caffè?
Ricreazione (Sanremo Edition)
IT39 (13 weeks)
IT
2015 Adesso e qui (Nostalgico presente)
Naïf
IT9
platinum
platinum

(13 weeks)IT
Sales: + 50,000
Senza fare sul serio
Naïf
IT10
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(38 weeks)IT
Sales: + 150,000
Siren
pop hoolista
IT98
gold
gold

(1 week)IT
Fedez feat. Malika Ayane
Sales: + 25,000
Tempesta
Naïf
IT74
gold
gold

(10 weeks)IT
Sales: + 25,000

More singles

  • Sospesa (2008)
  • Satisfy My Soul (2010)
  • Il giorno in più (2011)
  • Neve casomai (un amore straordinario) (2013)
  • Lentissimo (2016)
  • Blu (2016)

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ Malika Ayane sarà Evita in nuovo musical. ANSA , April 18, 2016, accessed May 19, 2017 (Italian).
  2. Malika Ayane's albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed December 18, 2018 .
  3. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Malika Ayane, certificazioni. FIMI, accessed May 19, 2017 (Italian).
  4. Chart sources (singles):