Sinitta

Sinitta (2012)

Sinitta Renet Malone (born October 19, 1963 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American pop singer who was particularly successful in Great Britain .

Life

Career

Her mother, Miquel Brown , already had a few smaller hits from the late 1970s ( Symphony of Love ) and a worldwide Hi-NRG hit in 1983 with So Many Men, So Little Time. She came to the London musical Hair , in which she played Sheila.

Sinitta herself first appeared in TV shows, but then came to musicals ( Cats , The Wiz ). From 1981 a small film career began. So she played in Shock Treatment and 1986 in Foreign Bodies and Little Shop of Horrors . From 1983 Sinitta's first singles appeared. In addition, she took part in the British preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest in April 1984 . She achieved fourth place with her contribution Imagination .

So Macho / Cruising became their most successful single in the spring of 1986 and reached number two in Great Britain. From 1987 it was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman . The first joint single Toy Boy rose to number four in the late summer of 1987 and to number nine in Germany . In the spring of 1988, Cross My Broken Heart followed , which rose to number six in the UK. Sinitta's last major success was Right Back Where We Started From , which returned to fourth place in the UK in mid-1989.

In mid-1992, Shame, Shame, Shame placed another single at number 28 in Great Britain. The last chart success was The Supreme EP , which rose to number 49 in England in the spring of 1993.

In 2010 she took part in the fifth season of the British figure skating show Dancing on Ice . In 2011 Sinitta took part in the eleventh season of the British television show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part.

Private

In the late 1980s, Sinitta had an affair with Brad Pitt , whom she met at a party in London .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1987	Sinitta	-	-	-	UK34 gold (19 weeks)UK	-	First published: December 1987
1989	Wicked!	-	-	-	UK52 gold (4 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 1989

More albums

• 1994: Naughty Naughty (only Spain and Asia; release: December)
• 1997: What a Feeling! (The Original Cast Recording of the Spectacular Movies & Musicals Concert Tour) (with Sonia and Luke Goss )
• 2010: Original London Cast of Mutiny! (with David Essex et al.)

Compilations

• 1989: Special
• 1990: Dance Mix!
• 1998: The Best of Sinitta
• 1999: The Best Of
• 2000: The Very Best of Sinitta
• 2005: Toy Boy
• 2008: 80's Divas
• 2009: The Hits + Collection 86-09 (Right Back Where We Started From) (2 CDs)
• 2010: The Greatest Hits + Bonus Hits DVD! (CD + DVD)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Dance
1986	So macho! / Cruising Sinitta	-	AT17 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK2 gold (30 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: February 1986 Author: James George Hargreaves
	Feels Like the First Time Sinitta	-	-	-	UK45 (5 weeks) UK	-	Dance4 (10 weeks) Dance	First published: October 1986 Author: James George Hargreaves
1987	Toy boy Sinitta	DE9 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH3 (12 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (14 weeks)UK	-	Dance19 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: July 1987 Authors / Producers: Stock Aitken Waterman
	GTO Sinitta	DE31 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH11 (6 weeks) CH	UK15 (10 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: November 1987 Authors / Producers: Stock Aitken Waterman
1988	Cross My Broken Heart Sinitta	DE18 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH19 (4 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (9 weeks)UK	-	Dance26 (6 weeks) Dance	First published: March 1988 Authors / Producers: Stock Aitken Waterman
	I Don't Believe in Miracles Wicked!	-	-	-	UK22 (8 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: September 1988 Authors / Producers: Stock Aitken Waterman
1989	Right Back Where We Started From Wicked!	DE25 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4th silver (10 weeks)UK	US84 (4 weeks) US	-	First published: May 1989 Authors: J. Vincent Edwards, Pierre Tubbs Producer: Pete Hammond Original: Maxine Nightingale , 1975
	Love on a Mountain Top Wicked!	-	-	-	UK20 (6 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: September 1989 Authors: Buzz Cason , Mac Gayden Producer: Ian Curnow Original: Robert Knight , 1968
	Lay Me Down Easy Wicked!	-	-	-	UK88 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: December 1989 Author / producer: Ralf René Maué
1990	Hitchin 'a ride wicked!	-	-	-	UK24 (6 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: April 1990 Authors: Mitch Murray, Peter Callander Producer: Ralf René Maué
	Love and Affection	-	-	-	UK62 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: September 1990 Author and original: Joan Armatrading , 1976 Producer: Barry Andrews
1992	Shame Shame Shame Naughty Naughty	-	-	-	UK28 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: June 1992 Author: Sylvia Robinson Original: Shirley & Company , 1974
1993	The Supreme EP	-	-	-	UK49 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	First published: April 1993 Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland , Ashford & Simpson

More singles

• 07/1983: I Could Be
• 09/1983: Never Too Late
• 04/1984: Imagination
• 02/1985: Cruising
• 01/1988: Oh Boy (Spain and Denmark only)
• 08/1993: Aquarius
• 07/2014: So Many Men, so Little Time (The Club Mixes)
• 04/2015: Touch Me (All Night Long)

Video albums

• 1987: Toy Boy / So Macho ( VHS single)
• 1989: All the Hits (VHS)

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1. ↑ 50 year old singer Sinitta
2. ↑ Sinitta. Retrieved May 18, 2020 . 
3. ↑ UK NATIONAL FINAL 1984. Retrieved May 18, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Sinitta voted off Dancing on Ice after slip , Jan. 11, 2010, The Daily Telegraph
5. ^ Sinitta leaves the I'm A Celebrity jungle , Nov. 25, 2011, The Daily Telegraph
6. ↑ 10 Best weird celebrity couples: Brad Pitt and Sinitta . Marie Claire. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US1 US2
8. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database

Web links

• Official website of Sinitta
• Sinitta at Discogs (English)