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Infobox musical artist | name = Alexia| image = Alexia toccocaudio 2008 04.jpg| caption = Alexia| image_size = 180| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Alessia Aquilani| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1967|05|19|df=yes| origin = Liguria , Italy | instrument =| genre = Eurodance , Blues , pop music | occupation = Singer| years_active = 1990-present| label =| associated_acts = Double You , Ice MC | website = http://www.alexiaofficial.com/ www.AlexiaOfficial.com| notable_instruments = Alexia , (born Alessia Aquilani , 19 May 1967), is an Italian people|Italian singer. Before recording in Italian language|Italian in the 2000s, she made records in English language|English in the 1990s. Many of those were international hit single|hits . Before her solo career she was the vocalist of Ian Campbell (artist)|Ice Mc .cite web|url= http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Alexia-Biography/D2E91C975E953F4048256972002ED2C2 |title=Alexia Biography |publisher=Sing365.com |date=2007-04-14 |accessdate=2010-03-22
Career
Early work
Alexia was born in La Spezia , Liguria and from a young age regularly entered singing talent competitions.
She started working for Italian record producer|producer Roberto Zanetti (better known as Robyx ) in 1990, as a back-up singer to several of Zanetti's eurodance acts on his DWA label, including Double You and Ice MC and notably featured on many of the latter's biggest hits such as "Think About The Way" (on the Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting soundtrack), "It's A Rainy Day" and "Russian Roulette". When Ice MC left DWA, Robyx turned his attention to Alexia, and the pair wrote the song Me and You (Alexia song)|Me And You which included the vocals of Double You. The song was a big international hit and was followed the next year by Summer Is Crazy and Number One (Alexia)|Number One which again were international hits.
International success
In early 1997, recording began on Alexia's debut artist album Fan Club (Alexia album)|Fan Club with the final international single from the album " Uh La La La (Alexia)|Uh La La La " preceding it. Unlike her previous singles which were all Eurodance , "Uh La La La" was a slower pop track and would become her breakout hit, becoming a European summer anthem for 1997, hitting the top 10 in many countries.
In early 1998, Alexia officially signed to Sony Music through their subsidiary Dancepool which had released some of Alexia's previous singles in certain territories. After this, work began on breaking her in the UK market and a special remix was commissioned. The resulting Almighty Edit propelled the track into the UK Top 10 and was also a hit in Australia. Simultaenously in Europe, Alexia released Gimme Love , the first single from her second album The Party (Alexia album)|The Party which saw Alexia begin to branch away from Eurodance towards Europop. Later that year The Music I Like (her first eurodance single since 1996's 'Number One' was released across Europe followed by Keep On Movin' (Alexia)|Keep On Movin' .
1999 saw the release of her third album Happy (Alexia album)|Happy along with the singles Goodbye (Alexia)|Goodbye and Happy (Alexia)|Happy with Alexia switching to the Epic label. The album did not have as much success as Alexia's previous albums and her career began to decline outside Italy, with the release of 'Goodbye' in the UK being delayed then ultimately cancelled.
2000–2001
After five years with Robyx and the DWA team, Alexia released The Hits (Alexia album)|The Hits a compilation of all her international singles along with new track Ti Amo Ti Amo . Shortly after the release, Alexia decided to leave DWA and Robyx as she wanted to expand her sound and audience beyond eurodance. In November 2000, she duetted with Gianni Morandi on his single Non ti dimenticheṛ .
In 2001, her fourth album Mad For Music (Alexia album)|Mad For Music was released and this was the first album she had co-produced. The album and its two singles Money Honey (Alexia song)|Money Honey and Summerlovers only saw release in Italy but did not meet with the same success in her home country as her previous music had.
2002–2007
In 2002, Alexia abandoned eurodance and started singing almost exclusively in Italian language|Italian . She made her first appearance at the Sanremo Music Festival in 2002, coming second with Dimmi Come , which was on her fifth album Alexia (Alexia album)|Alexia . Two more singles followed, Non Lasciarmi Mai and Hasta La Vista Baby(Alexia)|Hasta La Vista Baby . To satisfy international fans, an English version of the album was released, with Don't You Know (Alexia)|Don't You Know (the English version of Dimmi Come) meeting limited success in France and Australia. Following this, Alexia's music would be released solely in Italy. The following year, Alexia returned to San Remo with the song Per Dire Di No and winning. The song was from her 2003 album Il Cuore A Modo Mio which also contained the single Egoista (Alexia)|Egoista .
Her most successful Italian album was released in 2004, Gli Occhi Granda Della Luna which featured two singles; Come Tu Mi Vuoi|Come Tu Mi Vuoi (You Need Love) and Una Donna Sola .
In 2005, Alexia released her second greatest hits album spanning her Italian hits, Da Grande (Alexia album)|Da Grande . The lead single from the album Da Grande came second place in the women's category at the 2005 Sanremo festival. After a musical break, Alexia returned in 2007 with a new song, and her first digital download single Du Du Du . Following its release Alexia left Sony Music.
2008–present
In 2008, Alexia released her first studio album in four years entitled Ale (Alexia album)|Ale and a new record deal with Edel. The album was preceded by the single Grande Coraggio and later followed by Guardarti Dentro .In 2009, Alexia once again participated in the Sanremo festival singing a duet with Mario Lavezzi entitled Biancaneve (Alexia)|Biancaneve . The song was a big hit in Italy, reaching the top 10 and being Alexia's biggest hit for some time. Following this, a re-recorded version of Ale was released entitled Ale & C which contained three songs from Ale re-recorded as duets, two songs re-recorded in English and two new tracks. We Is The Power a duet with Bloom 06 was released as the second single followed by E Non Sai .
On June 22, 2010, Alexia released her newest album titled "Stars". The first single "Star" was released on June 11.cite web|url= http://www.alexiaofficial.com/ |title=ALEXIA Official Web Site |publisher=Alexiaofficial.com |date= |accessdate=2012-04-30
Alexia has sold over 6,000,000 albums worldwide.cite web|url= http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alessia+Aquilani |title=Alessia Aquilani Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-22
Private life
In October 2005, Alexia married Andrea Camerana, Giorgio Armani 's nephew, and in February 2007 they had their first child, a girl named Maria Vittoria. http://www.lagazzettaitaliana.com/alexia.aspx La Gazzetta Italiana
Discography
main|Alexia discography
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.alexiaofficial.com/ Official Websiteit iconen icon
http://artists.spreaker.com/alexia/ RADIO ALE - The official web radio with all her hits
Alexia Persondata| NAME = Alexia | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Italian musician | DATE OF BIRTH = 1967-05-19 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Alexia Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Italian female singers Category:Italian musicians Category:People from La Spezia Category:Sanremo Music Festival winners
