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Singer of Pop and Dance
A.k.a. Carol Kane Héléne Kalimba (5) Trisha Stevens Yvonne Kay
Ivana Spagna (Valeggio, 16 December 1956) is an Italian singer-songwriter and writer, also known by the surname alone Spagna. She started her career singing in English and in the early 1980s she provided vocals (with Angela Parisi) and wrote songs for an Italo disco duo project called Fun Fun; as well as writing songs for many other dance music projects until 1986, when she embarked on a solo career. Her first dance song "Easy Lady" (1986) was a hit throughout Europe. In 1987 she released her third hit, "Call Me". The single made No.1 in the European Chart, and reached no.2 in Italy and in the UK Singles Chart. It also made no.13 in the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart. Her first album, Dedicated to the Moon, was released the same year and sold over 500,000 copies. After the UK hit "Every Girl and Boy" and a dance-rock album, You Are My Energy (1988), Spagna moved to Santa Monica, California, and recorded her third album No Way Out (1991). This album featured a song written by Diane Warren ("There's a Love"), and two singles ("Love at First Sight" and "Only Words") which peaked at #5 on the Italian chart. The album was certified Platinum (over 100,000 copies sold). In 1993, Spagna moved back to Europe, and recorded Matter of Time, featuring the two successful Eurodance singles, "Why Me" (#10 in Italy) and "I Always Dream About You" (#5 in Italy). In 1994, after the release of her last dance hit ("Lady Madonna", #4 in Italy), she started singing in her native Italian. After achieving a great success in Italy with the Italian version of Elton John's "Circle of Life" ("Il cerchio della vita"), featured in the Italian soundtrack of the Disney film The Lion King, she took part in the Sanremo Festival, the most important Italian song contest, ranking 3rd in 1995 with the song "Gente Come Noi". Her first album in Italian, Siamo in due, sold over 350,000 copies and became the best-selling album by a female singer in Italy that year. From that year onwards, Spagna released many successful albums sung in Italian (including hit singles such as "Siamo in due", "E io penso a te", "Lupi solitari", "Indivisibili", "Dov'eri", "Il bello della vita-World Cup Song", "Con il tuo nome") until 2003, when she left Sony Music in order to sing in English again. She signed to an independent Swiss record label (B&G), and recorded Woman, a dance-pop album featuring eight new songs in English, two in Spanish and one in French. The album spawned three singles; "Never Say You Love Me", "Woman" and "Do It With Style". In 2004 a new remixed version of "Easy Lady" was released. Spagna albums and singles have sold a total of over 10 million copies worldwide, for which she has been awarded the "Disco d'oro alla carriera" (Gold certification for the career) by the Italian Federation of the Music Industry (FIMI) in 2006. In February 2006 she took part in the Sanremo Festival again, with the song "Noi non possiamo cambiare", and in May 2006 ranked third in the Italian reality television program, Music Farm. In February 2009, she released a new EP Lola & Angiolina Project, in collaboration with the Italian rockstar Loredana Bertè. The first single from this was the rock ballad "Comunque vada". She graduated honoris causas at University of Malta In 2012 she published a new English language album, Four, with artists like Brian Auger, Eumir Deodato, Dominic Miller, Lou Marini, Gregg Kofi Brown, Fabrizio Bosso e Ronnie Jones. In 2014 returned to dance music in collaboration with the producers of her origins. She released the single The magic of love and in 2015 others two singles: Baby don't go and Straight to hell, with a video inspired to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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D.A.N.C.E. | Ivana Spagna | 2016 | Single |
A Natale Crolla Il Mondo | Ivana Spagna | 2016 | Single |
Baby Don't Go | Ivana Spagna | 2015 | Album |
Straight To Hell | Ivana Spagna | 2015 | Album |
The Magic Of Love | Ivana Spagna | 2014 | Album |
Remember Easy Hits | Ivana Spagna | 2014 | Compil. |
Four | Ivana Spagna | 2012 | Album |
Grandi Interpreti Italiane | Milva / Ivana Spagna | 2012 | Compil. |
Greatest Hits | Ivana Spagna | 2011 | Compil. |
Ivana Spagna | Ivana Spagna | 2011 | Compil. |
Semplicemente Veneta | Ivana Spagna | 2011 | Compil. |
Buon Natale! | Ivana Spagna | 2010 | Album |
Call Me 2010 Remake | Ivana Spagna | 2010 | Album |
Il Cerchio Della Vita | Ivana Spagna | 2009 | Album |
Easy Lady (2010 Remake) | Ivana Spagna | 2009 | Album |
Lola & Angiolina Project | Loredana Bertè - Ivana Spagna | 2009 | Album |
Musica E Parole | Loredana Bertè - Ivana Spagna | 2008 | Single |
Dancing On The Beach | Robb Cole feat. Ivana Spagna | 2008 | Single |
Gli Occhi Verdi Dell'Amore | Ivana Spagna | 2007 | Single |
Le Più Belle Di... | Ivana Spagna | 2007 | Compil. |
Superissimi Gli Eroi Del Juke Box | Ivana Spagna | 2006 | Compil. |
Vorrei Fossi Tu | Ivana Spagna | 2006 | Single |
Diario Di Bordo Voglio Sdraiarmi Al Sole | Ivana Spagna | 2006 | Album |
Noi Non Possiamo Cambiare | Ivana Spagna | 2006 | Single |
I Grandi Successi | Ivana Spagna | 2006 | Compil. |
Day By Day | Ivana Spagna | 2005 | Single |
A Chi Dice No | Ivana Spagna | 2005 | Single |
Ivana Spagna | Ivana Spagna | 2005 | Compil. |
Diario Di Bordo | Ivana Spagna | 2005 | Album |
Dopotutto Ti Amo | Ivana Spagna | 2004 | Single |
L'Arte Di Arrangiarsi | Ivana Spagna | 2004 | Album |
Easy Lady 2004 | Ice & Creme Dj-Team vs. Ivana Spagna | 2004 | Single |
Dove Nasce Il Sole | Ivana Spagna, Nomadi | 2004 | Single |
Le Sue Più Belle Canzoni | Ivana Spagna | 2004 | Compil. |
The Remix Collection Gold | Ivana Spagna | 2003 | Album |
The Remix Collection Gold | Ivana Spagna | 2003 | Album |
Do It With Style | Ivana Spagna | 2003 | Single |
The Remix Collection Gold | Ivana Spagna | 2003 | Album |
Rain And Tears | Ivana Spagna | 2002 | Single |
Woman | Ivana Spagna | 2002 | Single |
Woman | Ivana Spagna | 2002 | Album |
No Digas Te Quiero (Never Say You Love Me) | Ivana Spagna | 2002 | Single |
Más Allá Del Cielo Azul | Ivana Spagna | 2002 | Single |
Never Say You Love Me | Ivana Spagna | 2002 | Single |
Never Say You Love Me... | Ivana Spagna | 2002 | Single |
Rain And Tears | Ivana Spagna | 2002 | Single |
Eloise | Ivana Spagna | 2001 | Single |
Quella Carezza Della Sera | Ivana Spagna | 2001 | Single |
La Nostra Canzone | Ivana Spagna | 2001 | Album |
Mi Amor | Ivana Spagna | 2000 | Single |
Domani | Ivana Spagna | 2000 | Album |
Con Il Tuo Nome | Ivana Spagna | 2000 | Single |
E Che Mai Sarà | Ivana Spagna | 1998 | Album |
Il Bello Della Vita | Ivana Spagna | 1998 | Single |
E Che Mai Sarà | Ivana Spagna | 1998 | Single |
The Music I Like / Il Bello Della Vita | Alexia / Ivana Spagna | 1998 | Single |
So Volare / The Everlasting | Ivana Spagna / Manic Street Preachers | 1998 | Single |
So Volare | David Rhodes, Ivana Spagna | 1998 | Single |
Spagna - Versioni Strumentali | Ivana Spagna | 1998 | Single |
Pensiero Stupendo ('97) - (V-Mix) / Indivisibili | Patty Pravo / Ivana Spagna | 1997 | Single |
Fuori Dal Normale | Ivana Spagna | 1997 | Single |
Dance Collection | Ivana Spagna | 1997 | Compil. |
Ballads | Ivana Spagna | 1997 | Compil. |
Indivisibili | Ivana Spagna | 1997 | Single |
Indivisibili | Ivana Spagna | 1997 | Album |
Dov'eri | Ivana Spagna | 1997 | Single |
Lupi Solitari | Ivana Spagna | 1996 | Album |
E Io Penso A Te / Se Adesso Te Ne Vai | Ivana Spagna / Massimo Di Cataldo | 1996 | Single |
Cosmic Girl / Ci Sarò | Jamiroquai / Ivana Spagna | 1996 | Single |
Lupi Solitari / Con Il Cuore | Ivana Spagna / Massimo Di Cataldo | 1996 | Single |
E Io Penso A Te | Ivana Spagna | 1996 | Single |
Ci Sarò | Ivana Spagna | 1996 | Single |
Lupi Solitari | Ivana Spagna | 1996 | Single |
Gente Come Noi | Ivana Spagna | 1995 | Single |
Siamo In Due | Ivana Spagna | 1995 | Album |
Un Natale Che Non Finirà | Ivana Spagna | 1995 | Single |
Gente Come Noi / Più Di Così | Ivana Spagna / Antonella Arancio | 1995 | Single |
Come Il Cielo | Ivana Spagna | 1995 | Single |
Il Cerchio Della Vita | Ivana Spagna | 1994 | Single |
Lady Madonna | Ivana Spagna | 1994 | Album |
Circle Of Life | Ivana Spagna | 1994 | Single |
Why Me (Datura Remixes) | Ivana Spagna | 1993 | Album |
Spagna & Spagna | Ivana Spagna | 1993 | Album |
Matter Of Time | Ivana Spagna | 1993 | Album |
Why Me / For The Cool In You | Ivana Spagna / Babyface | 1993 | Single |
I Always Dream About You | Ivana Spagna | 1993 | Single |
No Way Out | Ivana Spagna | 1992 | Album |
No Way Out | Ivana Spagna | 1992 | Album |
Greatest Hits | Ivana Spagna | 1991 | Compil. |
Love At First Sight / Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf | Ivana Spagna / LL Cool J | 1991 | Single |
Only Words | Ivana Spagna | 1991 | Single |
Love At First Sight - Remix By Black Box | Ivana Spagna | 1991 | Album |
Only Words / Baila Me | Ivana Spagna / Gipsy Kings | 1991 | Single |
Call Me / Every Girl And Boy | Ivana Spagna | 1990 | Album |
This Generation / Pregherò (Stand By Me) | Ivana Spagna / Fausto Leali | 1989 | Single |
Call Me / Dance Dance Dance | Ivana Spagna | 1989 | Album |
This Generation | Ivana Spagna | 1989 | Single |
Baby Blue / Easy Lady | Ivana Spagna | 1988 | Single |
I Wanna Be Your Wife | Ivana Spagna | 1988 | Single |
Let Me (Say I Love You) | Ivana Spagna | 1988 | Album |
You Are My Energy | Ivana Spagna | 1988 | Album |
Every Girl And Boy | Ivana Spagna | 1988 | Album |
I Wanna Be Your Wife / Gesù Cristo | Ivana Spagna / Alessandro Bono | 1988 | Single |
Every Girl And Boy / Drop The Boy | Ivana Spagna / Bros | 1988 | Single |
Dance Around The World / Dance Dance Dance | Richenel / Ivana Spagna | 1987 | Single |
Call Me | Ivana Spagna | 1987 | Single |
The Biggest Fool Of All / Dedicated To The Moon | Cock Robin / Ivana Spagna | 1987 | Single |
Dedicated To The Moon | Ivana Spagna | 1987 | Album |
Success / Call Me | Picnic At The Whitehouse / Ivana Spagna | 1987 | Single |
Dedicated To The Moon | Ivana Spagna | 1987 | Single |
Dedicated To The Moon | Ivana Spagna | 1987 | Album |
Sarah | Ivana Spagna | 1987 | Album |
Dance, Dance, Dance | Ivana Spagna | 1987 | Single |
Call Me / Dance Around The World | Ivana Spagna / Richenel | 1986 | Single |
Easy Lady / Once More | Ivana Spagna / Taffy | 1986 | Single |
Cuddly Toy / Let Me (Say I Love You) | Roachford / Ivana Spagna | 1986 | Single |
Easy Lady | Ivana Spagna | 1986 | Album |
Ari Ari | Ivana Spagna | 1972 | Single |
Rocket Man "I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time" / Ari Ari | Elton John / Ivana Spagna | 1972 | Single |
Mamy Blue | Ivana Spagna | 1971 | Single |
Anima Mia / Mamy Blue | Donatello / Ivana Spagna | 1971 | Single |
Washington / Lady Madonna | Anna Oxa / Ivana Spagna | Single |