Malika Ayane

Malika Ayane
Malika Ayane

Malika Ayane performing in Villa Solaria at Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Background information
Born January 31, 1984 (1984-01-31) (age 27)
Origin Milan, Italy
Genres Indie, pop, soul, neo soul
Occupations Musician
Years active 2007-present
Labels Sugar Music
Website malikaayane.com/en

Malika Ayane (born 31 January 1984, Milan, Italy) is an Italian singer.

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Career

Ayane was born in Milan, Italy, the daughter of a Moroccan father and an Italian mother. She began her singing career in 1995 as part of the chorus at the La Scala Theatre.

In 2005 she covered "Over The Rainbow" as a jingle for the commercial of Yomo.

In 2006 Fernando Arnò commits "Time Thief" to Malika for the publicity campaign of DTC and in 2007 he commits her "Soul Waver" for the spot of Saab.

In 2007 she met Caterina Caselli who produced her first album, "Malika Ayane" which was published in September 2008. The first single of the album "Feeling Better" that has become famous in Italy because it is utilised in some spots and film trailers (see the dedicated page on the Italian Wikipedia).

In 2009, "Il Giardino Dei Salici" contained in "Malika Ayane" is chosen as background song for Barilla spots; in the same year she took part in "Sanremo Festival" with the song "Come Foglie" written by Giuliano Sangiorgi, singer for the band Negramaro. "Come Foglie" reached the second position in the Italian charts.

For Valerio Scanu, contestant of the eighth season of the talent show "Amici di Maria De Filippi", she wrote the song "Dopo Di Me" that reached the ninth position in the Italian charts.

Malika, in April 2009, took part in the song "Domani 21-04-09" with other Italian singers to obtain money to rebuild schools in Abruzzo. In 2010, she was a contestant in the 60th edition of the prestigious Italian song contest Sanremo Music Festival where she won the "Mia Martini" critics award for her song "Ricomincio da qui".

Discography

Albums

  • 2008: Malika Ayane Italy # 9 ( Platinum - 95,000+ )
  • 2010: Grovigli Italy # 2 ( Platinum - 70.000+ )

Singles

Year Title Chart
Italian FIMI Downloads Chart Italian iTunes Singoli Chart European Hot 200
2008 Sospesa feat. Pacifico 22 19 136
Feeling Better[1] 6 3 67
2009 Come foglie[2] 2 1 39
Verrà l'estate con Pacifico 39 28 159
Contro vento 17 38 114
2010 Ricomincio da qui 2 1 25

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