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.

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

References

1. ^ Italiancharts - Malika Ayane - Feeling Better
2. ^ Italiancharts - Malika Ayane - Come foglie

External links

• Official website

Persondata
Name	Ayane, Malika
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Date of birth	31 January 1984
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