Gala (singer)
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| Birth name | Gala Rizzatto |
| Born | September 6, 1975 |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Do It Yourself Records EMI (2005) Matriarchy Records, New York (2008) |
| Website | GalaSound.com |
Gala (born Gala Rizzatto, September 6, 1975) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter.
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[edit] Career
For her first album, Come Into My Life, she was nominated for 'Best Female Artist' at the COFA (Celebration of Female Artists) Awards in the UK, and she received the 'Disc d'Or' at the Midem in Cannes that same year.[1] Her single, "Freed From Desire", went platinum and then diamond, and sold over six million copies worldwide.[2][3][4] "Freed from Desire" had over 1.2 million viewers on YouTube in 2008.[5] Gala's fans also created a petition to sustain her comeback.[6]
She has performed on the United Kingdom's BBC Television's Top of the Pops, appearing with Janet Jackson and U2; as well as at the Bercy Stadium in Paris and the Bulls Arena in Madrid, before an audience of more than 20,000 people.[7] Her songs are still fixtures of popular radio channels worldwide.[8]
Gala broke the recording contract with her European record label and moved to New York. There she met record producer, Marcus Bell, and Deantoni Parks, who formed the backbone of Gala's latest album, Tough Love. Bell brought in guitarist J Freidman, and Gala brought in Itamar Ziegler (Balkan Beat Box) and producer Kevin Rudolf. Tough Love was the first record on Gala's Brooklyn based independent record label, Matriarchy Inc.
The song "Faraway", which was in the Top 40 in a few European countries, was featured in 2008 on national and cable television in the U.S.[9]
Gala's new EP called Tough Love was released worldwide on June 1, 2009.
Her latest album Tough Love will be released worldwide on iTunes on September 6, 2009.
Gala created several HD videos for songs from Tough Love including singles, "Tough Love", "You And Me", "I'm The World" and "Faraway".[10]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
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| 2009 | Tough Love EP |
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[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | FR | UK[11] | BEL/W | BEL/F | CH | ITA | AU | NL | SWE | FIN | SPA | GRE | ISR | Album |
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| 1996-1997 | "Everyone Has Inside" | 24 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | L'album |
| "Freed from Desire" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 42 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Come into My Life | |
| 1997 | "Let a Boy Cry" | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 | — | 11 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
| "Come into My Life" | 10 | 38 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 36 | — | — | 1 | — | 12 | ||
| "Suddenly" | 56 | — | 34 | 43 | — | 4 | — | 85 | — | — | 1 | — | 14 | ||
| 2005-2006 | "Faraway" | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — |
| 2009 | "Tough Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tough Love |
| 2009 | "Freed From Desire (Un-Remix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tough Love |
[edit] Other projects
Besides her singing career, Gala has also worked as a songwriter for classical music (Salvatore Liitra, Marelo Alvarez, Mario Frangulis). She also worked as a choreographer, a photographer and video director.
[edit] References
- ^ Eurokdj.free.fr
- ^ Ultrapop.be
- ^ Ultrapop.be
- ^ Gala at Discogs.com
- ^ Gala at Discogs
- ^ [www.petitionspot.com/petitions/galarizzatto Petitionspot.com]
- ^ Top of the Pops (UK): Christmas Special 1997 - TV.com
- ^ Doityourself.it
- ^ Faraway at Top 40 Charts
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/galasound
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 220. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
