Cristina Scuccia

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Cristina Scuccia
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Background information
Birth nameCristina Scuccia
Born (1988-08-19) 19 August 1988 (age 36)
Origin Vittoria, Italy
Genres Pop, rock, soul
OccupationSinger
Years active2007–present
Labels Universal Music Italia

Cristina Scuccia (born 19 August 1988) is an Italian singer.

Contents

She won the 2014 season of The Voice of Italy [1] as part of Team J-Ax, resulting in a record deal with Universal. [2] In 2013, she won a Christian music competition as part of the Good News Festival. [3]

Early life

Cristina Scuccia was born in Vittoria in 1988. [4] She became a novice in 2009 and worked for two years with poor children in Brazil before formally joining the Ursuline order. [4] In the years from 2009 to 2011, Sister Cristina improved her artistic skills at the "Star Rose Academy" in Rome, created and directed by Maximo De Marco. Her singing teacher was the singer-songwriter Franco Simone. [5] Her television debut was in June 2012, on the program "Dizionario dei sentimenti" by Franco Simone, on Gold Tv in Rome. [6]

Career

2014–present

The Voice of Italy

In 2014, Scuccia applied to The Voice of Italy singing competition, singing for her audition "No One" by Alicia Keys. The performance received more than 104 million views on YouTube. She was very popular with the audience and all four judges—Raffaella Carrà, J-Ax, Noemi, and Piero Pelù—turned their chairs in the blind audition. Cristina chose to be part of Team J-Ax. Throughout the contest, she wore a simple crucifix around her neck, black shoes and ankle-length black religious habit.[ citation needed ] In the final, she won the trophy with 62% of the Italian votes against runner-up Giacomo Voli.[ citation needed ] After winning, she thanked God and recited the Lord's Prayer to the show organizers and audience. [7]

Performances

Album and video

On 20 October 2014, the music video for Scuccia's version of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" was released on Vevo platform. [11] It is the lead single from her debut album Sister Cristina which was released on 11 November 2014. [12] The album contains her interpretations of a number of songs as well as two previously unreleased songs. [13]

On 18 December 2014, she released her second music video "Blessed Be Your Name". [14]

Acting career

In 2015, Scuccia was cast as Sister Mary Robert in the Italian production of the Sister Act musical. [15] [16]

Personal life

On 20 November 2022, she was a guest on the Italian program Verissimo by Silvia Toffanin, in which she announced that she had given up her perpetual vows to be able to devote herself full-time to a musical career. [17]

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumPeak positionsTrack listing
IT
[18] 		BEL
(Wa)
[19] 		FR
[20]
2014 Sister Cristina  [ it ]
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: 10 November 2014
17
133
46
  1. "Try" (3:35)
  2. "Fallin' Free" (3:32)
  3. "Like a Virgin" (4:00)
  4. "Somewhere Only We Know" (3:35)
  5. "Blessed Be Your Name" (3:48)
  6. "Fix You" (4:30)
  7. "No One" (3:55)
  8. "I Surrender" (3:53)
  9. "True Colors" (3:59)
  10. "Price Tag" (3:32)
  11. "Perto, longe ou depois [Ordinary World]" (4:08)
  12. "L'amore vincerà" (3:34)

Singles

YearTitleChart positions
IT
[18] 		FR
[20]
2014"Like a Virgin"
 –
185
2014"Blessed Be Your Name"
 –
 –
2016"Hallelujah"
 –
 –
2018"Felice"
 –
 –
2023"La felicità è una direzione"
 –
 –

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  2. ↑ "Singing Nun Sister Cristina Scuccia Wins Italy's Voice". New York Daily News . New York. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
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  4. 1 2 "Suor Cristina, Italy's Singing Nun, Wins The Voice". The Daily Telegraph . Agence France-Presse. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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  6. ↑ "SUOR CRISTINA/ Video, L'esibizione al fianco del cantautore Franco Simone (The voice of Italy 2014) - Sussidiario 25/03/2014". Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
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  12. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : الأخت كريستينا نجمة "ذي فويس" الإيطالية تصدر ألبومها الأول. YouTube .
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by The Voice of Italy winner
2014		Succeeded by
Fabio Curto
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