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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Agnese Cacciola |
| Born | August 15, 1972 |
| Origin | Turin, Italy |
| Genres | Dance-pop, pop jazz |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Universal Music, SAIFAM, New Music International |
Agnese Cacciola (born August 15, 1972), best known as Neja, is an Italian dance and pop-jazz singer.
Born in Turin, as a child Cacciola studied piano and, as a teenager, she started singing jazz and gospel. [1] In 1996 she released her first single as Neja, "Hallo", followed in 1998 by ""Restless" (Neja song)" and "Shock" which both charted in several dance charts across Europe. [2] In 1999 with her song "The Game" she participated in Festivalbar and won the Un disco per l'estate festival. [2] [3] In 2008, the album Acousticlub marked a stylistic turn with electronic arrangements replaced by jazz and acoustic sounds. [1] As of 2013, she sold over 4 million records. [4] [5]
| Year | Song | Belgium | Brazil | France | Iceland | Italy | UK | Sweden |
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| 1998 | "Restless" (Neja song) | 32 [6] | 35 [7] | 1 [8] | 47 [9] | 58 [10] | ||
| 1999 | Shock! | 4 [11] | 2 [12] | |||||
| 1999 | The Game | 7 [13] | ||||||
| 2000 | "Fairytale" | 24 [14] | ||||||
| 2000 | "Singin' Nanana" | 21 [15] | ||||||
| 2001 | "Time Flies" | 26 [16] | ||||||
| 2003 | "Back 4 The Morning" | 39 [17] | 45 [18] | |||||
| 2003 | "Hot Stuff" | 32 [19] |
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