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| birth_name = Sinitta Renet Malone | | birth_name = Sinitta Renet Malone | ||
| birth_date = 19 October 1963 <ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5065332/Simon-Cowells-50th-treat-for-Sinitta-who-says-she-is-44.html</ref> | | birth_date = 19 October 1963 <ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5065332/Simon-Cowells-50th-treat-for-Sinitta-who-says-she-is-44.html</ref><ref>http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/235740-simon-cowell-is-planning-sinittas-birthday-party/</ref> | ||
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'''Sinitta Renay Malone''' (born 19 October 1963<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5065332/Simon-Cowells-50th-treat-for-Sinitta-who-says-she-is-44.html</ref> ], King County, ], United States |
'''Sinitta Renay Malone''' (born 19 October 1963<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5065332/Simon-Cowells-50th-treat-for-Sinitta-who-says-she-is-44.html</ref> ], King County, ], United States), known professionally as '''Sinitta''', is a British-American singer who has lived in the United Kingdom for most of her life. She is best known for her hit records in the 1980s including "]", "]", "]" and "]". She has also acted in a number of West End shows, been a mentor on ], and appeared as a contestant on ] of '']''. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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Sinitta began in show business by appearing in the musical ''The Wiz''{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} and the movie '']'' released on Hallowe'en 1981, followed by starring in the West End musicals '']'', '']'', Smokey Joe's Cafe, Hair, ''Masquerade'' and ''Mutiny!'' On 24 December 1982, Sinitta appeared on the TV programme '']'' as a dancer with ]. She did not sing during this appearance.<ref>{{IMDb title|0858371|"The Tube" Episode 1.8 (1982)}}</ref> | Sinitta began in show business by appearing in the musical ''The Wiz''{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} and the movie '']'' released on Hallowe'en 1981, followed by starring in the West End musicals '']'', '']'', Smokey Joe's Cafe, Hair, ''Masquerade'' and ''Mutiny!'' On 24 December 1982, Sinitta appeared on the TV programme '']'' as a dancer with ]. She did not sing during this appearance.<ref>{{IMDb title|0858371|"The Tube" Episode 1.8 (1982)}}</ref> | ||
In 1985, she captained one of the teams on a children's game show |
In 1985, she captained one of the teams on a ITV children's game show called '']'', a TV show teaching children how to act.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/390753|title= The Wall Game|publisher= BFI}}</ref> | ||
===Music career=== | ===Music career=== | ||
Sinitta began recording in 1983, releasing her first single, "Break Me Into Little Pieces" with dance troupe |
Sinitta began recording in 1983, releasing her first single, "Break Me Into Little Pieces" with dance troupe ]. That same year, she also appeared in the ] of "Rock the Boat" sung by ]. She continued to release singles throughout 1984 and 1985, and also participated in 1984's '']'', the UK competition to find an entry for the ], with "Imagination".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyhiller.com/favorite_links.html|title="Imagination" at 1984's A Song for Europe|publisher=Hyde Park Music|first=Tony|last=Hiller}}</ref> | ||
===Success with Simon Cowell=== | ===Success with Simon Cowell=== | ||
Sinitta was both ]'s and ]'s first signing.<ref name="rude">{{cite book|first=Simon|last=Cowell|title=I Don't Mean To Be Rude But...|publisher=Ebury Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0-09-189828-1}}</ref> She made "So Macho" with record producer and songwriter, ] and managed to persuade Cowell and his boss, Iain Burton, to release the record as a double A-side with |
Sinitta was both ]'s and ]'s first signing.<ref name="rude">{{cite book|first=Simon|last=Cowell|title=I Don't Mean To Be Rude But...|publisher=Ebury Press|year=2004|isbn=978-0-09-189828-1}}</ref> She made "So Macho" with record producer and songwriter, ] and managed to persuade Cowell and his boss, Iain Burton, to release the record as a double A-side with "Cruisin'". The single was released in early 1986, but stalled around the lower reaches of the Top 50 singles chart.<ref name=Macho>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=12985|title=Chartstats "So Macho" UK singles chart|publisher=Chartstats.com|date=1986-10-18|accessdate=2011-11-05}}</ref> Determined to make the record a hit, Sinitta contacted gay clubs all over the country. She had met them all through her mother, disco diva Miquel Brown ("So Many Men, So Little Time"), and performed her two tracks to them, with her friend, Donnette, driving her everywhere. | ||
===Stock Aitken Waterman influence=== | ===Stock Aitken Waterman influence=== | ||
Around this time, Cowell was |
Around this time, Cowell was keen for ] (SAW) to write and produce for Sinitta. "]", Sinitta's subsequent single following "So Macho", had charted low (number 45 UK Oct 1986) and only spent five weeks on the chart, whereas, in contrast, "So Macho" had been on the UK chart for 30 weeks in 1986, where it had peaked at Number 2.<ref name="Macho"/> Initially, Waterman declined to work with Sinitta, claiming that SAW were too busy.<ref name="rude"/> SAW did work with Sinitta later however, and her first single with the Hit Factory was "]". | ||
At this time Sinitta had started to date one of |
At this time Sinitta had started to date one of the backing dancers in ''Mutiny on The Bounty'', Sam Connery. She played the love interest, Maimiti the island princess, to ] (as ], who is 16 years older than her. The papers labelled her "David's Darling" and called Cowell her Svengali, now they were writing, 'Sinitta has a Toy Boy!'. Pete Waterman loved the phrase and the song was written in ten minutes for the young starlet. "Toy Boy" was a hit, reaching Number 4 in the UK in July 1987, staying on the charts for 14 weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=14299|title=Chartstats "Toy Boy" UK singles chart|publisher=Chartstats.com|accessdate=2011-11-05}}</ref> | ||
Sinitta went on to have a further five hit singles with PWL including "]" (Number 15, December 1987), "]" (Number 6 - March 1988), "]" (Number 22 - September 1988), "]" (Number 4 - June 1989) and "]" (Number 20 - October 1989).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=4528|title=Chartstats Sinitta UK Singles Chart|publisher=Chartstats.com|accessdate=2011-11-05}}</ref> | Sinitta went on to have a further five hit singles with PWL including "]" (Number 15, December 1987), "]" (Number 6 - March 1988), "]" (Number 22 - September 1988), "]" (Number 4 - June 1989) and "]" (Number 20 - October 1989).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=4528|title=Chartstats Sinitta UK Singles Chart|publisher=Chartstats.com|accessdate=2011-11-05}}</ref> | ||
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Sinitta's only studio album release of this period, ''Naughty Naughty'' (1995), was an album of pop covers and received a limited release in Asia. She appeared on the cast recording album for ''What a Feeling'', which was a live recording taken from the Apollo Playhouse Theatre, ] in May 1997. She replaced ] to tour with ] (also a former SAW artist) and ] (former ]) in the rock and pop musicals concert, ''What a Feeling''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebubbleburst.co.uk/bb.php?entry=Sinitta|title=Sinitta: Did she ever find her "Toy Boy"?|publisher=The Bubble Burst}}</ref> in 1997. | Sinitta's only studio album release of this period, ''Naughty Naughty'' (1995), was an album of pop covers and received a limited release in Asia. She appeared on the cast recording album for ''What a Feeling'', which was a live recording taken from the Apollo Playhouse Theatre, ] in May 1997. She replaced ] to tour with ] (also a former SAW artist) and ] (former ]) in the rock and pop musicals concert, ''What a Feeling''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebubbleburst.co.uk/bb.php?entry=Sinitta|title=Sinitta: Did she ever find her "Toy Boy"?|publisher=The Bubble Burst}}</ref> in 1997. | ||
⚫ | ===Recent career=== | ||
⚫ | In early 2008, Sinitta began working with other producers and writers, including her aunt ] and Nate & Sangoon on new material for a potential future studio album. |
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⚫ | Sinitta now has her own production company and talent site, Attinis Productions. She has put together and developed young talent found on www.attinis.com; Reeformed, Say No More, 5 Daiz and Danielle will all be seen very soon. She also has her own online TV channel launching soon, Sinitta TV. | ||
===Film and television=== | ===Film and television=== | ||
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In 2006, Sinitta appeared briefly on an episode of ''Songs of Praise'' with her mother Miquel Brown.<ref name="Bubble">{{cite web|url= http://www.thebubbleburst.co.uk/bb.php?entry=Sinitta|title= Sinitta - Did she ever find her "Toy Boy"?|publisher= The Bubble Burst|accessdate= 25 August 2009}}</ref> | In 2006, Sinitta appeared briefly on an episode of ''Songs of Praise'' with her mother Miquel Brown.<ref name="Bubble">{{cite web|url= http://www.thebubbleburst.co.uk/bb.php?entry=Sinitta|title= Sinitta - Did she ever find her "Toy Boy"?|publisher= The Bubble Burst|accessdate= 25 August 2009}}</ref> | ||
She hosted her own chat show on MTV |
She hosted her own chat show on MTV. In spring 2007, she teamed, as a judge, with ], ] and choreographer ] on ]'s musical talent search series, '']''. | ||
In spring 2007, she teamed, as a judge, with ], ] and choreographer ] on ]'s musical talent search series, '']''. | |||
Sinitta has also had a cameo appearance on daytime soap, '']'', appeared as a panellist on '']'' on ]'s team and was parodied on the comedy show, '']''. In March 2008, she appeared on '']'', swapping spouses with ex-'']'' actor ].<ref> 25 March 2008</ref> On 10 April 2008, it was announced that Sinitta had joined the panellists on ITV daytime show, '']''. | Sinitta has also had a cameo appearance on daytime soap, '']'', appeared as a panellist on '']'' on ]'s team and was parodied on the comedy show, '']''. In March 2008, she appeared on '']'', swapping spouses with ex-'']'' actor ].<ref> 25 March 2008</ref> On 10 April 2008, it was announced that Sinitta had joined the panellists on ITV daytime show, '']''. | ||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Sinitta is the daughter of singer ] (b. 8 February 1945) and has a twin sister, Greta. Sinitta married Andy Wilner in 2002 <ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a372223/sinitta-i-dont-know-why-husband-divorced-me.html</ref> and had four miscarriages and IVF treatment before they adopted two children, Magdalena (b. 2006) and Zac (b. 2007). Sinitta separated from Wilner in 2007.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1206254/Sinitta-Why-Ill-love-Simon-Cowell.html</ref> | |||
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⚫ | Sinitta is a supporter of Premier League side Chelsea and likes Hull City, often tweeting about both teams. | ||
⚫ | ===Recent career=== | ||
⚫ | In early 2008, Sinitta began working with other producers and writers, including her aunt ] and Nate & Sangoon on new material for a potential future studio album. Sinitta's first Greatest Hits album was released on 19 October 2009, her 46th birthday. Taking the title from her 1989 smash hit single; ''Right Back Where We Started From - The Hits Plus Collection'' is a comprehensive anthology of Sinitta's recording career from 1986 until the present day. The double CD album was released by Cherry Pop Records in association with Sony Music Entertainment. {{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} | ||
⚫ | Sinitta now has her own production company and talent site, Attinis Productions. She has put together and developed young talent found on www.attinis.com; Reeformed, Say No More, 5 Daiz and Danielle will all be seen very soon. She also has her own online TV channel launching soon, Sinitta TV. | ||
==Discography== | ==Discography== |
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Birth name | Sinitta Renet Malone |
Born | 19 October 1963 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Genres | Dance-pop, house, R&B |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actress, The X Factor mentor |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1981–present |
Labels | Syco Music, Fanfare Records |
Website | Official website |
Sinitta Renay Malone (born 19 October 1963 Seattle, King County, Washington, United States), known professionally as Sinitta, is a British-American singer who has lived in the United Kingdom for most of her life. She is best known for her hit records in the 1980s including "So Macho", "Toy Boy", "Cross My Broken Heart" and "Right Back Where We Started From". She has also acted in a number of West End shows, been a mentor on The X Factor, and appeared as a contestant on the eleventh series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.
Early life
Early career
Sinitta began in show business by appearing in the musical The Wiz and the movie Shock Treatment released on Hallowe'en 1981, followed by starring in the West End musicals Cats, Little Shop of Horrors, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Hair, Masquerade and Mutiny! On 24 December 1982, Sinitta appeared on the TV programme The Tube as a dancer with Imagination. She did not sing during this appearance.
In 1985, she captained one of the teams on a ITV children's game show called The Wall Game, a TV show teaching children how to act.
Music career
Sinitta began recording in 1983, releasing her first single, "Break Me Into Little Pieces" with dance troupe Hot Gossip. That same year, she also appeared in the video of "Rock the Boat" sung by Forrest. She continued to release singles throughout 1984 and 1985, and also participated in 1984's A Song for Europe, the UK competition to find an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, with "Imagination".
Success with Simon Cowell
Sinitta was both Simon Cowell's and Fanfare Records's first signing. She made "So Macho" with record producer and songwriter, George Hargreaves and managed to persuade Cowell and his boss, Iain Burton, to release the record as a double A-side with "Cruisin'". The single was released in early 1986, but stalled around the lower reaches of the Top 50 singles chart. Determined to make the record a hit, Sinitta contacted gay clubs all over the country. She had met them all through her mother, disco diva Miquel Brown ("So Many Men, So Little Time"), and performed her two tracks to them, with her friend, Donnette, driving her everywhere.
Stock Aitken Waterman influence
Around this time, Cowell was keen for Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) to write and produce for Sinitta. "Feels Like The First Time", Sinitta's subsequent single following "So Macho", had charted low (number 45 UK Oct 1986) and only spent five weeks on the chart, whereas, in contrast, "So Macho" had been on the UK chart for 30 weeks in 1986, where it had peaked at Number 2. Initially, Waterman declined to work with Sinitta, claiming that SAW were too busy. SAW did work with Sinitta later however, and her first single with the Hit Factory was "Toy Boy".
At this time Sinitta had started to date one of the backing dancers in Mutiny on The Bounty, Sam Connery. She played the love interest, Maimiti the island princess, to David Essex (as Fletcher Christian, who is 16 years older than her. The papers labelled her "David's Darling" and called Cowell her Svengali, now they were writing, 'Sinitta has a Toy Boy!'. Pete Waterman loved the phrase and the song was written in ten minutes for the young starlet. "Toy Boy" was a hit, reaching Number 4 in the UK in July 1987, staying on the charts for 14 weeks.
Sinitta went on to have a further five hit singles with PWL including "G.T.O." (Number 15, December 1987), "Cross My Broken Heart" (Number 6 - March 1988), "I Don't Believe In Miracles" (Number 22 - September 1988), "Right Back Where We Started From" (Number 4 - June 1989) and "Love on a Mountain Top" (Number 20 - October 1989).
Sinitta performed at the O2 arena in December 2012 at the Hit Factory Live concert, to celebrate 25 years of Stock Aitken Waterman. She performed with her troupe of male dancers.
Career decline
Following the release of her début album Sinitta! in 1987, Sinitta moved away from working directly with Stock Aitken Waterman, although she continued to record at PWL under the direction of mixmasters Pete Hammond, Phil Harding and Ian Curnow. Her second album Wicked, released in 1989, contained only one SAW track - "I Don't Believe In Miracles" - the others being produced by the aforementioned Hammond, Harding & Curnow in addition to Nigel Wright and German producer Ralf Rene Maue.
As the 1990s opened, PWL music proved less popular, and her singles failed to chart high in the Top20 of the UK chart: "Lay Me Down Easy" (Number 88 - December 1989), "Hitchin' a Ride" (Number 24 - April 1990), "Love and Affection" (Number 62 - September 1990), "Shame Shame Shame" (Number 28 - July 1992) and "The Supreme EP" (Number 49 - April 1993). However, these songs were big hits in Japan, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and India, and she even had a Number 1 American dance hit. "The Supreme EP" was the last chart single by Sinitta in the UK.
Sinitta's only studio album release of this period, Naughty Naughty (1995), was an album of pop covers and received a limited release in Asia. She appeared on the cast recording album for What a Feeling, which was a live recording taken from the Apollo Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh in May 1997. She replaced Irene Cara to tour with Sonia (also a former SAW artist) and Luke Goss (former Bros) in the rock and pop musicals concert, What a Feeling in 1997.
Film and television
Sinitta acted in the 1986 film Foreign Body and she also played the lead role in The Friends by Rosa Guy. In May 2005, Sinitta performed on Hit Me Baby One More Time on ITV1. In 2006, Sinitta competed on Sky1's Cirque de Celebrité and appears on The X Factor, as part of Simon Cowell and then Louis Walsh's mentoring team.
In 2006, Sinitta appeared briefly on an episode of Songs of Praise with her mother Miquel Brown.
She hosted her own chat show on MTV. In spring 2007, she teamed, as a judge, with David Ian, David Gest and choreographer Brian Friedman on ITV's musical talent search series, Grease Is The Word.
Sinitta has also had a cameo appearance on daytime soap, Neighbours, appeared as a panellist on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on Phill Jupitus's team and was parodied on the comedy show, Star Stories. In March 2008, she appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap, swapping spouses with ex-Coronation Street actor Bruce Jones. On 10 April 2008, it was announced that Sinitta had joined the panellists on ITV daytime show, Loose Women.
Sinitta appeared as a contestant on ITV's 2010 series of Dancing on Ice, partnered by series regular professional Andre Lipanov.
In November 2011, she appeared as a contestant on the eleventh series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!.
The X Factor
Sinitta appeared as Cowell's right-hand woman at the judges' houses stage of The X Factor and she helped to choose, style and mentor artists such as Leona Lewis, Olly Murs and One Direction.
She continues to work with Cowell, as a mentor support on The X Factor, and in the 2010 series 7 show she worked with the Groups category, at judges' houses in Marbella.. With Cowell's departure from the UK version, Sinitta assisted Louis Walsh in the 2011 series 8 show with the over 25s category. Previously on The X Factor Sinitta has worked on:
- Series 1 (2004): Over 25s (Steve Brookstein - won the show)
- Series 2 (2005): Groups (Journey South - finished third)
- Series 3 (2006): 16-24s (Leona Lewis - won the show)
- Series 4 (2007): Groups (Same Difference - finished third)
- Series 5 (2008): Boys (Eoghan Quigg - finished third)
- Series 6 (2009): Over 25s (Olly Murs - finished second)
- Series 7 (2010): Groups (One Direction) - finished third)
- Series 8 (2011): Over 25s - assisted Louis Walsh (Kitty Brucknell - finished sixth)
In 2009, she regularly appeared on The Xtra Factor which is ITV2's spin-off of The X Factor, interviewing contestants' friends and family. She also made appearances on the 2011 The Xtra Factor, in which she visited one of the finalists' home towns.
Personal life
Sinitta is the daughter of singer Miquel Brown (b. 8 February 1945) and has a twin sister, Greta. Sinitta married Andy Wilner in 2002 and had four miscarriages and IVF treatment before they adopted two children, Magdalena (b. 2006) and Zac (b. 2007). Sinitta separated from Wilner in 2007.
Sinitta is a supporter of Premier League side Chelsea and likes Hull City, often tweeting about both teams.
Recent career
In early 2008, Sinitta began working with other producers and writers, including her aunt Amii Stewart and Nate & Sangoon on new material for a potential future studio album. Sinitta's first Greatest Hits album was released on 19 October 2009, her 46th birthday. Taking the title from her 1989 smash hit single; Right Back Where We Started From - The Hits Plus Collection is a comprehensive anthology of Sinitta's recording career from 1986 until the present day. The double CD album was released by Cherry Pop Records in association with Sony Music Entertainment.
Sinitta now has her own production company and talent site, Attinis Productions. She has put together and developed young talent found on www.attinis.com; Reeformed, Say No More, 5 Daiz and Danielle will all be seen very soon. She also has her own online TV channel launching soon, Sinitta TV.
Discography
Main article: Sinitta discography- Studio albums
- 1987: Sinitta!
- 1989: Wicked
- 1995: Naughty Naughty
References
- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5065332/Simon-Cowells-50th-treat-for-Sinitta-who-says-she-is-44.html
- http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/235740-simon-cowell-is-planning-sinittas-birthday-party/
- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/5065332/Simon-Cowells-50th-treat-for-Sinitta-who-says-she-is-44.html
- "The Tube" Episode 1.8 (1982) at IMDb
- "The Wall Game". BFI.
- Hiller, Tony. ""Imagination" at 1984's A Song for Europe". Hyde Park Music.
- ^ Cowell, Simon (2004). I Don't Mean To Be Rude But... Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-189828-1.
- ^ "Chartstats "So Macho" UK singles chart". Chartstats.com. 18 October 1986. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- "Chartstats "Toy Boy" UK singles chart". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- "Chartstats Sinitta UK Singles Chart". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- "Sinitta: Did she ever find her "Toy Boy"?". The Bubble Burst.
- "Sinitta - Did she ever find her "Toy Boy"?". The Bubble Burst. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- Unreality TV 25 March 2008
- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a372223/sinitta-i-dont-know-why-husband-divorced-me.html
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1206254/Sinitta-Why-Ill-love-Simon-Cowell.html
External links
- Official site
- Sinitta at IMDb
- www.attinis.com
- www.sinitta.com
- Tweet @sinittaofficial
- Facebook - Sinitta Malone
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