Grazia di Fresco, better known by her stage name Sha, is a German singer of Italian
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who rose to fame in the summer of 2006 with her debut single "JaJa".
Formation
Sha grew up in
Schwieberdingen
Schwieberdingen is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality of the Ludwigsburg (district), Ludwigsburg district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The town itself is located about from Stuttgart, the state capital, and from Ludwigsburg, the dis ...
near
Stuttgart
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. After finishing school in the year 2000 at the Hans Grüninger High School in
Markgröningen
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she moved to
Munich
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and published in 2001 as artist Grazia on an indie label, the song ''Rome or Paris''. The song was not a commercial success. Five years later she wrote a record contract with major label
EMI
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.
Subsequent career
Her debut single "JaJa" was released in the beginning of August 2006 and charted right away on the German and Austrian music charts. The song is a
cover version
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of the 1990
hit "
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" of American
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Vanilla Ice
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, for which new German
lyrics
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were written by its producer Ole Wierk. In February 2007, Sha released her second single, the
electro-/
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song "Vergiss Mich", which is notable for its use of synthesizers.
On 24 August 2007, a double A-side single "Respect the Girls / Verdammt ich lieb dich" was released. There are videos for both songs. "Respect the Girls" was recorded as a part of the action of the German magazine ''BRAVO Girl'', while "
Verdammt ich lieb dich" is a cover of the German
Schlager singer
Matthias Reim
Matthias Reim (born 26 November 1957) is a German Pop music, pop and Schlager music, Schlager singer. His 1990 single "Verdammt, ich lieb' dich" ("Damn, I love you") was a hit in several European countries and spent 16 consecutive weeks at the n ...
. On 25 August, Sha was at the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, supporting the ''Schau nicht weg!'' action of ''
BRAVO
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'' and
VIVA against school violence. On 31 August, her first album, ''Kein Scheiß!'', was released.
Biografie von Sha
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Sha subsequently signed a North American deal with Toucan Cove Entertainment in March 2008 which will re-formulate ''Kein Scheiss!'' with all-English versions of many of the songs coupled with several brand new tracks for summer of 2008 release.
Albums
References
External links
Sha at emimusic.de
Sha MySpace
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1979 births
Living people
Sha
21st-century German women singers