Tina Arena (born Filippina Lydia Arena on 1 November 1967, in Melbourne, Au… Read Full Bio ↴Tina Arena (born Filippina Lydia Arena on 1 November 1967, in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian singer and songwriter.
Her career began at the age of seven when she was selected as a regular performer for the music television program Young Talent Time. As a child Arena attracted attention for the power of her voice, which was considered remarkable for such a young child.
She was born to Italian parents and has a sister, Nancy (born 1961). Often billed as "Tiny Tina Arena", she was seen on weekly television singing and dancing the current pop hits. The show's policy was to promote talented children, and at the age of sixteen team members would leave, ostensibly to follow an adult career. As one of the show's youngest performers, Arena's nine year stint was also one of the show's longest. "Strong As Steel" Like most of the children who left the show, Arena carried with her a stigma that made it difficult to be taken seriously as an adult vocalist, and for a short time she contemplated ending her career, and found employment with an insurance company. She was invited to support Lionel Richie on his Australian tour, but despite this success and the profile it gave her, record companies were unwilling to offer her a recording contract. Arena persevered, playing nightclubs in Melbourne and in several stage musicals, before finally being offered a contract.
Her album Strong as Steel, released in 1990, contained one major hit single, the uptempo dance track, "I Need Your Body", whose accompanying video demonstrated Arena as a sexy and confident adult. The contrast between her adult image and that of the seven year old child she had been when she first became famous attracted considerable publicity in Australia, but some elements of the media insisted that she was little more than a novelty act. Despite the success of the further singles, The Machine's Breaking Down and the Diane Warren title track, the album failed to establish her as a major act, and she relocated to the United States.
After signing a contract with Sony Music, Arena released the album Don't Ask in 1994. It became one of the highest selling albums of the year in Australia and provided her with her first substantial hit single "Chains". The song also reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom and Top 40 in the United States. Arena's career was said to be a priority of record executive Tommy Mottola who envisioned her achieving the level of success of Céline Dion or Mariah Carey, but the album failed to sell well in the US, and Mottola moved on to other projects. Other hits followed in Australia and Europe, including "Heaven Help My Heart", "Wasn't It Good" and "Sorrento Moon". The album won Arena five ARIA Awards for "Album of the Year", "Song of the Year" ("Chains"), "Pop Release of the Year" ("Chains") and "Best Female Vocalist", as well as a special award for "Highest Selling Female Artist in Australian History".
After more than twenty years she was finally accepted as a credible performer by both the record buying public and the Australian music industry.
Her next album In Deep (1997), produced by Foreigner's Mick Jones contained a cover version of their hit "I Want To Know What Love Is" (with backing vocals by the song's original vocalist Lou Gramm) and another major hit single "Burn". In Deep was the highest selling Australian album of the year. During this time she recorded the theme song for the film The Mask of Zorro, a duet with Marc Anthony titled "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You". This song was highly successful in Europe, and Arena embraced European culture, recording several songs in French and relocating temporarily to France. During this period her greatest successes were these French recordings and they were major hits in France. A repackaged version of the In Deep album including the new French versions, and a cover version of the Edith Piaf song "Les Trois Cloches" was a major hit throughout Europe and reached number 3 in France.
Her 2001 album Just Me was a moderate success and included such hit singles as "Soul Mate #9", "Dare You To Be Happy" and "Symphony of Life". In 1998, Arena was invited to perform the role of Esmerelda in the West End production of Notre Dame de Paris in London. In 2000, she performed to the largest audience of her career at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Later that year she received an outstanding achievement ARIA Award for her career achievement, with the award also specifically recognising her success in France.
In 2003 she was recruited by Dance DJ Ray Roc to sing on his single "Never (Past Tense)". The song was one of the year's longest running hits on the Hot Dance Club Songs charet where it reached number one.
Arena completed her contract with Sony Music in the Fall of 2004, releasing a Greatest Hits album and a Greatest Hits DVD marking the end of her association with them. She was also released her Greatest Hits Live which features 90 minutes of LIVE concert footage recorded during her 2004 Greatest Hits tour in Australia.
After resigning a record deal with Columbia France, Arena recorded a new entirely French album, called Un Autre Univers (Another Universe). The album was co-written by Arena and an assortment of French and English writers and producers. The first single "Aimer jusqu'a l'impossible" (Love Till The Impossible) received airplay across French radio and debuted on the French national charts at #3. On November 17th 2005, Arena and partner Vincent Mancini became parents, with the birth of a son, Gabriel Joseph, in Paris.Arena's sixth studio album titled Songs of Love & Loss was recorded independently and self-financed as she no longer had a recording contract in Australia. The album was eventually released on 1 December 2007 after a new deal was struck with EMI Australia. The record was primarily made up of torch songs originally recorded by women in the 1960s and 70s such as Dusty Springfield and Diana Ross and the arrangements featured a full string orchestra conducted by Simon Hale. A promotional tour of Australia in early November included appearances on Dancing with the Stars and Sunrise. Five concert dates backed by a 35 piece orchestra were held in December–January: three at the Sydney Opera House and two at Melbourne's Hamer Hall. The album peaked at #3 on the ARIA Top Albums chart and was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Selling Album.
While Arena was still promoting Songs of Love & Loss in Australia, her first French single in two years, "Entends-tu le monde?", was made available to French radio. The video was shot in and around Sydney during the promotional tour of her home country and went on heavy rotation on French music television channels upon its release. The song was the first single from her sophomore French album 7 vies which was released on 28 January 2008 and debuted at #12 on the official French charts, her highest debut ever in the country. The single "Entends-tu le monde?" was physically released on 11 February 2008 and debuted at #10 on the French charts, becoming her sixth top ten single there.
August 2008 saw Arena performing with Andrea Bocelli during his Australian tour. The two performed well received duets of "The Prayer", "Canto della Terra" and a cover of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love". Prior to the tour she had been in the UK recording her eighth studio album Songs of Love & Loss 2, which was released on 15 November 2008.[4] For this album, her vocals were recorded live with the London Studio Orchestra, again conducted by Hale.[5]
Arena & Alison Jiear at Sydney Mardi Gras 2009.Alongside fellow Australian singer and songwriter Darren Hayes, Arena appeared as a guest judge during the London auditions of Australian Idol's sixth season. The episode featuring Arena and Hayes aired on 27 August 2008. She again appeared as a guest judge on 16 November while she was in Australia to promote Songs of Love & Loss 2.
Arena has been awarded a Knighthood of the Order of National Merit, the second highest civil honour in France, by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in February 2009 for her contributions to French culture.
In March 2009, Arena toured Australia in support of her album Songs of Love & Loss 2 and also appeared as a surprise guest performer at the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras party singing a medley of "Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible" and "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" at 3 am accompanied by Alison Jiear on the latter.
2009 also saw the release of Arena's first French greatest hits album, The Best & le meilleur, and The Peel Me Sessions, an album of original material recorded in 2003 but rejected by her label at the time Sony.
A live CD and DVD was released in Australia in January 2010, The Onstage Collection, where the album peaked at #22 on the ARIA Charts.
Arena announced that she will release her seventh English studio album in 2011.
Her career began at the age of seven when she was selected as a regular performer for the music television program Young Talent Time. As a child Arena attracted attention for the power of her voice, which was considered remarkable for such a young child.
She was born to Italian parents and has a sister, Nancy (born 1961). Often billed as "Tiny Tina Arena", she was seen on weekly television singing and dancing the current pop hits. The show's policy was to promote talented children, and at the age of sixteen team members would leave, ostensibly to follow an adult career. As one of the show's youngest performers, Arena's nine year stint was also one of the show's longest. "Strong As Steel" Like most of the children who left the show, Arena carried with her a stigma that made it difficult to be taken seriously as an adult vocalist, and for a short time she contemplated ending her career, and found employment with an insurance company. She was invited to support Lionel Richie on his Australian tour, but despite this success and the profile it gave her, record companies were unwilling to offer her a recording contract. Arena persevered, playing nightclubs in Melbourne and in several stage musicals, before finally being offered a contract.
Her album Strong as Steel, released in 1990, contained one major hit single, the uptempo dance track, "I Need Your Body", whose accompanying video demonstrated Arena as a sexy and confident adult. The contrast between her adult image and that of the seven year old child she had been when she first became famous attracted considerable publicity in Australia, but some elements of the media insisted that she was little more than a novelty act. Despite the success of the further singles, The Machine's Breaking Down and the Diane Warren title track, the album failed to establish her as a major act, and she relocated to the United States.
After signing a contract with Sony Music, Arena released the album Don't Ask in 1994. It became one of the highest selling albums of the year in Australia and provided her with her first substantial hit single "Chains". The song also reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom and Top 40 in the United States. Arena's career was said to be a priority of record executive Tommy Mottola who envisioned her achieving the level of success of Céline Dion or Mariah Carey, but the album failed to sell well in the US, and Mottola moved on to other projects. Other hits followed in Australia and Europe, including "Heaven Help My Heart", "Wasn't It Good" and "Sorrento Moon". The album won Arena five ARIA Awards for "Album of the Year", "Song of the Year" ("Chains"), "Pop Release of the Year" ("Chains") and "Best Female Vocalist", as well as a special award for "Highest Selling Female Artist in Australian History".
After more than twenty years she was finally accepted as a credible performer by both the record buying public and the Australian music industry.
Her next album In Deep (1997), produced by Foreigner's Mick Jones contained a cover version of their hit "I Want To Know What Love Is" (with backing vocals by the song's original vocalist Lou Gramm) and another major hit single "Burn". In Deep was the highest selling Australian album of the year. During this time she recorded the theme song for the film The Mask of Zorro, a duet with Marc Anthony titled "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You". This song was highly successful in Europe, and Arena embraced European culture, recording several songs in French and relocating temporarily to France. During this period her greatest successes were these French recordings and they were major hits in France. A repackaged version of the In Deep album including the new French versions, and a cover version of the Edith Piaf song "Les Trois Cloches" was a major hit throughout Europe and reached number 3 in France.
Her 2001 album Just Me was a moderate success and included such hit singles as "Soul Mate #9", "Dare You To Be Happy" and "Symphony of Life". In 1998, Arena was invited to perform the role of Esmerelda in the West End production of Notre Dame de Paris in London. In 2000, she performed to the largest audience of her career at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Later that year she received an outstanding achievement ARIA Award for her career achievement, with the award also specifically recognising her success in France.
In 2003 she was recruited by Dance DJ Ray Roc to sing on his single "Never (Past Tense)". The song was one of the year's longest running hits on the Hot Dance Club Songs charet where it reached number one.
Arena completed her contract with Sony Music in the Fall of 2004, releasing a Greatest Hits album and a Greatest Hits DVD marking the end of her association with them. She was also released her Greatest Hits Live which features 90 minutes of LIVE concert footage recorded during her 2004 Greatest Hits tour in Australia.
After resigning a record deal with Columbia France, Arena recorded a new entirely French album, called Un Autre Univers (Another Universe). The album was co-written by Arena and an assortment of French and English writers and producers. The first single "Aimer jusqu'a l'impossible" (Love Till The Impossible) received airplay across French radio and debuted on the French national charts at #3. On November 17th 2005, Arena and partner Vincent Mancini became parents, with the birth of a son, Gabriel Joseph, in Paris.Arena's sixth studio album titled Songs of Love & Loss was recorded independently and self-financed as she no longer had a recording contract in Australia. The album was eventually released on 1 December 2007 after a new deal was struck with EMI Australia. The record was primarily made up of torch songs originally recorded by women in the 1960s and 70s such as Dusty Springfield and Diana Ross and the arrangements featured a full string orchestra conducted by Simon Hale. A promotional tour of Australia in early November included appearances on Dancing with the Stars and Sunrise. Five concert dates backed by a 35 piece orchestra were held in December–January: three at the Sydney Opera House and two at Melbourne's Hamer Hall. The album peaked at #3 on the ARIA Top Albums chart and was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Selling Album.
While Arena was still promoting Songs of Love & Loss in Australia, her first French single in two years, "Entends-tu le monde?", was made available to French radio. The video was shot in and around Sydney during the promotional tour of her home country and went on heavy rotation on French music television channels upon its release. The song was the first single from her sophomore French album 7 vies which was released on 28 January 2008 and debuted at #12 on the official French charts, her highest debut ever in the country. The single "Entends-tu le monde?" was physically released on 11 February 2008 and debuted at #10 on the French charts, becoming her sixth top ten single there.
August 2008 saw Arena performing with Andrea Bocelli during his Australian tour. The two performed well received duets of "The Prayer", "Canto della Terra" and a cover of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love". Prior to the tour she had been in the UK recording her eighth studio album Songs of Love & Loss 2, which was released on 15 November 2008.[4] For this album, her vocals were recorded live with the London Studio Orchestra, again conducted by Hale.[5]
Arena & Alison Jiear at Sydney Mardi Gras 2009.Alongside fellow Australian singer and songwriter Darren Hayes, Arena appeared as a guest judge during the London auditions of Australian Idol's sixth season. The episode featuring Arena and Hayes aired on 27 August 2008. She again appeared as a guest judge on 16 November while she was in Australia to promote Songs of Love & Loss 2.
Arena has been awarded a Knighthood of the Order of National Merit, the second highest civil honour in France, by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in February 2009 for her contributions to French culture.
In March 2009, Arena toured Australia in support of her album Songs of Love & Loss 2 and also appeared as a surprise guest performer at the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras party singing a medley of "Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible" and "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" at 3 am accompanied by Alison Jiear on the latter.
2009 also saw the release of Arena's first French greatest hits album, The Best & le meilleur, and The Peel Me Sessions, an album of original material recorded in 2003 but rejected by her label at the time Sony.
A live CD and DVD was released in Australia in January 2010, The Onstage Collection, where the album peaked at #22 on the ARIA Charts.
Arena announced that she will release her seventh English studio album in 2011.
N'Oublie Pas
Tina Arena Lyrics
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(Moria Nemo / Anse Lazio)
Ces lettres que je n'envoie pas
Que pourtant tu relis sans cesse
Les mots d'Amour que je dis pas
Qui souvent te touchent et te blessent
Et si je prends l'air d'être ailleurs
Quand je ne sais plus où aller
Les nuits où je cache mon coeur
Tu sais toujours où le trouver…
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Quand je suis loin, quand je suis là
Je ne suis rien d'autre qu'à toi
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Tu sais très bien, si je dis rien
Mon silence est écrit pour toi
Ne l'oublie pas…
Voir les secondes compter les heures
Qui font des jours sans lendemain
Sentir ma peau qui a pris peur
De ne plus porter ton parfum
Je n'aime plus aller quelque part
Si mon voyage n'est pas le tien
Je sais qu'à vivre sans te voir
Mes yeux ne servent plus à rien…
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Quand je suis loin, quand je suis là
Je ne suis rien d'autre qu'à toi
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Tu sais très bien, si je dis rien
Mon silence est écrit pour toi
Ne l'oublie pas…
Ton souffle court dans mes cheveux
Tes mains qui montrent le chemin
Quand le plus beau à être deux
Est de ne plus faire qu'un…
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Quand je suis loin, quand je suis là
Je ne suis rien d'autre qu'à toi
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Tu sais très bien, si je dis rien
Mon silence est écrit pour toi
Ne l'oublie pas
Ne m'oublie pas
Ces lettres que je n'envoie pas
Que pourtant tu relis sans cesse
Les mots d'Amour que je dis pas
Qui souvent te touchent et te blessent
Et si je prends l'air d'être ailleurs
Quand je ne sais plus où aller
Tu sais toujours où le trouver…
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Quand je suis loin, quand je suis là
Je ne suis rien d'autre qu'à toi
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Tu sais très bien, si je dis rien
Mon silence est écrit pour toi
Ne l'oublie pas…
Voir les secondes compter les heures
Qui font des jours sans lendemain
Sentir ma peau qui a pris peur
De ne plus porter ton parfum
Je n'aime plus aller quelque part
Si mon voyage n'est pas le tien
Je sais qu'à vivre sans te voir
Mes yeux ne servent plus à rien…
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Quand je suis loin, quand je suis là
Je ne suis rien d'autre qu'à toi
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Tu sais très bien, si je dis rien
Mon silence est écrit pour toi
Ne l'oublie pas…
Ton souffle court dans mes cheveux
Tes mains qui montrent le chemin
Quand le plus beau à être deux
Est de ne plus faire qu'un…
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Quand je suis loin, quand je suis là
Je ne suis rien d'autre qu'à toi
Mais n'oublie pas
Et n'oublie pas
Tu sais très bien, si je dis rien
Mon silence est écrit pour toi
Ne l'oublie pas
Ne m'oublie pas
The lyrics of Tina Arena's song "N'Oublie Pas" (Don't forget) depict the message of a lover who is unable to express their feelings explicitly. The song is about the unsaid words of love and the impact they have on a relationship. The singer talks about the letters she does not send, the words she does not speak, and the places she does not go unless her loved one is with her. She feels the need to remind her partner not to forget about her, that even when she is not physically present, she is still his. The singer describes the comfort and warmth that comes with being together and the fear that grips her skin when it fades away.
Line by Line Meaning
Ces lettres que je n'envoie pas
The letters I don't send to you
Que pourtant tu relis sans cesse
That you keep reading over and over again
Les mots d'Amour que je dis pas
The words of love that I don't say
Qui souvent te touchent et te blessent
That often touch and hurt you
Et si je prends l'air d'être ailleurs
And if I seem to be elsewhere
Quand je ne sais plus où aller
When I don't know where to go anymore
Les nuits où je cache mon coeur
The nights when I hide my heart
Tu sais toujours où le trouver…
You always know where to find it...
Mais n'oublie pas
...but don't forget
Et n'oublie pas
...and don't forget
Quand je suis loin, quand je suis là
Whether I'm far away or right here
Je ne suis rien d'autre qu'à toi
I'm nothing else but yours
Tu sais très bien, si je dis rien
You know very well that if I say nothing
Mon silence est écrit pour toi
My silence is written for you
Voir les secondes compter les heures
Watching seconds turn into hours
Qui font des jours sans lendemain
That make for endless days
Sentir ma peau qui a pris peur
Feeling my skin become afraid
De ne plus porter ton parfum
Of not carrying your scent anymore
Je n'aime plus aller quelque part
I don't enjoy going anywhere
Si mon voyage n'est pas le tien
If my journey isn't with you
Je sais qu'à vivre sans te voir
I know that living without seeing you
Mes yeux ne servent plus à rien…
Makes my eyes useless...
Ton souffle court dans mes cheveux
Your breath short in my hair
Tes mains qui montrent le chemin
Your hands showing the way
Quand le plus beau à être deux
When the most beautiful thing is to be two
Est de ne plus faire qu'un…
And become one...
Ne m'oublie pas
Don't forget me
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celia et sasha rosa
Une chanson qui reste a tt jamais dans le coeur c touche ton ame je la kiffe c est tellement émouvant un amour interdit tina tu es juste merveilleuse je t adore tu es l'une des plus grande chanteuse pr moi qui ma toucher aussi fort et profondément tu a toucher mon coeur et mon âme 💔🙏
leila brazane
Je suis fan deTina ,trop belle voix
Ricardo M. Salles
Cette chanson est une belle histoire que deux jeunes gens qui se connaissent et apprennent ce qu'est l'amour à mesure qu'ils grandissent. A la fin, l'image reflétée dans les yeux, touche le cœur. Em português podemos dizer que o título da música é "Não se esqueça".
ICanSurprise You
Très belle chanson, une de mes préférées.
Neri clé-de-sol
j'aime beaucoup cette musique elle dégage beaucoup d'émotion
Noha Samar
On doit malheureusement oublier celui qui n'a pas su écouter son coeur,qui n'a pas pu laisser son âme baigner dans la mienne,qui a persister d'aterrir du haut de nos rêves si sensuel et merveilleux .
Sharon Labonte
C'est vrai
Dominique Laruelle
Une de mes chanteuses préférée Australienne quel voix tjs le frisson je n n'oublierais jamais
synthy29
Une voix magnifique et grande artiste. Oui,j'aime.
Cécilia Ruminy
Merveilleuse chanson et de déclaration d'amour