Cristina Scuccia

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

Cristina Scuccia
Background information
Birth nameCristina Scuccia
Born (1988-08-19) 19 August 1988
OriginVittoria, Italy
GenresPop, rock, soul
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2007–present
LabelsUniversal Music Italia

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

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. In the final, she won the trophy with 62% of the Italian votes against runner-up Giacomo Voli. 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 November 20, 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
Year Album Peak positions Track listing
IT
[18]		 BEL
(Wa)
[19]		 FR
[20]
2014 Sister Cristina
  • 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
Year Title Chart 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"
 –
 –

References
  1. "Singing Nun Cristina Scuccia Wins Italy's Voice". Billboard. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. "Singing Nun Sister Cristina Scuccia Wins Italy's Voice". New York Daily News. New York. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. Davies, Lizzy (21 March 2014). "Singing nun Cristina Scuccia Becomes Internet Star After The Voice Audition". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  4. "Suor Cristina, Italy's Singing Nun, Wins The Voice". The Daily Telegraph. Agence France-Presse. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  5. Franco Simone su suor Cristina: "Non si farà stritolare da successo" - Adnkronos 30/04/2014
  6. SUOR CRISTINA/ Video, L'esibizione al fianco del cantautore Franco Simone (The voice of Italy 2014) - Sussidiario 25/03/2014
  7. Agence France-Presse. "Suor Cristina, Italy's singing nun, wins The Voice". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  8. "Serie 2, blind 2, Suor Cristina Scuccia, #TEAMJ-AX". The Voice of Italy. YouTube. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  9. "Serie 2, Battle 1, Suor Cristina Scuccia Vs Luna Palumbo". The Voice of Italy. YouTube. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  10. "Suor Cristina - "What a feeling" - The Voice Of Italy - 07/05/2014". The Voice of Italy. YouTube. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  11. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Sister Cristina - Like A Virgin. YouTube.
  12. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: الأخت كريستينا نجمة "ذي فويس" الإيطالية تصدر ألبومها الأول. YouTube.
  13. "Like A Virgin: the song singing by Sister Cristina". ParlandoDi. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  14. "Sister Cristina - Blessed Be Your Name". YouTube. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  15. Viagas, Robert (10 December 2015). "Real-life Singing Nun Joins Italian Sister Act Today". Playbill. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  16. "Nun Sister Cristina Set To Rock 'Sister Act' Musical". World Religion News. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  17. Andrea Pascoli (20 November 2022). "Sister Cristina Scuccia won The Voice, today she leaves the consecrated life". la Repubblica.
  18. Italiancharts.com - Sister Cristina discography
  19. Ultratop.be/vl/ - Sister Cristina discography
  20. Lescharts.com - Sister Cristina discography
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