18 Facts About Sabrina Salerno

Sabrina Salerno was brought up by her aunt in Genoa before moving to live with her grandparents in Sanremo.

Sabrina Salerno went to live with her mother when she was 15.

Sabrina Salerno sang in the choir at her local Catholic Church and at school formed a pop group with her friends.

In late 1987, she released her first studio album, Sabrina Salerno, which was entirely sung in English.

In 1988, Sabrina Salerno received the "Best European Singer" award during the Festivalbar event.

Sabrina Salerno enjoyed another European-wide summer hit with the single "All of Me ", produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.

Thanks to the success of her music and modelling, Sabrina Salerno performed in many European countries, among others at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988 and at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, in 1989, where 50,000 people gathered over three days to see her perform.

Sabrina Salerno even starred in a slightly risque self-titled video game for home computers.

Sabrina Salerno released a new single, "Gringo", to moderate success and her first remix album called Super Remix.

In 1990, Sabrina Salerno was the hostess of the weekly prime time TV-show Ricomincio da 2 with Raffaella Carra on Rai 2, and released a new single called "Yeah Yeah", which was only a modest hit.

Sabrina Salerno featured in several theatre plays including the comedies I cavalieri della Tavola Rotonda and Uomini sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi.

Sabrina Salerno continued to host several TV-shows, including the game show Il mercante in fiera and Cocco di mamma on Rai 1.

In 1999, Sabrina Salerno released a new album, A Flower's Broken.

Sabrina Salerno appeared on the British TV-show Eurotrash in which she performed "I Love You".

In 2007, Sabrina Salerno toured France and published a cover version of the disco classic "Born to Be Alive" on her Myspace page.

Sabrina Salerno performed at another '80s revival concert in Poland, which was part of the Sopot Festival, together with Kim Wilde, Samantha Fox, Sandra, Thomas Anders, Limahl and Shakin' Stevens.

In 2012, Sabrina Salerno starred as herself in the French movie Stars 80, directed by Frederic Forestier and produced by Thomas Langmann, and was on another RFM tour in France.

In 2013, Sabrina Salerno featured on Neon Neon's song "Shopping ", from the duo's second studio album Praxis Makes Perfect.