Sarina Paris (born December 22, 1973) is a Canadian singer, best known for her international dance-club hits "Look at Us" (1999) and "Just About Enough" (2000).
Early life
Born on December 22, 1973, Paris is of Italian descent and grew up in Toronto in a working-class family who were originally from Italy. She began singing in preschool in school plays and church choir. She moved back to Italy in 1996 after her mother died to get in touch with her ancestral roots.
Career
1990s
In 1995, Paris' debut song "Mystery Man" was released in Canada. In 1996 during Italian singing contests, she was discovered by Italian manager/producer Vince Tempera (Kill Bill) who invited her to work alongside some of the most respected and talented producers and musicians from La Scala Milano. Maestro Tempera invited Sarina to collaborate in music festivals across Italy where Sarina sang songs from soundtracks backed by twelve-piece orchestra. Sarina later met musician and band leader Walter Muto who invited her to join his band 'Rock for fun', an educational band covering the history of rock music where Sarina sang in the 'women in rock' segment and toured Italy and Spain.
Sarina also become a member of the Gam Gam Project alongside dance producers Max Monti and Mauro Pilato in Rimini, Italy where she toured Northern Italy with the GamGam children.
A year later she moved to Milan where she worked as a receptionist at a CX music publishing and production where she was discovered by Charlie Marchino and Nico Spinosa of EMI's Italian division, and began her career as an international recording artist. but did not reach the Top 40. The song did make it onto the Rhythmic Top 40. It also became a dance-club hit internationally. As a result of the success, she was signed to the U.S. label Priority Records.
In 2001, she released her debut album, Sarina Paris, composed of songs she co-wrote, with the exception of a cover version of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors". In an interview, she said the album was "nothing too intellectual—just music to make you happy and to make you feel good" and that "I wanted to make an album that kids could listen to with their parents. Songs that were clubby for mom, but weren't x-rated so the kids could play and dance along with." In 2005, the song was featured in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 for the North American PlayStation 2.
Paris toured with La Toya Jackson in Hawaii in May 2004. For the rest of the 2000s, her music career had been mostly on hold, although she released a new song, "You Are My Valentine", available only on EuroBeats Vol. 3.
Currently
On May 27, 2011, nearly marking the tenth anniversary of "Look at Us", Paris released the single "Sophisticated". Paris would release three new singles in 2019, "Angel Inside", "Believe in Love" and "Where Are You Now".
Sarina continues to write songs for TV programs in Italy and film and continues to sing with jazz bands. She continues to write and produce electronic music.
Discography
Studio albums
- Sarina Paris (2001)
Singles
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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS<br />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US<br />
|-
! scope="row"| "Mystery Man"
| 1995
| — || — || —
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Look at Us"
| 1999
| 23 || 39 || 59
| rowspan="2"| Sarina Paris
|-
! scope="row"| "Just About Enough"
| 2000
| — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "You Are My Valentine"
| 2003
| — || — || —
| rowspan="5"
|-
! scope="row"| "Sophisticated"
| 2011
| — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Angel Inside"
| rowspan="3"| 2019
| — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Believe in Love"
| — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Where Are You Now"
| — || — || —
|}