Tina Arena

Tina Arena
AM
Arena in 2012
Born
Filippina Lydia Arena

(1967-11-01) 1 November 1967 (age 57)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • recording artist
  • record producer
  • musician
  • musical theatre actress
  • author
  • television personality
Years active1976–present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Voice and piano
LabelsColumbia, EMI, Sony BMG Positive Dream,
Websitetinaarena.com

Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena AM (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwide.[1][2][3] Arena is multilingual, singing and recording in English, Italian, French and Spanish.

Arena has earned several international and national awards, including a BRIT Award, seven ARIA Awards and two World Music Awards for Best-selling Australian Artist (1996, 2000). In 2001, she was awarded a BMI Foundation Songwriting Award (Broadcast Music Inc) by the American performance rights organisation for co-writing "Burn" with Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel.[4] In 2011, Arena became the first Australian to be awarded a knighthood of the French National Order of National Merit, presented by the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, for her contributions to French culture, and ceremonially awarded by Frédéric Mitterrand, the Minister of Culture and Communication of France.[5]

In 2015, Arena was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Hall of Fame.[6] On Australia Day, 26 January 2016, Arena was recognised in the Australia Day Honours and appointed a member in the General Division of the Order of Australia "for significant service to the music industry as a singer, songwriter, and recording artist, and as a supporter of charitable groups".[7][8] In 2016 Arena was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).[9][10]

In March 2019, the Government of Australia appointed Arena as a board member of the Australia Council for the Arts for a three-year term.[9][11][12]

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  6. ^ "One of the Greatest Australian Voices of all Time, Tina Arena to Be Inducted in the ARIA Hall of Fame". Australian Recording Industry Association. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  7. ^ Member of the Order of Australia Archived 22 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine (AM), 26 January 2016, It's an Honour
  8. ^ Vincent, Peter (26 January 2016). "Australia Day Honours 2016: Tina Arena says Australia 'is so capable of embracing everyone'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Tina Arena AM | Australia Council". Australiacouncil.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Rod Laver, Tina Arena among 829 Australia Day honourees". ABC News. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Tina Arena appointed to peak arts body". SBS News.
  12. ^ Banger, Marnie (22 March 2019). "Tina Arena appointed to peak arts body". Newcastle Herald.