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, a French celebrity chef.

Career

Early career

At the age of 17, influenced by the music of

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, Elvis,

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, Novelli started fronting her own bands. In 2011, Novelli starred in a reality TV series on Channel 5 called ''Candy Bar Girls'', which covered the lives and loves of the staff and regulars at the Candy Bar in London's

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. While on the show, Novelli could be seen performing a mix of her own material along with some covers, making them her own. Some of the songs she sang were

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' " Just the Way You Are".

2012—2013: Breakthrough

In early 2012, Novelli collaborated with producer and DJ

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on the track "Concrete Angel", which she had co-written. By June of the same year, "Concrete Angel" had entered ''

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'' at No. 15 on the "Dance Music" charts, and as of December, 2021 has over 56 million views on YouTube. Since then, Novelli has also collaborated with the likes of

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and many more. In December 2013, she collaborated with

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and

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on the song "Satellite", debuted as the No. 47 Dance Club Song in ''Billboard''.

2013—present: DJ career

In 2013, Novelli began DJing all over the world including iconic venues & festivals like,

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Las Vegas LIV Miami, Pacha NYC, and

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Festival . Her DJ genre is Trance. She also plays Tech House, Big Room, Hard House, Bass House Progressive House .

Awards and nominations

*Christina Novelli and

's song "Concrete Angel" was nominated for the 28th Annual

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for "Best Trance Track" of 2013. *Christina Novelli and Richard Durand's song "The Air I Breathe" was voted Tune of the Year 2018 on

's ''

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''. *Christina Novelli won "Best Female Trance Artist" two years in a row (2019 and 2020) at the Annual

Winter Music Conference.

Personal life

Married to Tara Sirrell from 2019 - Present

Car accident

In 2015, Novelli was involved in a serious car accident, involving a truck that rammed into the car that she was a passenger of. It resulted into the car rolling multiple times, finally ending up in a ditch. She endured minor injuries of the spine, chest and head. Thankfully she was wearing a seatbelt, which saved her life.

Discography

As lead artist *2015: Christina Novelli – "Same Stars" *2016: Christina Novelli – "Where We Began" *2017: Christina Novelli and Decoy! – "In Da Club" *2018: Christina Novelli and Atilla Syah – "This Is the Sound" *2019: Christina Novelli – "Beautiful Life" *2019: Christina Novelli – "It'll End in Tears" *2019: Christina Novelli – "Through My Eyes" – ''The Acoustic Sessions Vol. 1'' *2019: Christina Novelli & Sub Zero Project - “The Contagion” *2020:

Super8 & Tab Super8 and Tab are a Finnish trance music duo of producers and DJs from Finland named Miika Eloranta (Super8) and Janne Mansnerus (DJ Tab). They recorded music as individual musicians until they officially decided to team up in 2005 after collab ...

and Christina Novelli – "Rooftops" *2020: Christina Novelli – "I'm Ok" *2020: Christina Novelli – "Numb" *2021:

and Christina Novelli - "Not Afraid to Fall" *2021: Christina Novell and Chris Burke - "Don't Wanna Go Home" *2021: Christina Novell and Leroy Moreno - "In My Arms" *2021: Christina Novelli and Cquenz - "All I Want Is You" As featured artist * 2012:

(featuring Christina Novelli) – "Concrete Angel" * 2012:

(featuring Christina Novelli) – "Fire & Load" * 2013: Craig Connelly and Christina Novelli – "Black Hole" * 2013:

(featuring Christina Novelli) – "Jar of Hearts" * 2013:

(featuring Christina Novelli) – "Collide" * 2013: Easton and Christina Novelli – "Already Gone" * 2013:

and Audé (featuring Christina Novelli) – "Satellite" * 2014: Roman Messer (featuring Christina Novelli) – "Frozen" * 2014: Fabio XB and Liuck (featuring Christina Novelli) – "Back to You" * 2014:

Binary Finary Binary Finary are a British trance act, originally comprising Matt Laws, Ricky Grant and Stuart Matheson. They are best known for the dance hit single "1998", especially for the Paul van Dyk and Gouryella remixes, which charted in many count ...

and Lele Troniq (featuring Christina Novelli) – "Waiting for the Sun (Remixed)" * 2014: LTN (featuring Christina Novelli) – "Feeling Like Yeah" * 2014:

(featuring Christina Novelli) – "Dynamite" * 2014: JJoy and Christina Novelli – "Loving You" * 2014: Eddie Bitar (featuring Christina Novelli) – "Start Again" * 2014: Nomosk and Roman Messer (featuring Christina Novelli) – "Lost Soul" * 2014: Tasadi and Aryas (featuring Christina Novelli) – "Seventh Kingdom" * 2014:

Ørjan Nilsen Ørjan Nilsen (; born 14 June 1982) is a Norwegian producer and DJ ranked inside the Top 250 DJs in his genre by the annual DJ Mag Top 100 poll. His debut studio album In My Opinion was released in 2011, followed by No Saint Out of Me in 2013 a ...

(featuring Christina Novelli) – "Hurricane" * 2014: Delta-S and Christina Novelli – "Alive" * 2014: Ben Gold (featuring Christina Novelli) – "All or Nothing" * 2014: Teevo Rain and Nova Kordz (featuring Christina Novelli) – "ARMOUR" * 2014: SHY & DRS (featuring Christina Novelli) – " Born Again" * 2015: Fabio XB and Liuck featuring Christina Novelli – "Step into the Light" * 2015:

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featuring Christina Novelli – "Hold It Together" * 2015: Dennis Sheperd featuring Christina Novelli – "Starlight" * 2015: LTN featuring Christina Novelli – "Hold on to Your Heart" (LTN's Sunrise Album Mix) / LTN featuring Christina Novelli – "Hold on to Your Heart" (LTN's Sunrise Mix) * 2015: Andy Moor,

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and Christina Novelli – "All Gone" * 2015: Sneijder featuring Christina Novelli – "Love of My Control SOE * 2015: Iván Mateluna featuring Christina Novelli – "Not Alone" (

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/Abstractive Music) * 2016: Luke Bond and Cartel – "Once More" * 2016: Christina Novelli and Lanos – "Home" * 2016:

and Christina Novelli – "Save Me" * 2016:

Bryan Kearney Bryan Kearney () is an Irish DJ/producer in electronic dance music, mostly in trance, particularly tech trance. His tracks have been remixed by the likes of Giuseppe Ottaviani, John Askew, Activa, and Heatbeat. Biography Bryan Kearney began ...

and Christina Novelli – "By My Side" * 2016:

and Christina Novelli – "Sun Is Rising" * 2016: Van Dresen, Akki and Monteur featuring Christina Novelli – "Beautiful" * 2018: Bobina and Christina Novelli – "Mysterious Times" * 2018: Roman Messer featuring Christina Novelli – "Fireflies" * 2018: Richard Durand and Christina Novelli – "The Air I Breathe" *2018: Osmia and Christina Novelli – "Be Without You" * 2019:

and Christina Novelli – "Symphony of Stars" * 2019:

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and Christina Novelli – "The Contagion" * 2019: Richard Durand and Christina Novelli – "Save You" * 2019: Allen Watts and Christina Novelli – "My Gravity" * 2020: Markus Schulz and Christina Novelli – "Not Afraid to Fall" * 2021: Christina Novelli and Richard Durand - "My Guiding Light" * 2021:

Sash! Sash! (; stylised as SASH!) is a German DJ/production team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born 10 June 1970) who works in the recording studio with Ralf Kappmeier, Karl Xander, and Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke. They have sold over 22 million albums ...

featuring Christina Novelli - "Walking the Wire"

References

External links

Instagram

Official website

Interview with Christina Novelli (August 2014)
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