Arisa

Arisa (real name Rosalba Pippa) is an Italian singer born in Genoa, Italy on August 20, 1982. A week after her birth her family moved back to their original hometown, Pignola, a village a few kilometres far from Potenza. Her artistic name is an acronym of her family members' names: A from her father, Antonio; R from her own name, Rosalba; I and S from her sisters, Isabella and Sabrina; and A from her mother, Assunta.