Nikka Costa (album)

Nikka Costa
Nikka Costa
Studio album by Nikka Costa
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Pop
Length	35:29
Label	CGD (Italy); Columbia-CBS;
Producer	Don Costa; Tony Renis; Danny B. Besquet;
Nikka Costa chronology

Nikka Costa is the debut studio album by Nikka Costa. It was released in 1981 by CGD Records in Italy in conjunction with CBS Records when Costa was nine years old, fifteen years before her first album for older audiences was released, and twenty years before her breakthrough album Everybody Got Their Something.

Background

Costa's cover of "(Out Here) On My Own", originally from the musical film Fame, was released as a single from the album. The single topped the charts in Italy and Europe.^[1]^[2] The single's success prompted suspicions that Costa would be a one-hit wonder, and that her success would be short-lived, but neither of these predictions came true. Instead, by September 1982, the album had sold over 200,000 copies in Italy alone, and about 1.5 million copies worldwide.^[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Someone to Watch Over Me" (from Oh, Kay!)	Ira and George Gershwin	2:53
2.	"I Believe in Love"	Danny B. Besquet Ronald Jackson	2:56
3.	"(Out Here) On My Own" (from Fame)	Lesley and Michael Gore	3:31
4.	"Grown Up World"	Terry Ray, Nikka and Don Costa	2:33
5.	"Through the Eyes of Love" (from Ice Castles)	Marvin Hamlisch Carole Bayer Sager	3:57
6.	"Go Away, Little Boy"	Gerry Goffin Carole King	2:45

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's Your Dream"	Peter Sinfield Teddy Randazzo	3:27
2.	"Maybe" (from Annie)	Martin Charnin Charles Strouse	2:53
3.	"Bubble Full of Rainbows"	Marva Jan Marrow [it] Tony Renis	3:09
4.	"Chained to the Blues"	Terry Ray Costa Santo Farina	2:21
5.	"You"	Paul Anka Sammy Cahn	3:17
6.	"So Glad I Have You"	Terry Ray and Nikka Costa Santo Farina	3:47

Personnel

Nikka Costa – lead vocal
Don Costa – arranger/conductor
Gaetano Leandro – Synth
Victor Bach – Keyboards, piano
Ernesto Massimo Verardi – guitar
Ivo Meletti – guitar
Julius Farmer – bass
Carlo Russo – guitar
Gigi Cappellotto – bass
Tullio De Piscopo – drums, percussion
Sergio Farina – guitar
Giorgio Cocilovo – guitar
Ronnie Jackson – guitar
Giorgio Baiocco – tenor saxophone
Françoise Goddard, Ornella Cherubini, Eloisa Francia, Silvia Annicchiarico, Naimy Hackett, Lella Esposito – backing vocals

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for *Nikka Costa*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)^[5]	Gold	120,000^[4]
France	—	200,000^[3]
Italy	—	500,000^[6]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[7]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
Summaries
Worldwide	—	1,500,000^[3]
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Second Cup Cafe: Nikka Costa". CBS News. 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
^ "Nikka Costa still got soul". News.com.au. 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1982-09-04). "A Year After 'On My Own': Costa's Success Continues". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 59. {{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Nikka Costa está no Rio e grava especiais". Última Hora (in Brazilian Portuguese): 3. January 11, 1983. Retrieved October 19, 2021. (...) the singer said she is happy to return to Brazil, where she has been for a year and a half to promote the release of her first LP, Nikka Costa, whose sales in the country reached 120 thousand copies. (...)
^ Carlos, Luiz (January 28, 1983). "Nikka Costa no Brasil". A Luta Democrática (in Brazilian Portuguese): 4. Retrieved October 19, 2021. Nikka Costa, the girl who is conquering the whole world and was certified Platinum, last year, with On My Own and the Gold with her first album for CBS (...)
^ Anna Campanelli (19 September 1981). "Incontri al lido - Nikka snobbata". Corriere della Sera. p. 64. Retrieved 14 September 2021. ha preso il microfono e ha cantato ambedue i pezzi del disco premiato (solo in Italia 500.000 copie) Chained to the blues, On my own
^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.