Sabrina Debora Salerno (; born 15 March 1968), known mononymously as Sabrina, is an Italian singer, songwriter, model, actress and television presenter.
During her career, she has had ten international hits, including three number ones. Internationally, she is best known for her 1987 single "Boys (Summertime Love)", which topped the charts in France and Switzerland and peaked at No. 3 in the United Kingdom. The song was accompanied by a music video that established Sabrina's image as a sex symbol. Her other popular recordings include "All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)", "My Chico", "Like a Yo-Yo", "Gringo", "Siamo donne" and a cover version of "Call Me".
In 1988, Sabrina received the "Best European Singer" award during the Festivalbar event. She also enjoyed another European-wide summer hit with the single "All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)", produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. Matt Aitken praised Sabrina's performance in the studio, saying "as a singer she was pretty decent," but noted her modest clothing during the session "did not fulfill the promise that was expected." He expressed some disappointment over the song's chart performance relative to the success of "Boys", noting that "maybe the shock value was gone, or maybe they didn't shoot the right scene in the swimming pool for the video."
Sabrina released her second studio album, Super Sabrina, later that year, and she maintained her image as a European sex symbol thanks to the videos that accompanied hits such as "My Chico" (her highest-charting single in Italy) and "Like a Yo-Yo", produced by Giorgio Moroder. The latter became the musical theme of Odiens, a popular Italian prime time TV show in which Sabrina also appeared. Sabrina performed in many European countries, including the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988 and at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, in 1989, where 50,000 people gathered over three days to see her perform. She starred in a risqué self-titled video game for home computers. In 1989, she starred in the Italian comedy film Fratelli d'Italia, directed by Neri Parenti, alongside Christian De Sica, Jerry Calà, and Massimo Boldi. She also released a new single, "Gringo", to moderate success and her first remix album called Super Remix.
Throughout 1994 and 1995 several singles appeared, including "Angel Boy", which reached No. 15 in Finland, and a new version of "Boys". In 1996, she established her own recording studio in Treviso with her future husband Enrico Monti and released her first Italian language album, Maschio dove sei, which showcased a pop rock sound. The album and its two singles, "Fatta e rifatta" and the title track, received some critical acclaim but were commercial failures. The album would be re-released the following year as Numeri, featuring a new title song. Sabrina featured in several theatre plays including the comedies I cavalieri della Tavola Rotonda and Uomini sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi.
Sabrina continued to host several TV shows, including the game show Il mercante in fiera and Cocco di mamma on Rai 1. In 1999, Sabrina released a new album, A Flower's Broken. Although the music video accompanying the song "I Love You" sparked some interest, both the album and the single were unsuccessful, largely due to the dissolution of her label RTI Music. Sabrina appeared on the British TV show Eurotrash and performed "I Love You".
In 2007, Sabrina toured France and published a cover version of the disco classic "Born to Be Alive" on her Myspace page. In 2008, she toured France again with the nostalgia tour RFM Party 80, organized by the French radio network RFM. She also performed at another '80s revival concert that was part of the Sopot Festival in Poland with Kim Wilde, Samantha Fox, Sandra, Thomas Anders (ex-Modern Talking), Limahl and Shakin' Stevens. In October 2008, Sabrina released a double album called Erase/Rewind Official Remix, which included new versions of her old hits and several new tracks and cover versions.
In 2015, she released a French cover of 1986 song "Ouragan" by Stephanie. In 2018, she released a new single called "Voices".
| 1986 ! scope="row" | Grandi magazzini | The Thief | |
| 1987 ! scope="row" | Delirium | Sabrina | |
| 1989 ! scope="row" | Fratelli d'Italia | Michela Sauli | |
| 1998 ! scope="row" | Jolly Blu | Annabella | |
| 2004 ! scope="row" | Colori | Mother | |
| 2006 ! scope="row" | Film D | Sara | |
| 2012 ! scope="row" | Stars 80 | Sabrina | |
| 2019 ! scope="row" | Modalità aereo | Herself | |
| 1986 ! scope="row" | Ferragosto O.K. | Guendalina | Television movie |
| 1987 ! scope="row" | Professione vacanze | Mia Star | TV series |
| 1987 ! scope="row" | Tutti in palestra | Sabrina | TV series |
| 1998 ! scope="row" | Tutti gli uomini sono uguali | Vittoria | TV series |
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