The singer posed nude for the Italian edition of "Playboy" in 1980 and, prompted by resulting hostility from the Italian press later moved to the USA. Her career declined in the 1980s and subsequent albums failed to match the commercial success of her earlier work, with the next LP, "Cerchi" ("Circles"), being of her lowest-charting records to date. In 1982, she married American guitarist John Edward Johnson. Her 1984 single "Per una bambola" ("For a Doll") was a modest chart success and won the critics' award at the Sanremo Festival. However, the song's parent album, "Occulte persuasioni" ("Hidden Persuasions"), passed fairly unnoticed. In 1985, she had a moderate chart success with the song "Menù" ("Menu") which she also performed at the Festivalbar.