Anaiyah

**Anaiyah Fortuna DeMaria** (/ə.nəɪˈyəh/ /*ə**nai-A*; born December 30, 1996), known mononymously as **Anaiyah** is an American singer-songwriter, actress, producer, dancer and businesswoman. She is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 21th century for their performances and their controversies such as in her career or personal life.

Born and raised im New York City, New York. Dring her childhood, she started appearing in commercials and in plays theater musicals, television series and films, *Back to You* (2007), *Lincoln Heights* (2008), *Samantha Who?* (2009), *Grey's Anatomy* (2009), *10 Things I Hate About You* (2009–10), big screen debut *Princess Academy* (2009) and *Double Keley* (2010). In 2010, signed a deal with Epic Records and released her first two studio albums, *Anaiyah* (2011) and *Beautiful Mess* (2012), which included the top ten-single "She's All That". In 2012, also starred thesleep timerIn or Out *.* Her following albums *Trust* (2014), *Pocketful of Love* (2015), *Let It Snow* (2016), and Grammy Award for Album of the Year winner *Divine Abyss* (2018), earning platinum and diamond certificates worldwide, established her as one leading figure in the music industry. She spread nine U.S chart-topping singles: "Charm", "With You", "Ballerina","Soldier Boy", "Pocketful of Love", "Get Out Of My Mind", "All My Love", "Divine Abyss", and "2 Myself", a collaboration with Steve Aok. Her concert film becone one of the highest-grossing concert movie in the history, and also starred commercial success movies, *Just Listen* (2015), *Along for the Ride* (2016), and *It Ends With Us* (2018).

Recognized as one of the best-selling music artists worldwide, having estimated more than 200 million records worldwide. Her achievements include several *Guinness World Records,* 12 Billboard Music Awards, 10 Grammy Awards, 1 Latin Grammy Awards, 1 Golden Globe Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Anaiyah was youngest person to appeared in *Time*s 100 most influential people in the world, and top-earning women in music, and was named *Billboard'*s Woman of the Year in 2017 and 2019. Enjoys a highly successful business career, she realese her own fashion line, and beauty salon, franchise, also she is known for her philanthropic work with own foundation, and other entanglements with several humanitarian causes.

## Early life

Born in New York City, United States, United States and raised in Lower East Side, located in the southeastern part of the New York City, New York borough of Manhattan on December 30, 1996, the only child of Panamanian former bricklayer David Yassine DeMaria of Israeli and Swedish descent (born. November 22, 1973 in Vista Alegre, Panama), and Venezulean former housemaid Elisa Fortuna Cruz of Romani descent (born. September 30, 1978 in Maracay, Venezuela– death. August 18, 2016 in New York City, New York). After his paternal grandparents died in a shooting in 1993, her father emigrated to Venezuela at age 18, at same year met Fortuna, who at the time worked in pet shop near Cruz's house, months after they met, they got engaged and married in June 1995, soon after emigrated to United States  in June that same year, when De Maria was two months pregnant.

Anaiyah born in Mount Sinai Hospital  at 15:00 p.m o'clock in the afternoon by a caesarean section, because the umbilical cord turned her neck twice times. Studied at Manhattan Head Start where she begun participated in ballet and theater classes at same time, she began made several extras roles, Broadway supporting role, auditions incluiding American Singing Competitionthird season America's Got Talent *America's Got Talent* but was eventually rejected for detuning a few times during the audition. In February 2009, she signed with IMG, after American talent agent Ari Emanuel see her audition and cons her for doing several commercials and fashion shows, soon she signed with pay television channel ABC Family with 11 year old.

## Personal life

After starting to earn money as a model and actress, she began to pay for her studies at Trinity School while taking private lessons in theater, ballet, singing and learned to play the piano and guitar on her own. She studied at Trinity School until 2010, due to the harassment of school students which disrupting her school performance, she asked for homeschooling, and received her high-school diploma through homeschooling in June 2013. In an interview on *Saturday Night Live* in November 2018, she said that which was graduated in May that same Year at Fordham University School of Law long-distance learning and classroom classes, becoming the first person to graduate from your family, since your mother died before graduating. She is polyglot, in addition to speaking English which is her native language and Spanish which is her parent's native language, she also has basic knowledge of French, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew and sign language

#### Mother's death

Anaiyah's mother died on August 18, 2016 at age 37 on NYU Langone Medical Center located in New York City, New York after passing out at his apartament on North-south street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, Greenwich Street in June 1, that year. After being taken to hospital she went into a vegetative coma for many week, the cause of death was due to acute toxoplasmosis which had never manifested. Her mother's death was mentioned in Christmas Angel", and also in several songs from Anaiyah's sixth studio album, *Divine Abyss* released in June 2018, including "All My Love, which has become one of their most successful singles and also one of the best-selling singles of 2018.

#### Tattoos, beliefs and sexual orientation

In honor of your mother. she tattooed the initial of her name behind her left ear. In addition to this tattoo, she has five more spread over her body, being her name Anaiyah meaning "God has answered" tattooed on his rib", and the Spanish word "Amar" one her arm, as the most famous. Anaiyah said in an interview for *Rolling Stone* in mid-2018 that he does not believe in religions but in one God for all, and that religions only serve to further distance people, and in the same interview stated that he considers himself bisexual as he had sex with both genders, and that his first relationship with a boy was at 17 and with a girl at 19.

#### Health issues and controvieses

Anaiyah started going to the psychologist and psychiatrist at age 13, after suffering a panic attack during on the *10 Things I Hate About You* television series's set in 2009, being diagnosed with bipolar and anxiety disorder. Despite treating the disturbances, she said in an interview with Elle Degeneres in June 2019, that she often suffers panic attacks during tours.

On November 11, 2016, she was taken to NYU Langone Medical Center at 5:42 a.m, the same hospital which your mother had died, after being found unconscious in your hotel room's bathtub after a suicide attempt for taking an benzodiazepine overdose, which led to canceling the rest of The Pocketful of Love Tour allegad, claiming to have suffered an emotional breakdown. At that time, the British magazine *Stars*, published an article stating that she had suffered from heroin rather than benzodiazepine. An hour after publication, Anaiyah's representatives filed a lawsuit against the magazine alleging defamation, winning the case in 2017 with a 20 million deal, money that was donated to several charities in the same year.

In September 20, 2019, she posted an outburst next to a half-naked photo on her instagram account, saying she was dealing with bulimia and anorexia, which she had suffered since she was 15 years old, and has said: "Finally getting rid of this monster called bulimia, which was created by the media and the pressure they put on all of us women. Never believe other people when it comes to your body, you make your own decisions when it comes to something of yours, and that's what he is, his body, his rules. Don't be manipulated by non-existent perfection". The outburst gained over 20.1 million "likes" within 24 hours, breaking the world record for the most liked post on the website at the time.

In June 2019, she declined a Coca-Cola contract valued at more than US$100 million, she explained that she refused the contract because Coca-Cola funded anti-abortion advertisements, which she does not support. In August 2019, Anaiyah was granted a temporary restraining order against former manager Adrian Marc for threatening her with death and asking for money. Later in September, Marc committed suicide in your hotel room. When asked by paparazzi, Anaiyah says she didn't want to talk about it.

#### Attempted murder

*Further information*: *Anaiyah's Attempted murder*

While promoting *It Ends With Us* in New York City, she stayed in her apartment located on the Greenwich Street. On December 18, 2017, although she was escorted twenty-four hours a day by a large security team, that day she was with only two of them, because the building was already well guarded because it was set in a well-known street. In a moment of security carelessness, an 19 year old obsessed fan named Jasen Hanson had access to her apartment at 3:39 a.m. and held her hostage until 10:23 a.m on the same day at the IOF.32 Revolver sight, after a gunshot was heard by police officers out there trying to negotiate with Hasson, proceeding to raid the apartment, where Hasson was eventually shot by one of the officers, but survived after undergoing surgery.

On December 20, Anaiyah gave her statement on the New York City Police Department located at 1 Police Plaza Path accompanied by her representatives and lawyers, being escorted by several police and security guards, the social media, television, paparazzi and fans accompany the five hours of testimony from the outside. According to the *New York Time* newspaper, there were more than eleven thousand people in the place. Hasson was sentenced to 45 years in jail for attempted murder and rape by the New York Supreme Court on September 10, 2019. Anaiyah decided not to go to trial, claiming emotional inability to face Hasson.

In her best-seller book *No Filter* (2019), Aniayah talked about attempted murder, saying: "At all times Jasen would repeat that he was going to kill me while using several different drugs in his backpack, he said he had planned everything four weeks ago. He showed me his genitals several times, tried to kiss me and came to ejaculate in front of me, tried to rape me three times but could not because the police always keep in touch with him through speakers and phone." also said: "He had a tattoo that spelled my full name on his groin, was really scared, I even talked to him about the reason for that, but he was totally drugged and said things without attachments all the time." That was the last and only interview she ever talked about.

#### Relationships and engagement

She first met Spanish cardiac surgeon and former model Rafael Capistran, through Capistran's younger sister Manuela, which was from her room in Trinity School. Capistran is a great-grandson of José Manuel Capistran, who has an estimated net worth at US$5.1 billion. In 2010, at that time Anaiyah was 12 years old and Capistran was 16, they became friends. But only in March 2012, they started dating. In March 2017, after five-years relationship, they ended their relationship.

In December 2017 during an interviw for *Ellen DeGeneres*, she revealed that she was dating with the singer Josh Groban, since July that same year, who previously collaborated on the song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" from her first christmas album in late 2016. In May 2018, on her own *E!'*s television reality show, called *One Week with Anaiyah*, she said that im was one of her biggest support during her breakdown, and that he saved her from various bouts of anxiety and panic. They were engaged in February 2019, during a trip to Maldives.

## Business career and wealth

**Business endeavours**

*Further information*: *Anaiyah's Collection for C&A*, *Charmed by Anaiyah*, *Charmed* *Beauty Shop*

Outside of music an acting career, Anaiyah is an extremely successful entrepreneur. In August 2013, launched her first fashion line, a partnership with fast-fashion C&A under the name Anaiyah's Collection for C&A, the collection operates in about 90 countries physically and through its official website, is available worldwide until January 2016, when the partship was concluded.

In March 20, 2016, she launched own fashion line of clothing with various items for women and juniors under the name of Charmed by Anaiyah,  ncluding footwear, handbags, jewelry, jeans, purses, sunglasses, fragrances, which as May 2019, claimed to have sold 60 million bottles worldwide, and many other products. In May 2018, *Forbes* valued the company at $320 million, and in May of 2019, it reached a value of $680 million. In October 2018 she founded her own beauty salon franchise under the name Charmed Beauty Shop, initially open only in Los Angeles, New York City, London and Madrid, but due to high demand, it has spread to more than 10 different countries and 15 cities. In 2016, released her *New York Times* best-seller book entitled, *Reasons,* and *No Filter*in 2019.

She buy a luxury apartament located at Greenwich Street in New York City worth US$4.2 million in mid-2015. in March 2018, she buy a luxury mansion worth £6.4 million in Costa del Sol, Marbella in Spain. in August that same year, she buy a luxury mansion worth US$13.2 million in Star Island located  in the city of Miami Beach on a man-made island in Biscayne Bay, Florida. In April 2019, she buy the Orivaru Island for $9.1 millon in Maldives, where she started build along with her father, a resort and spa, planned to open in 2021. In May 2019, *Forbes*estimated her net worth at US$290 miillion in May 2019.

## Discography

*Main article:* *Anaiyah* *discography* and *Anaiyah* *songs*

**Spanish-language albums**

* *Porque Sí* (2010)
* *Agridulce*(2011)
* *Contratiempo* (2013)
* *Piano, Guitarra Y Voz* (2014)
* *Enamorada* (2015)
* *Cordón Umbilical*(2019)

**English-language albums**

* *Fasten Your Seatbelt (*2016)
* *Sublime Abyss* (2018)

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## Filmography

*Main article:* *Anaiyah filmography*and *Anaiyah* *videography*

* *Siete mesas de billar francés* (2007)
* *Camino* (2008)
* *Los abrazos rotos* (2009)
* *Ágora* (2009)
* *Blackthorn* (2011)
* *Tesis sobre un homicidio* (2013)
* *Mi Gran Noche* (2015)
* *Along for the Ride* (2017)
* *It Ends With Us* (2018)
* *Run For Your Lives* (2020)

## Concert tours

*Main article:* *List of Anaiyah live performances*

**Headlining**

* Tour Porque Sí (2010–11)
* Tour Agridulce (2011–12)
* Tour Contratiempo(2013–14)
* Tour Íntimo (2014–15)
* Enamorada World Tour (2015–16)
* Fasten Your Seatbelt World Tour(2016–17)
* Sublime Abyss (2019)

## Enterprises

*See also:* *List of Anaiyah fashion brands*

* The AnaiyahFoundation(since 2015)
* Charmed By Anaiyah (since 2017)
* Charmed Beauty Shop(since 2018)