caption website years_active children birth_place module name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
arena in 2013 -lsb- http://www.tinaarena.com/ tinaarena.com -rsb- 1974 -- present gabriel joseph -lrb- b. 2005 -rrb- keilor east , victoria , australia yes genre = pop , dance-pop , r & b label background = columbia , emi , sony bmg = solo_singer instrument = voice , piano tina arena 1 november 1967 ralph present , 1 child -rrb- carr 1995 1999 vincent mancini -lrb- 2000 -- tina arena 2013.jpg tina arena
 filippina lydia arena singer personality songwriter actress record producer dancer recording artist television
tina arena

tina arena -lrb- born filippina lydia arena ; 1 november 1967 -rrb- is an australian singer-songwriter , actress and record producer .
arena splits her time between australia , france and the uk , but has been based in melbourne since 2011 .
arena is one of australia 's highest selling female artists and has won several awards , most notably six aria awards and the world music award for best-selling australian artist , which she received in both 1996 and 2000 .
in 2009 , arena was awarded the knighthood of the order of national merit by the president of the french republic , nicolas sarkozy for her contributions to french culture .
she is the first australian to have received that order of state .
arena appeared as a judge on the 2012 revival of `` young talent time '' in australia .
the original 1977 series made her a household name .
in april 2013 , she was voted australia 's all-time greatest female singer and third greatest singer overall in an industry poll conducted by australian music writer cameron adams for the `` herald sun '' .
arena possesses the vocal range of a soprano .
arena is multilingual and speaks english , italian and french and can also sing in four languages : english , french , italian and spanish .
she is of italian descent .
she has sold over 10 million records worldwide to date .
arena released her first english album of original material in eleven years , titled `` reset '' in october 2013 and became her 6th top 10 album in australia .
