Gioia Bruno

Gioia Bruno
Gioia Bruno performing in January 2010
Background information
Birth name	Carmen Gioia Bruno
Born	(1963-06-11) 11 June 1963 (age 61)
Origin	Bari, Italy
Genres	Dance-pop, house, Hi-NRG
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Percussion
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Arista Records (1986-1996) Koch Entertainment (2003-present)

Gioia Bruno (born Carmen Gioia Bruno June 11, 1963,^[1] sometimes professionally credited as just Gioia) is an Italian-born American popular music singer, most noted as a member of the vocal group Exposé. In September 2006, Bruno temporarily stopped touring as a solo artist.^[2]

Personal life

Bruno has been married and divorced two times. From her first marriage, to Joseph Pastore, she has a daughter, Brianna Pastore, who was born in 1988. In January 2006, Gioia acknowledged that she is bisexual.^[3][4]

Discography

Albums

• Shelter (Lead Vocals, by the group Wet) 1996
• Expose This 2004
• A GIOIAful Christmas 2013

Singles

Year	Song	U.S. Club/Dance	U.S. Dance Airplay	U.S. Dance Singles Sales
1995	"Make That Move" (as G-Spot)	21	-	-
2001	"Free to Be"	1	-	-
2003	"From the Inside"	1	1	-
2004	"Wrecking My Nerves"	3	8	-
	"Be Mine"	34	-	-
2005	"Dreamin'(again)"	1	1	-

References

1. "Today in History". The Guardian. 11 June 2009.
2. [1] Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Here Media, Planet Out | Notes from the CEO Paul Colichman". Planetout.com. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 February 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
4. [2] Archived 6 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Gioia Bruno at IMDb