Samanta Cotta (born 24 February 1993), known professionally as Santa, is a French singer-songwriter and musician. Initially known since 2009 for being the singer of the English-speaking rock group Hyphen Hyphen, she found solo success singing in French since 2022 with her first album Recommence-moi, from which the hit singles Popcorn Salé and Recommence-moi were taken. Her main genres are chanson française and ballad.
Biography
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France in September 2024
Samanta Cotta, known professionally as Santa, was born on 24 February 1993. She grew up in Nice in a family of artists, with an American mother, the singer of the group Daisy Duck in the early 1980s, and an architect father who studied fine arts. In 2009, Santa founded the group Hyphen Hyphen with her childhood friends Adam (Romain Adamo), Line (Laura Christin) and Zac (Zaccharie Schütte) and with whom, in 2016, she won the Victoire de la musique award for breakthrough live act.
In 2022, concurrently with her work with the group, she embarked on a solo career and released a 6-track EP, 999. The first single, Popcorn salé, was a major success and was certified diamond, as well as its follow up, Recommence-moi.
