Her musical debut was 1986 at the Festival of Sanremo with the song the "Yesterday Man", written by Mario Castelnuovo and appearing on her first album Ragazza sola ragazza blu. She participated at the Festival in subsequent years and won the Critics' Prize the next three years: In 1987(with First Tango or Primo Tango), in 1988(It Will Be Beautiful or Sarò bellissima), in 1989(with Children or Bambini), a song that will confirm her place in the Italian music scene and earn first place in the emerging 39th Festival di Sanremo.