Lady Violet (born Francesca Messina, 10 September 1972, Florence, Italy). Francesca's musical career started in the 90's as a singer in the Italian vocal ensemble Jubilee Shouters by which she recorded the album Black & Blue under the Sensible Records (3) label. In the meantime she collaborated with other labels as a vocalist for a few dance projects, such as the New Music International label being both vocalist and frontwoman for the Euro House/Italodance project Lady Violet.
Lady Violet released her first single, "Inside to Outside", with success in Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, France, and the United Kingdom. The song is a cover song first published by Limahl in 1986. The second single, "Beautiful World", peaked at No. 19 on the Italian singles chart.