Pierdavide Carone (born 30 June 1988) is an Italian singer-songwriter.
Career
''Amici'' and the first album ''Una Canzone Pop''
He was a contestant of the ninth edition of the Italian popular talent show ''
Amici di Maria De Filippi
''Amici di Maria De Filippi'' known simply as ''Amici'' and known until 2003 as ''Saranno famosi'' is an Italian talent show. Created by Maria De Filippi, the show began in 2001 and has since aired annually. The show is produced by Fascino P.G.T ...
''; he reached the finals and finished in third place. He also won the critics award. He signed a contract with
Sony Music Entertainment
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and during the final of the show he won the prize of journalistic criticism of the value of 50,000 euros. His debut album ''
Una Canzone Pop'' peaking the No. 1 in the Italian album chart and has been certified double platinum in Italy.
Even his first single "
Di Notte" reached No. 1 in Italy.
He is also the author of the song "Per tutte le volte che...", performed by
Valerio Scanu, who won the
Sanremo Festival 2010. He also released the book ''I sogni fanno rima'' which was an editorial success. On July, he released the second single from the album: ''
Mi piaci...ma non troppo''.
Second album: ''Distrattamente''
On 29 October 2010 the single ''
La prima volta'' was released. It was the lead single from his second album ''
Distrattamente'', released the following 23 November. The album reached #13 in the Italian charts.
He wrote the song "Guardando Verso il Mare" for
Matteo Macchioni (released in Macchioni's first album in 2011). Pierdavide is currently touring Italy with his "Distrattamente Tour".
On July and August, Carone had opened several concerts of Franco Battiato.
His single, "
Volo a Rio" was released on 16 September 2011. The song was taken from the concept album dedicated to ''
Rio'', a 2011 animated film by
20th Century Fox
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and
Blue Sky Studios
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.
Sanremo Music Festival 2012 and the third album
Carone participated in
the 62nd edition of the
Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival ( ), officially the Italian Song Festival (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria, organized and broadcast by (RAI). It is the longest-running ...
alongside
Lucio Dalla
Lucio Dalla (; 4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards.
Dalla was the composer of "Caruso (song), Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian opera tenor Enri ...
. They performed the song ''Nanì'', which they wrote together. Shortly afterward, Carone released a new album named ''Nanì e altri racconti''. Twelve days after the Sanremo festival, Lucio Dalla died.
That same year, 2012, Carone took part in the eleventh edition of ''Amici'', in the "Big" category.
On 6 April 2012
Sony Music Italy announced the second single from ''Nanì e altri racconti'': "Basta così".
Discography
Albums
Singles
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Official website
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Italian male singer-songwriters
21st-century Italian singer-songwriters
Living people
1988 births
Singers from Rome
21st-century Italian male singers