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Biography

Davide Esposito was born in

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, and Joey Young. His songs represent over 12,000,000 albums and singles sold in France and in countries around the world (including US, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, China, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Italy). Esposito has worked with Abril,

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and took part in Jean-Félix Lalanne shows ''Autour de la guitare'' and ''Double jeu''.

Albums

Davide Esposito released three albums between 2007 and 2015. * '' Amore Eterno'' The first album, ''Amore Eterno'' (Eternal love), including the single ''Io so che tu'', was released in at Peermusic/Warner Music France. The song Io so che tu was part of the top 20 of the French charts and was performed by

with the French title ''

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'' (). Most of the 15 songs of the album were written in Italian. But some others were released in French (''Elle était là'', lyrics by Lionel Florence, ''Que toi au monde'', written with

and performed by

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on her album ''

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''). * ''Un uomo'' The second album ''Un uomo'' was released on 14 at AZ. The first single ''Ti amo'' enters the Top 10. The album is made of 12 songs, including two duets, one with

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''Via da te'' and another one with

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''Dolce Vita''. * ''Roma California'' The third album, ''Roma California'', was born in 2015. It consists of Californian songs adapted in Italian by Davide, including a duet with Nina Zilli. The album entered the iTunes Top 10 and the Top 20 of French charts. More than 40,000 copies are sold.

Awards and honors

* Vincent Scotto

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Award in 2008 for the song ''De temps en temps'' written for Gregory Lemarchal ong of the Year* UNAC Prize (Union des compositeurs français – French Composers Union) in 2012 for the song ''Juste pour me souvenir'' composed for

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Prize on 2016, December 5 Composer of the Year. The prize is given to Davide by

at the Parisian

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. * Prix de la Création Musicale in 2017 Composer of the Year * Prix de la Création Musicale in 2017 Composer of the Year

Discography

* ''Amore Eterno'' (2007) * ''Un uomo'' (2010) * ''Roma California'' (2015)

Collaborations

In seven years, 44 songs composed by Davide entered the Top 20 of several countries' charts France,

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and

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. * 2003 ''Vivre la vie'' Kelly Joyce No. 1 * 2004 ''Baryton'',

, No. 1 * 2004 ''Italian Love Song'',

, No. 10 * 2004 ''La neige en été'', ''Give Me a Reason'', ''Ouvre-moi le ciel'', ''Je ne plaisante pas'', ''Tu sei dentro di me'',

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and

, No. 8 * 2005 ''

'',

, No. 2 * 2005 ''Mon ange'', Grégory Lemarchal * 2006 ''Là où je pars'',

* 2006 ''Le monde où je vais'',

, No. 1 * 2007 ''De temps en temps'', Grégory Lemarchal, No. 1 * 2008 ''Le tout premier jour'', Cindy Daniel, No. 1 * 2008 ''Restons amis'', Grégory Lemarchal, No. 9 * 2009 ''

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'' * 2009 '' Vincero'',

* 2012 '' Dracula, l'amour plus fort que la mort'' * 2012 '' Juste pour me souvenir'',

* 2012 ''Sauve-toi'', M. Pokora * 2012 ''Un nouveau jour'',

* 2012 Que toi au monde,

* 2013 ''J'apprendrai'', Mickaël Miro * 2013 ''Merci'',

* 2013 ''Toutes mes erreurs'', ''Tu sais'', Garou * 2014 ''C'est simple'',

* 2014 Amore puro, Vincent Niclo * 2014 Jusqu'à l'ivresse, Vincent Niclo * 2014 L'amour est enfant du poème, Vincent Niclo * 2015 C'est Trop,

* 2015 Ma Solitude,

* 2015 Pour ne plus avoir peur, Lilian Renaud * 2016 A ta manière,

* 2016 Je serai là,

* 2016 Sans Nous,

* 2016 Tourne moi la tête,

* 2017 Ce que tu m'as appris, Arcadian * 2017 Ecris l'histoire,

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* 2017 Et après, Lou * 2017 Le garçon du couloir, Lou * 2017 Maintenant,

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* 2017 Ton amourant,

* 2017 Ton combat, Arcadian * 2018 A perte de rue (live)

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* 2018 Adieu je t'aime Ycare * 2018 Ali di libertà

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* 2018 Donde estas

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* 2018 L'instant suprême Ycare * 2018 La lumière ou la rage

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* 2018 Que Dieu me pardonne

, duo avec

* 2018 Que Dieu me pardonne

, duo avec

* 2018 Que Vendra

* 2018 SI c'était a refaire

* 2019 Besoin d'air

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* 2019 Donne-moi

* 2019 J'ai su Anaïs Delva

References

External links

Music video of "Io so che tu"

Music video of "Un italien à Paris"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Esposito, Davide Living people Italian male singers Singers from Naples Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)