Maria Concetta Chiarello (born 14 May 1963), known as Jo Chiarello, is an Italian singer, mainly active in the 1980s.

Life and career

Born in

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

, at sixteen years old Chiarello won a beauty contest, , being noted by one of the juror, the singer-songwriter

Franco Califano Franco Califano (14 September 1938 – 30 March 2013) was an Italian lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor. His songs sold about 20 million records during his career. Early life Born in an airplane above Tripoli, Libya, Ca ...

, who decided to produce her as a singer. She entered the competition at the 31st 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 ...

, with the song "Che brutto affare".Enzo Giannelli. "Chiarello, Jo". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990-2013. After a series of singles characterized by ironical and mischievous lyrics, in the second half of the 1980s Chiarello opted for a more mature repertoire, and in 1988 she won the

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festival with the song "Ma che bella storia d'amore". In 1989 she returned to compete at the

, placing second in the Newcomers section with the song "Io e il cielo". Following the release of her 1993 album ''Prima le donne e i bambini'' she significantly slowed her activities.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiarello, Jo 1963 births Singers from Palermo Italian pop singers Italian women singers Living people