Silvia Salemi (born 2 April 1978) is an Italian singer-songwriter and television personality.

Life and career

Born in

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, in 1995 Salemi won the

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with the song "Con questo sentimento". In 1996 she entered the

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with the song "Quando il cuore", ranking at fifth place in the "Newcomers" section. A year later she returned to Sanremo Festival, this time entering the "Big Artists" section, with the song "A casa di Luca", ranking fourth and obtaining both a critical and commercial success. She entered into the Sanremo Festival two more times, in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

with the song "Pathos" and in

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with "Il cuore delle donne". In 1998 Salemi co-hosted, alongside

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, the

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variety show ''Il gran ballo delle debuttanti''. In 1999, she hosted the

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religious themed program ''Viaggi nei luoghi del sacro''. In 2004 she took part to the

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reality show ''Music Farm''. In 2009 Silvia took a break from show business and worked at an underwear shop in Rome. In 2013, she was cast in ''Tale e quale show'', the Italian version of the ''

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'' franchise.

Discography

Album

* 1996 – ''Silvia Salemi'' * 1997 – ''Caotica'' * 1998 – ''Pathos'' * 2000 – ''L'arancia'' * 2003 – ''Gioco del Duende'' * 2007 – ''Il mutevole abitante del mio solito involucro'' * 2017 – ''23''

Selected singles

* 1996 – " Nessuno mi può giudicare" * 1996 – "Quando il cuore" * 1997 – "A casa di Luca" * 1997 – "Stai con me stanotte" * 1998 – "Pathos" * 1998 – "Odiami perché" * 2000 – "La parola amore" * 2000 – "E ci batteva il sole" * 2002 – "J'adore" * 2003 – "Nel cuore delle donne" * 2003 – "Dimenticami" * 2007 – "Il mutevole abitante del mio solito involucro" * 2009 – "Commessa commossa" * 2012 – " Amore disperato" * 2017 – "Potrebbe essere"

References

External links

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