Thegiornalisti () was an Italian
indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with a DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and s ...
band formed in 2009.
They debuted in 2011 with the album ''Vol. 1'', but they reached recognition with the third album ''Fuoricampo'', released in 2014, which led them to sign with label
Carosello
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.
On 21 June 2017, the band released the single "
Riccione
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", which became a
summer hit
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and peaked number 1 on Italy's Singles and Albums Charts, ranked by
FIMI
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. Their fifth album ''Love'' reached the top of the weekly chart of the best-selling albums in September 2018.
In 2019, frontman
Tommaso Paradiso
Tommaso Paradiso (born 25 June 1983) is an Italian singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and former frontman of the indie pop band Thegiornalisti.
Life and career
Born in the Prati district of Rome to a family with Campania
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left the band in order to start a solo career.
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
* ''Canzoni fuori'' (2012)
Singles
References
Musical groups established in 2009
Musical groups disestablished in 2019
Musical groups from Rome
Italian indie pop groups
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