Pierdavide Carone
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Pierdavide Carone is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) is an Italian singer-songwriter.
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 FilippiAmici di Maria De Filippi
Amici di Maria De Filippi is an Italian talent show.Amici is a singing and dancing school involving a class of about 20 students, specially chosen, with between 18 and 25 who aspire to become professional singers, songwriters and dancers...
, he reached the finals and he 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 #1 in the Italian album chart and has been certified double platinum in Italy. Even his first single "Di Notte" reached #1 in Italy
Italy
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. He is also the author of the song "Per tutte le volte che...", performed by Valerio Scanu
Valerio Scanu
Valerio Scanu is an Italian pop singer.In 2008 Valerio took part in the 8th edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, in which he came second place....
, who won Sanremo Festival 2010
Festival della canzone italiana
The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo is a popular Italian song contest, held annually in the city of Sanremo, in Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs...
. He also released the book I sogni fanno rima and was an editorial success. On july
July
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he released the second single from the album: Mi piaci...ma non troppo.
Second album: Distrattamente
On October 29, 2010, was released the single La prima volta, that's the lead single from his second album Distrattamente, released on November 23. The album reached the #13 in the Italian chart. He wrote the song "Guardando Verso il Mare" for Matteo Macchioni (released in Macchioni's first album in 2011). Pierdavide is currently touring ItalyItaly
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with his "Distrattamente Tour".
On July and August, Carone had open some concert of Franco Battiato.
On September 16, 2011, was released the single "Volo a Rio" from the concept album dedicated to Rio
Rio
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, an 2011 animated film from 20th Century Fox
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and Blue Sky Studios
Blue Sky Studios
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.
Albums
| Year | Name | Charts | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT | IT | ||
| 2010 | Una Canzone Pop
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| Distrattamente
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13 | - |
Singles
| Year | Title | Charts | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT | |||
| 2010 | Di Notte | 1 | Una Canzone Pop |
| Mi piaci...ma non troppo | - | ||
| La prima volta | - | Distrattamente | |
| 2011 | Dammela... la mano | - | |
| Volo a Rio | - | Rio |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Criticism prize | Himself | |
| Double Platinum certification | - | Una Canzone Pop | ||
| Wind Music Awards | Cd Multiplatinum | Una Canzone Pop | ||
| Gold certification | - | Di Notte | ||
| 2011 | TRL Awards | Best talent show artist | Himself |