Annalisa | |
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Birth name | Annalisa Scarrone |
Also known as | Annalisa Nali |
Born |
Savona, Italy |
5 August 1985
Genres |
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Years active | 2004–present |
Labels |
Hitland/Edel Music (2004–2008) Warner Music Italy (2011 – present) |
Associated acts | Elaphe Guttata (2005–2006) leNoire (ex Malvasia) (2006–2008) |
Website | scarroneannalisa |
Annalisa Scarrone (born 5 August 1985 in Savona, Italy), better known as simply Annalisa or Nali, is an Italian singer-songwriter. After being part of two bands, Elaphe Guttata and leNoire (Ex Malvasia), she became famous after participating in the tenth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi in 2010–2011, where she finished in second place. Subsequently Annalisa participated in the Festival of Sanremo 2013 with the song "Scintille" and finished ninth.
Annalisa participated in the Festival of Sanremo 2015 with song "Una finestra tra le stelle" and finished fourth.
She has recorded 4 albums and 16 singles, receiving 3 Platinum disc and 5 Gold discs, and selling over 305,000 copies.
She grew up in Carcare and studied music and singing from an early age. From the age of 13, she worked as a bartender and musician. In 2009 she graduated from the University of Turin in Physics.
In 2011 Annalisa took part at the 10th edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi where she finished second and also received the Premio della critica. In March 2011 her first album Nali was released; it reached number 2 in the official Italian album chart by FIMI and was certified platinum. Her first single "Diamante lei e luce lui", that reached the ninth position in the official Italian single chart in 2012, was certified gold. In addition this single won the Premio Videoclip Italiano 2011. Her second single "Giorno per giorno" was released on 27 May 2011.
"Senza riserva", from the second album Mentre tutto cambia, was released on 16 March 2012 and later certified gold. The second single of her second album was "Tra due minuti è primavera". The last single from Mentre tutto cambia was "Per una notte o per sempre". At the end of the same year Annalisa sang Pirati that featured on the DVD, Blu-ray 3D e Digital HDTM of the cartoon film L'era glaciale 4-Continenti alla deriva.