Nina Zilli
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maria Chiara Fraschetta |
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2 February 1980 Piacenza, Italy |
| Genres | Pop rock, R&B, soul, reggae |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Universal |
| Website | ninazilli.com |
Maria Chiara Fraschetta (born 2 February 1980), better known by her stage name Nina Zilli (pronounced [ˈniːna ˈdzilli]), is an Italian singer-songwriter. After releasing her debut single "50mila", she achieved commercial success with the album Sempre lontano, released after participating in the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2010. During the Sanremo Music Festival 2012, Zilli was chosen to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she placed 9th with the song "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)", included in her second studio album.
Zilli returned to the Sanremo Music Festival in 2015, and competed with the song "Sola" from her upcoming album, Frasi&Fumo. She was also a judge on the sixth series of Italia's Got Talent.
Nina Zilli was born on 2 February 1980 in Piacenza, Italy, to a father from Emilia-Romagna and a mother from Apulia, and grew up in Gossolengo, nine kilometers southwest of Piacenza,
After moving to Ireland, she started performing live and, at the age of thirteen, she started studying opera singing at the conservatory.
In 1997 she founded her first band, The Jerks. After completing high school at the Liceo Scientifico Respighi in Piacenza, she spent two years in the United States, living in Chicago and New York.
Between 2000 and 2001 she co-presented Red Ronnie's TV show Roxy Bar, broadcast in Italy by TMC2. In 2001 she also debuted as a VJ for MTV Italy. In the meanwhile, she obtained a recording contract with her new band, Chiara e gli Scuri, founded in 2000. In 2001 the band released the single "Tutti al mare". They also started working on an album, but it was never released, due to some disagreements with the recording label.
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