Pierdavide Carone

Pierdavide Carone (born 30 June 1988 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter.

Pierdavide Carone
Background information
Born (1988-06-30) 30 June 1988
OriginRome, Italy
GenresPop
Pop rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active2009–present
LabelsSony Music
Associated actsRino Gaetano
Websitepierdavidecaroneofficial.it

Career

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 Filippi; he reached the finals and finished in third place.[1] He also won the critics award.[2] He signed a contract with Sony Music Entertainment 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 No. 1 in the Italian album chart and has been certified double platinum in Italy.[3][4] Even his first single "Di Notte" reached No. 1 in Italy.[5] He is also the author of the song "Per tutte le volte che...", performed by Valerio Scanu, who won the Sanremo Festival 2010.[6][7] He also released the book I sogni fanno rima which was an editorial success.[8] On July, he released the second single from the album: Mi piaci...ma non troppo.[9]

Second album: Distrattamente

On 29 October 2010 the single La prima volta was released. It was the lead single from his second album Distrattamente, released the following 23 November.[10][11] The album reached #13 in the Italian charts.[12] He wrote the song "Guardando Verso il Mare" for Matteo Macchioni (released in Macchioni's first album in 2011).[13] Pierdavide is currently touring Italy with his "Distrattamente Tour".[14] On July and August, Carone had opened several concerts of Franco Battiato. His single, "Volo a Rio" was released on 16 September 2011. The song was taken from the concept album dedicated to Rio, a 2011 animated film by 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios.

Sanremo Music Festival 2012 and the third album

Carone participated in the sixty-second edition of the Sanremo Music Festival alongside Lucio Dalla. They performed the song Nanì, which they wrote together. Shortly afterward, Carone released a new album named Nanì e altri racconti. Twelve days after the Sanremo festival, Lucio Dalla died. That same year, 2012, Carone took part in the eleventh edition of Amici, in the "Big" category. On 6 April 2012 Sony Music Italy announced the second single from "Nanì e altri racconti": 'Basta Così'.

Discography

Albums
Year Name Charts Certification
IT[15] IT[4]
2010 Una Canzone Pop
  • Released: 30 March 2010
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 1[3] 2xPlatinum
Distrattamente
  • Released: 23 November 2010
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 13[12] -
2012 Nanì e altri racconti
  • Released: 15 February 2012
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 12 -

Singles
Year Title Charts Album
IT[16]
2010 Di Notte 1[5] Una Canzone Pop
Mi piaci...ma non-troppo -
La prima volta - Distrattamente
2011 Dammela... la mano -
Volo a Rio - single
2012 Nanì 11 Nanì e altri racconti
Basta così 30
Tra il male e Dio -

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2010Amici di Maria De FilippiCriticism prizeHimselfWon
Double Platinum certification–Una Canzone PopWon
Wind Music AwardsCd MultiplatinumUna Canzone PopWon
Gold certification–Di NotteWon
2011TRL AwardsBest talent show artistHimselfNominated
Crisalide Award–HimselfWon
2012Sanremo Music FestivalArtistsNanì5th place

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.soundsblog.it/post/10349/amici-9-pierdavide-carone-e-il-terzo-classificcato
  3. http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_artisti.php?anno=%20%202010&mese=03&id=308
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.musicroom.it/articolo/sanremo-2010-valerio-scanu-porta-un-brano-di-pierdavide-carone/11531/
  7. http://www.ilgiornale.it/spettacoli/sanremo_vince_valerio_scanu_finale_caos_e_contestazioni/21-02-2010/articolo-id=423713-page=0-comments=1
  8. http://www.mondoreality.com/amici-9-i-sogni-fanno-rima-pierdavide-carone-mondadori/
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. http://blog.panorama.it/culturaesocieta/2010/10/29/pierdavide-carone-per-la-prima-volta-il-nuovo-album-in-streaming-gratuito/
  11. http://www.soundsblog.it/post/12476/pierdavide-carone-la-prima-volta-e-il-nuovo-singolo-testo
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. http://www.italianissima.net/articoli/articolo.asp?articolo=2011124191412.txt
  14. http://www.musicroom.it/articolo/pierdavide-carone-distrattamente-tour-2011-date-concerti/22073/
  15. http://italiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=pierdavide+carone&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts
  16. http://italiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=pierdavide+carone&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts
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