Dolcenera

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Dolcenera (* 16th May 1977 in Galatina , province of Lecce , as Emanuela Trane ) is an Italian pop singer .

Career

Trane began writing songs at the age of 14 after learning to sing, piano and clarinet. At the age of 16 she founded the band Codice Zero in Florence . Eventually the producer Lucio Fabbri discovered the musician and she adopted the stage name Dolcenera, which is made up of the Italian words for "sweet" and "black" and is intended as a homage to the 1996 song of the same name by Fabrizio De André . Dolcenera began her career in 2002 in the program Destinazione Sanremo , in which she qualified for the newcomer category of the Sanremo Festival 2003 . She won her category with the song Siamo tutti là fuori , then reached the top 10 of the charts and released her debut album Sorriso nucleare , with which she toured Italy in 2004.

In 2005 she won the reality TV telecast Music Farm . Her second album Un mondo perfetto then reached number four in the Italian charts . She received the De André Award and was awarded the Silver Lion of Venice for musical discovery of the year. In the same year she composed the official anthem for the youth soccer national championship and was torchbearer for the Olympic flame.

With Com'è straordinaria la vita she took part again in 2006 at the Sanremo Festival. She reached second place in the women's category and made it to the finals. Her third album Il popolo dei sogni , on which a cover version of the Gianna Nannini classic America can be heard, subsequently became another commercial success. The song In fondo alla notte found its way into the soundtrack of the horror film La notte del mio primo amore ; Dolcenera also released the EP Dolcenera canta il cinema (with cover versions of well-known songs from film soundtracks) and its own compilation for the German-speaking market (under the title of their second album Un mondo perfetto ).

In March 2007 she completed her first tour of Germany as a support act for Christina Stürmer . She also appeared in two films as an actress, Il nostro Messia and Scrivilo sui muri . The soundtrack to Finché nozze non ci separino again included two songs by Dolcenera. After a long European tour in 2008, Dolcenera returned to Sanremo in 2009 with Il mio amore unico ; however, she did not make it to the final. The album Dolcenera nel paese delle meraviglie was then released , for the first time on a major label ( Sony ).

The single Il sole di domenica announced the singer's fifth album, Evoluzione della specie , in 2011 . That year she also posed for the Italian edition of Playboy , in connection with the release of her single L'amore è un gioco . Together with the British rapper Professor Green , she recorded an English-Italian version of his hit Read All About It (originally with Emeli Sandé ) at the end of the year . In 2012 she started again at the Sanremo Festival with Ci vediamo a casa (the song reached sixth place in the final), and on the third evening she performed with Professor Green. The last album was reissued as Evoluzione della specie² .

In the parliamentary elections in Italy in 2013 , Dolcenera was active as a supporter of the Partito Democratico . She returned in 2014 with the single Niente al mondo , the sixth album Le stelle non tremano was released in 2015 and reached the top five of the charts for the first time. In the 2016 Sanremo Festival , the singer achieved only 15th place with Ora o mai più (le cose cambiano) , the song was included in the new edition Le stelle non tremano (supernovae) . Dolcenera then served as a juror on the fourth season of The Voice of Italy , with her candidate Alice Paba winning.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2003 Sorriso nucleare IT58 (5 weeks)
IT
Amarena / noble
2005 Un mondo perfetto IT4 (29 weeks)
IT
Amarena / noble
2006 Il popolo dei sogni IT16 (14 weeks)
IT
Amarena / noble
2009 Dolcenera nel paese delle meraviglie IT13 (23 weeks)
IT
Sony
2011 Evoluzione della specie IT15 (11 weeks)
IT
EMI
2012 Evoluzione della specie² IT23 (23 weeks)
IT
EMI
2015 Le stelle non tremano IT5 (10 weeks)
IT
Universal
2016 Le stelle non tremano (supernovae) IT37 (7 weeks)
IT
Universal

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2009 Dolcenera, Dolcenera IT67 (4 weeks)
IT
Amarena / noble
2010 Il meglio di Dolcenera IT98 (1 week)
IT
Amarena / noble

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2003 Siamo tutti là fuori
Sorriso nucleare 		IT10 (10 weeks)
IT
2005 Continua
Un mondo perfetto 		IT18 (10 weeks)
IT
2006 Com'è straordinaria la vita
Il popolo dei sogni 		IT6 (14 weeks)
IT
Piove (condizione dell'anima)
Il popolo dei sogni 		IT11 (5 weeks)
IT
2009 Il mio amore unico
Dolcenera nel Paese delle Meraviglie 		IT5 (16 weeks)
IT
Un dolce incantesimo
Dolcenera nel Paese delle Meraviglie 		IT47 (1 week)
IT
2011 Il sole di domenica
Evoluzione della specie 		IT36 (20 weeks)
IT
L'amore è un gioco
Evoluzione della specie 		IT42 (11 weeks)
IT
Read All About It (Tutto quello che devi sapere)
At Your Inconvenience / Evoluzione della specie² 		IT18th
gold
gold

(10 weeks)IT
Professor Green feat. Dolcenera
sales: + 15,000
2012 Ci vediamo a casa
Evoluzione della specie² 		IT6th
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)IT
Sales: + 30,000
Pensiero stupendo
 IT58 (2 weeks)
IT
Cover version, original by Patty Pravo
2013 Niente al mondo
Le stelle non tremano 		IT44 (10 weeks)
IT
2016 Ora o mai più (le cose cambiano)
Le stelle non tremano (supernovae) 		IT52 (2 weeks)
IT

Filmography

  • 2007: Scrivilo sui muri - Director: Giancarlo Scarchilli
  • 2008: Il nostro Messia - Director: Claudio Serughetti

Web links

Commons : Dolcenera  - collection of images

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Dolcenera. In: LaStampa.it . February 2, 2012, accessed May 17, 2017 (Italian).
  2. ^ Sanremo, le donne in gara. In: TGcom24. Mediaset , February 14, 2006, accessed May 17, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Dolcenera gives a German-Italian guest performance. In: evening newspaper . March 2, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Claudia Presicce: Dolcenera nuda su Playboy. In: IlMattino.it. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (Italian).
  5. ↑ a b Chart sources (albums):
  6. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
  7. ↑ a b Certificazioni, Dolcenera. FIMI, accessed May 17, 2017 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Dolcenera
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trane, Emanuela (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Galatina , Province of Lecce