Francesca Alotta

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Francesca Alotta (born January 1, 1968 in Palermo ) is an Italian pop singer .

Career

Francesca Alotta, the daughter of the tenor Filippo Alotta , started out as a background singer (for Mietta , for example ) and was briefly part of the girl group Compilations put together by Gianni Boncompagni for the television program Domenica . She first became known to a wider audience in 1991 when she won the Cantagiro competition in the newcomer category with the song Chiamata urgente . The following year she presented the song Non amarmi in the newcomer category of the Sanremo Festival at the side of Aleandro Baldi , with which she also won this competition. The song was an international success and was designed by Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony in 1999 as No me ames gecovert . Following this success, the singer released her self-titled debut album in 1992.

In 1993 Alotta returned alone to the Sanremo Festival, where she achieved tenth place in the main category with Un anno di noi . Then her second album Io e te was released . In the following years Alotta remained musically active, also beyond Italy, and appeared in television programs. In 1997 she released her third album, the cover album Buonanotte alla luna , on which she a. a. worked with Loredana Bertè . In 2004 she took part in the first edition of the reality show Music Farm on Rai 2 . Other TV shows followed until she returned in 2018 with the single Anima sola , a duet with Mauro Pina . For this she was awarded the AFI (Association of Independent Music Producers) prize. Her fourth album, Anima mediterranea , was released at the end of the year .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Non amarmi (with Aleandro Baldi )
  IT 2 10/1992 (19 weeks)
Un anno di noi
  IT 20th 13/1993 (4 weeks)

Albums

  • 1992 - Francesca Alotta (Ricordi)
  • 1993 - Io e te (Ricordi)
  • 1997 - Buonanotte alla luna (Sony)
  • 2018 - Anima mediterranea (Ermitage)

Singles

  • 1991 - Chiamata urgente
  • 1992 - Non amarmi (with Aleandro Baldi )
  • 1993 - Un anno di noi
  • 2018 - Anima sola (with Mauro Pina )

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Ugo Stomeo: Francesca Alotta si riprende la scena, da indipendente: “La vera Francesca è tornata” - Intervista. In: FAREMUSIC. April 9, 2018, accessed July 20, 2019 (Italian).
  2. ↑ a b Fabio Fiume: Intervista a Francesca Alotta: dal folgorante successo di “Non Amarmi” a "Ora O Mai Più" con un disco in uscita. In: All Music Italia. June 27, 2018, accessed July 20, 2019 (Italian).
  3. ^ Mario Manca: "Ora o mai più": entra Francesca Alotta. Ecco cosa c'è da sapere. In: VanityFair.it. June 15, 2018, accessed July 20, 2019 (Italian).
  4. ↑ Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 108; 122 .
personal data
SURNAME Alotta, Francesca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1st January 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo