Paolo Vallesi

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Paolo Vallesi (2015)

Paolo Vallesi (born May 18, 1964 in Florence ) is an Italian cantautore .

Career

Paolo Vallesi learned the piano at a young age and performed in bars in his hometown as a teenager. As a musician and arranger, he continued his career and wrote his first songs. With Ritornare a vivere , he took part in the 1990 music festival of Saint-Vincent ( Un disco per l'estate ), where he was discovered by the producer Dado Parisini. Vallesi made his breakthrough a year later at the Sanremo Festival in 1991 , where he took first place in the newcomer category with Le persone inutili . Then his first self-titled album was released.

The following year he again took part in the Sanremo Festival, this time in the main category, where he not only achieved third place with La forza della vita , but also his biggest hit. The second album, which was released afterwards, also had the same title and only contained songs from Vallesi's pen, including the radio hit Semper . For the Spanish-speaking area he also recorded a Spanish version of the album. The third album Non mi tradire was released in 1994 and contained guest contributions by his music colleagues Biagio Antonacci and Eros Ramazzotti , both of whom he knew as teammates in the Nazionale Cantanti , in which he played since 1993. Together with Irene Grandi , he then went on an extensive tour.

In 1996 Vallesi returned to the Sanremo Festival, but achieved only 18th place with Non andare via . This was followed by the album Non essere mai grande , the Spanish version of which also contained a successful duet with Alejandro Sanz . After that, the musician withdrew from the public for a while, during which he became father of a son and gathered a new production team around him. In 1999 the fifth album Sabato 17:45 was released , while Marco Borsato's Dutch version of Vallesis Semper ( Vrij zijn ) became a hit in the Netherlands.

The musician returned in 2003 with a best-of album, and in 2005 he took part in the reality show La talpa (Italian version of The Mole ). The single La fionda was released in 2006 , followed in 2008 and (in a new version) in 2012 by È bastato un momento . After producing the first album of the Nazionale Cantanti in 2009, he published the live album I Live You in 2009 and the studio album Episodio 1 in 2015 … In questo mondo . After a guest appearance during the Sanremo Festival 2017 , the seventh studio album Un filo senza fine was finally released .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1991 Paolo Vallesi IT10 (14 weeks)
IT
Sugar
1992 La forza della vita / La fuerza de la vida IT2 (17 weeks)
IT
Sugar
1994 Non mi tradire / No me traiciones IT7 (15 weeks)
IT
RTI / Sugar
1996 No essere mai grande / grande IT33 (2 weeks)
IT
CGD
Le sue più belle canzoni IT41 (1 week)
IT
Sugar
compilation
2003 Best of Paolo Vallesi IT71 (1 week)
IT
Warner
compilation
2017 Un filo senza fine IT31 (1 week)
IT
Believe

More albums

  • Sabato 5:45 p.m. (1999; CGD )
  • I Live You (2009; live album)
  • Episodio 1… In questo mondo (2015)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1991 Le persone inutili
Paolo Vallesi 		IT5 (19 weeks)
IT
Le amiche
Paolo Vallesi 		IT6 (6 weeks)
IT
B-side: Lontano
1992 La forza della vita
La forza della vita 		IT4 (17 weeks)
IT

More songs

  • Ritornare a vivere / Sta diventando una donna (1990)
  • Quando perdi la donna che hai / Piramidi di luna (1991)
  • Semper (1992)
  • Ridere di te (1992)
  • Non mi tradire (1994)
  • Voglio fare l'amore con te (1994)
  • L'eterna danza (1994)
  • Non andare via (1996)
  • Grande (1996)
  • Tutto va bene (1996)
  • Un bacio interminabile (1996)
  • L'amore è un fiore (1999)
  • Felici di essere (2002)
  • Un giorno normal (2002)
  • Disegno libero (2003)
  • La fionda (2006)
  • È bastato un momento (2012)
  • Il bello che c'è (2015)
  • In questo mondo (2015)
  • Estate 2016 (2016)
  • Pace (2017)

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Chart sources (albums):
  2. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi, accessed on May 18, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access).
personal data
SURNAME Vallesi, Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Cantautore
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence