Povia
Giuseppe Povia (born November 19, 1972 in Milan ), stage name Povia , is an Italian cantautore (songwriter).
Live and act
At 14, Povia taught himself to play the guitar , and later began composing. In 1999 he took part in the Accademia di Sanremo , where he met the songwriter Giancarlo Bigazzi and his future manager Angelo Carrara. In 2003 he won a song competition in Recanati with Mia sorella . On this occasion he introduced the song I bambini fanno “ooh…” . He actually wanted to present this at the Sanremo Festival 2005 , which was no longer possible due to the previous public performance. However, it was used in a charity initiative to build a hospital in Darfur , which is why Povia in Sanremo was able to perform out of competition. The song developed into a summer hit and was at the top of the Italian single charts for a total of 20 weeks. It was included on Povia's debut album Evviva i pazzi… che hanno capito cos'è l'amore .
On July 2, 2005, Povia was one of the participating artists at the Live 8 concert in Rome. With Vorrei avere il becco he finally entered the 2006 Sanremo Festival and won it. Afterwards his second album I bambini fanno “ooh…” La storia continua… was released . After the album La storia continua… la tavola rotonda (2007), Povia began a collaboration with Francesco Baccini . Together they applied for the Sanremo Festival 2008 , but were not accepted. The joint album was titled Uniti .
Finally, Povia returned to the Sanremo Festival in 2009 with the song Luca era gay ("Luca was gay ") and came in second behind Marco Carta . The announcement of the song led to violent protests, the spokesman of which was Arcigay . The song tells the story of an ex-gay . Povia had already told Panorama magazine in July 2005: “Being gay is not innate. You become one because of how you deal with things, because of what you learn from an early age. […] I know what I'm talking about. I had a gay phase myself. […] It was when I was 18 years old. It took seven months and then I got over it. Two of my friends also converted who thought they were gay and now they are married and have children. "
After Sanremo 2009 Povia released the album Centravanti di mestiere distributed by Warner . In the same year the children's album Non basta un sorriso was released . At the Sanremo Festival 2010 , Povia presented the song La verità , which was dedicated to Eluana Englaro . He then released the album Scacco matto . In the following years other albums appeared irregularly.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 IT
|
 CH
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| 2005 | Evviva i pazzi… che hanno capito cos'è l'amore |
IT8 (28 weeks) IT |
- |
Target
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| 2006 | I bambini fanno “ooh…” La storia continua… |
IT9 (17 weeks) IT |
CH84 (1 week) CH |
Target
|
| 2009 | Centravanti di mestiere |
IT16 (10 weeks) IT |
- |
Warner
|
| 2010 | Scacco matto |
IT18 (10 weeks) IT |
- |
Warner
|
More albums
- La storia continua… la tavola rotonda (2007)
- Uniti (2008, with Francesco Baccini )
- Non basta un sorriso (2009)
- Il mondo è di tutti (2011)
- I “bambini” fanno rock (2012)
- Nuovo Contrordine Mondiale (2016)
Singles (selection)
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
IT
|
CH
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| 2005 | I bambini fanno “ooh…” Evviva i pazzi… che hanno capito cos'è l'amore |
IT1 (57 weeks) IT |
- | |
| 2006 | Vorrei avere il becco I bambini fanno “ooh…” La storia continua… |
- | - |
7th place (10 weeks) on the Italian download charts
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| 2009 | Luca era gay Centravanti di mestiere |
IT3 (9 weeks) IT |
CH51 (2 weeks) CH |
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| 2010 | La verità Scacco matto |
IT5 (6 weeks) IT |
- | |
Web links
- Povia website (Italian)
- Povia at Rockol.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rita Celi: Arcigay contro il brano di Povia “Siamo pronti a bloccare Sanremo”. In: Repubblica.it. December 23, 2008, accessed May 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Costanza Rizzacasa d'Orsogna: Giuseppe Povia, Menestrello dalla doppia personalità. In: Panorama.it. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, July 17, 2005, accessed on May 4, 2020 (Italian): “Gay non si nasce. Lo si diventa in base a chi frequenti, a quello che ti insegnano da piccolo. […] Io so quello che dico. Anch'io ho avuto una fase gay. […] È stato quando avevo 18 anni. È durata set mesi, poi l'ho superata. E ho anche convertito due miei amici che credevano di essere gay e invece adesso sono sposati e hanno anche dei figli. "
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↑ Chart sources (albums):
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 155 .
- Albums by Povia. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed May 4, 2020 .
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↑ Chart sources (singles):
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 135, 179 .
- Albums by Povia. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed May 4, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Povia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Povia, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |