Lollipop (Italian band)
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| Lollipop | |
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 Lollipop in 2001. From left: Marta, Dominique, Roberta, Marcella, Veronica. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Pop Dance Europop |
| Years active | 2001–2004 |
| Labels | WEA Records / Warner Music Italy |
| Website | http://lollipop.warnermusic.it |
| Members | |
| Dominique Fidanza Marcella Ovani Marta Falcone Roberta Ruiu Veronica Rubino |
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Lollipop was a girl group from Italy, were formed in 2001 on the international television sensation Popstars (originated in New Zealand), a precursor to the Idol shows. They sang in English and Italian and were popular in their home country.
In spring 2004 the band announced they would no longer perform together, to focus on pursuing their individual careers in music and television instead.
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[edit] Biography
Lollipop were one of the most successful groups on the Italian pop scene between 2001 and 2004. The members were Dominique Fidanza (aka Domy), Marcella Ovani (aka Marcellina), Marta Falcone, Roberta Ruiu and Veronica Rubino. They debuted with a single that stayed in singles chart many weeks, and just in its first four weeks performance it sold over 100.000 copies, an enormous success for a single in the Italian music market which is traditionally much more concentrated on album sales. They then released their debut album, Popstars, which spawned the follow-up single Don't Leave Me Now (number 9 on the single chart) and their third single When The Rain,a ballad conceived for the Christmas market whose video was their first to be broadcast on mtv and reached #5 on TRL. The single charted in Top 20. During the summer the group performed in many Italian discos and clubs with the Popstar 2001 Tour.
In March 2002 the group took part to the Sanremo Music Festival with their first song in Italian, Batte Forte, after which they were highly criticized by the press, above all because of their poor live performance. However the single proved instead to be quite successful in radios and in the charts, reaching a #9 in the single charts and taking Lollipop back in the top 10. The remixed version of the song became also a great hit in Italian gay discos where it is still popular after years from the release. The single was also included in the re-release of their first album, Popstars Remixed, featuring a second cd with the remixed versions of all their songs, Batte Forte included . During the summer of the same year, the group embarked on the Popstars 2002 Tour all over Italy.
In March 2003 they released the single Credi A Me, which was featured in the Italian-dubbed version of the Disney movie The Jungle Book 2.
The group decided to take a break and only in January 2004 released their second album Together, which spawned two singles Dreaming of love and the digital single You. The album, released without any promotion by WEA, didn't gain much success and the group went on hiatus.
In 2006 Dominique Fidanza took part in the French TV show Star Academy, ranking second. Throughout 2007 and 2008 she recorded her first solo album with songs in French and a couple in Italian. Unfortunately, she never had the chance to release it because of cuts in her record label that eventually brought her to be dropped. Recently, it was released her first single in French language "La Place Du Passager". There are also an Italian version called "Spaghetti e Desideri".
in 2007 Marta Falcone releases some solo songs in her official MySpace page. in July 2009 Marta releases her debut solo single "Vera e Severa". the song failed in Italian charts. The second single "Never Alone" was released on January 2010 and a third single "Mon Voyage" was released in the summer.
In 2007 Roberta Ruiu releases some songs like Don't be Afraid and an English cover of "Non è solo un'emozione" -" You'll see".Roberta collaborated with Hotel Saint George for released a dance track " You can trust in me" with the pseudoname Tiffany.
In November 2009 rumors started to circulate about the group reforming for the release of a new single in order to say thank you to all the people who supported them throughout the years.
On 4 February 2010 Lollipop will performe in the program Matricole & Meteore on Italia 1 with Nicola Savino and Juliana Moreira. Recently, all the rumors about a probably return of the band were denied by Marta.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Popstars (2001) #14 ITA
- Popstars Remixed (2002) #78 ITA
- Together (2004) #80 ITA
[edit] Singles
- Down Down Down (2001) #1 ITA
- Don't Leave Me Now (2001) #9 ITA
- When The Rain (2001) #17 ITA
- Batte Forte (2002) #9 ITA
- Credi A Me (2003) #42 ITA
- Dreaming Of Love (2004) #50 ITA
- You (2004) (digital release only)
