Paola e Chiara
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| Paola e Chiara | |
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| Origin | Milan, Italy |
| Genres | Pop Dance Latin Pop |
| Instruments | voice |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG/Columbia (1997-2006) Universal Music (2007-) |
| Website | http://www.paolaechiara.it/ |
| Members | |
| Paola Iezzi Chiara Iezzi |
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Paola & Chiara is a pop and dance music duo consisting of two sisters born in Milan, Italy.
The manager of Max Pezzali's pop band 883 saw the sisters play in one of the clubs in Milan, and signed them to the band. The sisters' career as "Paola e Chiara" truly began in 1997 when they parted with 883.
In 1997 the sisters won the New-Artist category for the song "Amici Come Prima" at the Sanremo Festival. Soon after, they released their first album. They have since released other five studio albums, incorporating shifting musical influences (such as Spanish pop and Celtic elements), and performing in several different languages.
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[edit] Background
Chiara Iezzi was born on 27 February 1973, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Paola Iezzi was born on 30 March 1974, with dark hair and a darker complexion.
The two sisters were very close while growing up and treated each other like twins. They would wear each other's clothes and had the same taste in fashion, music and many other things. The sisters formed their first music group called The Elefunky, which specialized in funk music. They played in various clubs in Milan and were discovered by Claudio Cecchetto who was feverishly looking for a group that would help known artist Max Pezzali.
The sisters left the club scene and joined up with Max Pezzali to play at many Festivals in Italy. They became a part of a group called 883, and the sisters played the guitar and trombone. The group released the album "La donna, il sogno ed il grande incubo". After a big tour to promote the album, the sisters decided to become solo artists.
The sisters visited Ireland after seeing the movie Braveheart, to visit the locations where the movie was shot. The trip was an inspiration to both and gave them a feeling of real freedom. The sisters returned to Ireland again and were inspired to write many song.
They decided to participate in the Sanremo new-talent search in 1996. The song In Viaggio ("In Transit") led the sisters to win the contest the year after, gaining fans and admiration.
[edit] Music career
[edit] Ci Chiamano Bambine (1997)
- Released: 2 February 1997
- Chart peak: #33[citation needed] (ITA)
In 1997 after they had won the New-Artist contest at the Sanremo Festival, they released their first album, Ci Chiamano Bambine (They Call Us Children). The album contained a mixture of rock and pop music. They went on to release other four singles from the album: "Ci Chiamano Bambine" , "Bella", "Ti Vada O No" (which was used on the Italian version of the Walt Disney animated film Hercules) and "Per Te", the song they wrote for the Sanremo Festival in 1998.
[edit] Giornata Storica (1998)
- Released: 29 October 1998
- Chart peak: -
After a successful tour in Italy and achieving multi-platinum sales, they released the second album titled Giornata Storica (Historic Day) in november 1998. The album had an Irish flavor after the Irish trend ongoing in the same year in Italy. Notwithstanding this, most of the Italian public didn't seem to connect with the album and sales were disappointing.
Three singles where released from the album:
- Non Puoi Dire Di No
- Nina
- Colpo Di Fulmine
[edit] Television (2000)
- Released: 19 June 2001
- Chart peak: #23[1]; (ITA) #32 (SWI)
After a long break, the huge summer hit song Vamos a Bailar (Let's Go Dancing) (in a Latin pop style and featuring Spanish lyrics) was released in April 2000. The song remained on top of the Italian charts for many weeks. The track was included in the lucky dance-pop album Television. It was seen as a change in style, being a mixture of Spanish Pop tunes and dance beats.
Four singles were released from the album:
- Vamos A Bailar
- Amoremidai
- Viva El Amor! (Remix Version)
- Fino Alla Fine (Remix Version)
In the Summer of 2000 Paola & Chiara won an Award for the Best Song of that summer with "Vamos a Bailar" from Festivalbar and gained success all over Europe, Japan and Latin America. The album is also available in English and Spanish. In June 2001 the Television album got a face-lift and was re-released with remixed tracks and multimedia in celebration of the huge success the two sisters were achieving.
[edit] Festival (2002)
- Released: 24 June 2002
- Chart peak: #13[2]; (ITA)
May 2002 saw the release of the fourth album "Festival" and its first single, also titled Festival. The song reached number six in the Italian single chart. The album showed a slight change in direction, being more melodic and vocally more elaborated and textured even if again based on dance music.
Four singles were released from "Festival"
- Festival
- Hey!
- Muoio per te (Radio Only)
- Kamasutra (Remix Version)
[edit] Blu (2004)
- Released: 10 May 2004
- Chart peak: #27 [3]; (ITA)
In 2004 the album Blu followed the same direction as the previous two albums, but with a slight change of style towards the 80's electropop. Despite high expectations, the single "Blu" did not make it as a big summer hit of 2004 and further singles were stalled.
Three singles were released from "Blu":
- Blu 2004
- @Mare Di PiÙ (Radio Only)
- Disco Dj (Radio Only)
[edit] Greatest Hits (2005)
- Released: 24 February 2005
- Chart peak: #25[4]; (ITA)
2005 saw the end of the first chapter in the sisters' careers with the release of "Greatest Hits". The hit collection features two new songs that were released as singles in the same year and a DVD (also available separately) that contains all their promo videos and some "making of" of the aforementioned clips. An appetizer from the collection was the Sanremo Festival tune "A Modo Mio". Later in the summer of 2005 the new track from the collection, "Fatalità", was released and followed by a tour that ended in September.
[edit] Nothing At All (2006)
- Released: 26 January 2007
- Chart peak: #2[5] (ITA)
Chiara released a solo single CD in January 2007 called "Nothing At All" for Raising Malawi, based on a song by Madonna, You Thrill Me/Erotica. The song peaked at number 2 in Italy. A remixed version of "Nothing At All" was released on vinyl.
[edit] Win The Game (2007)
- Released: 16 November 2007
- Chart peak: #40[6]; (ITA)
In June 2007 Paola & Chiara released the first single off their sixth studio album, Win the Game. It was released prior to the album's debut. The single "Second Life" peaked in the Italian chart at #4.
The success of Win rhe Game on the Italian markets was relatively poor. The album entered the Italian album chart at #40 and disappeared from the chart the following week[7] [8].
The second single, released in October 2007, was the song "Cambiare Pagina" (Turn the Page). The third single, "Vanity & Pride", saw a limited release in May 2008. All singles from "Win The Game" were released in two formats: cd single and vinyl.
Three singles released:
- "Second Life"
- "Cambiare Pagina"
- "Vanity & Pride"
[edit] Alone (2009)
In January 2009 Paola published a solo single, an English-language tune called "Alone", which peaked at number 36. The song differs a lot from the previous work of the sisters, with a strong Soul and R&B flavour. A cover from The Police was included in the CD, called "Wrapped Around Your Finger". Only available digitally, in February 2009 a EP of remixes of "Alone" was published, called "Dancing Alone".
[edit] Other Selected Singles
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Second Life
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Cambiare Pagina
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[edit] DVDs
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Paola e Chiara The Video Collection: 1997-2005
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
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[edit] Top ten singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions |
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| 2000 | "Vamos a bailar (esta vida nueva)" | 1 |
| "Viva el amor!" | 8 | |
| 2002 | "Festival" | 6 |
| 2005 | "A Modo Mio" | 10 |
| 2007 | "Second Life" | 4 |
| "Cambiare Pagina" | 7 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=1&idclassifica=446&archivio=true Television's peak position
- ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=1&idclassifica=511&archivio=true Festival's peak position
- ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=1&idclassifica=1136&archivio=true Blu's peak position
- ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=1&idclassifica=1394&archivio=true Greatest Hits' peak position
- ^ Classifica
- ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=1&idclassifica=2234&archivio=true FIMI
- ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche.asp?idtipo_classifica=1&idclassifica=2234&archivio=true First and last week in chart for Win the Game
- ^ Classifica
[edit] External links
- Official Website for Paola & Chiara
- Official Website for Chiara
- SonyBMG site
- Official MySpace page for Paola & Chiara
- Official MySpace page for Chiara
- Official MySpace page for Paola
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