Bianca Atzei
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Bianca Atzei | |
|---|---|
| Born | Milan, Italy |
| Genres | Pop, Pop soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2012-present |
| Labels | Baraonda Edizioni Musicali Ultrasuoni |
Veronica Atzei, better known by her stage name Bianca Atzei (Italian: [ˈbjaŋka atˈtsɛi]; Sardinian pronunciation: [aˈtsei]; born Milan, March 8, 1987), is an Italian singer.
After the release of a few singles published by the record label Ultrasuoni between 2012 and 2014, in February 2015 she participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 performing the song Il solo al mondo. The single came before her first album release Bianco e nero, published in the same year by Baraonda Edizioni Musicali, a subsidiary of Ultrasuoni.
Biography
Early life and career
Veronica Atzei, better known by her stage name Bianca Atzei, was born in Milan to Sardinian parents. She has studied singing since she was 8 years old, listening to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, but she was also influenced by Italian singers from the 60s such as Luigi Tenco, Patty Pravo and Sergio Endrigo. At the age of 17 she attended a music academy, during which she had her first experience as a singer, taking part in the TV show CD Live, broadcast by the national television channel Rai Due since September 2003. In the following years she contributed to the making of theme songs and jingles, working also for a period as chorister for the TV program Domenica Cinque [1] directed by Barbara D'Urso.[2]
In 2012, she took part in the Sanremo Social, first selection of the following edition of Festival di Sanremo with her very first single La gelosia, but the song was rejected. On August 3, 2012, the single L'amore veto was released, which was well received on the radio and web, earning one million views on YouTube.[3] On November 16 of the same year she released the single La gelosia, featuring the Italian pop band Modà. The following summer, she performed in with many concerts around Italy, especially in Sardinia. In 2012 she also wrote the lyrics for Folle stronza with Diego Calvetti, contained in the third album of Loredana Errore titled Pioggia di comete.
In 2013, Bianca tried to participate to the Sanremo Music Festival in the section Nuove proposte with the song Arido, but it was rejected. With Niccolò Agliardi she sings the song Fino in fondo, published on May 2, and the collaboration with Kekko Silvestre continues: the frontman of Modà is the writer of Bianca's summer's hit, La paura che ho di perderti, published on July 4, 2013, (certified by FIMI as Disco d'oro, thank to the sale of more than 15,000 copies. With this, she took part in the Coca Cola Summer Festival in Piazza del Popolo in Rome (broadcast by the Italian Canale 5), qualifying in the finals. After the summer tour in Sardinian, in autumn, she opened the concerts of Modà's tour. On October 1, 2013, the album of the Italian singer Gianni Morandi, Bisogna vivere was published, with the song Ti porto al mare, realized in collaboration with Bianca. On October 8 she performs at the Verona Arena, featuring the song "In amore" with Gianni Morandi in one of the two concerts of Gianni Morandi – Live in Arena. In December 2013, she publishes the single One Day I'll Fly Away, cover of Randy Crawford's song, realized for the soundtrack of the mini series, broadcast by the Italian national television network Rai 1, Anna Karenina, inspired by the novel written by Lev Tolstoj. On December 24, 2013, she performed the song La paura che ho di perderti at the Concerto di Natale (Christmas Concert) in the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome, broadcast by the Italian television network Rai 2.
In 2014 with Alex Britti she tried to participate at the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 in the section Big with the song Non è vero mai, but she failed,[4] the song will be published as single on March 14. In July she took part again in the Coca Cola Summer Festival singing Non puoi chiamarlo amore, published on June 23, after which she started recording her first album in the studio. On September 14 during the wedding between Elisabetta Canalis and Brian Perri she sung a version of Ave Maria in Sardinian's dialect.[5]
Sanremo Music Festival 2015 and Bianco e nero
On February 2015, Bianca participated at the 65th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 performing Il solo al mondo, written by Kekko Silvestre, she qualified on 14º place. During the four evening festival she was dressed by the stylist Antonio Marras who intentionally designed four different dresses. On February 12, the third cover themed evening, she sang Ciao amore, ciao by the Italian singer Luigi Tenco: mixing by Alex Britti. On the same day, she released her first album Bianco e nero, including 20 tracks and many of her previous publications. Her cover of Ciao amore, ciao featuring Alex Britti is published as second single of the album on April 13, 2015.
On June 2015 Bianca participated at the third edition of Coca-Cola Summer Festival performing Ciao amore, ciao featuring Alex Britti. A new single, extract of Bianco e nero, was released on June 24, In un giorno di sole getting two nomination for the Premio RTL 102.5 - Canzone dell'estate (RTL 102.5 Award - Summer Hit).
On September 22 is released the fourth single from Bianco e nero, titled Riderai.[6]
Discography
Album
| Year | Title | Ranking FIMI [7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bianco e nero | 15 |
Singles
| Year | Titolo | Ranking FIMI [8] |
Certification FIMI | Album of origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | La gelosia | — | / | |
| L'amore vero | — | |||
| La gelosia (feat. Kekko Silvestre) | 33 | |||
| 2013 | Fino in fondo (feat. Niccolò Agliardi) | — | ||
| La paura che ho di perderti | 37 | Gold[9] | ||
| One Day I'll Fly Away | — | |||
| 2014 | Non è vero mai (feat. Alex Britti) | 37 | ||
| Non puoi chiamarlo amore | — | |||
| 2015 | Il solo al mondo | — | Bianco e nero | |
| Ciao amore, ciao (feat. Alex Britti) | — | |||
| In un giorno di sole | — | |||
| Riderai (New version) | — |
Collaborations
- 2012 – La gelosia (with Modà)
- 2013 – Fino in fondo (with Niccolò Agliardi)
- 2013 – Ti porto al mare (with Gianni Morandi)
- 2014 – Non è vero mai (with Alex Britti)
- 2015 – Ciao amore, ciao (with Alex Britti)
- 2015 – No potho reposare (with Tazenda)
Author for other singers
- Folle stronza for Loredana Errore (text: Veronica Atzei, Diego Calvetti – music: Diego Calvetti) published in Pioggia di comete, 2012
Participation in Sanremo Music Festival
| Year | Category | Song | Featuring (track) | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Big | Il solo al mondo | Ciao amore, ciao | 14° |
Note
- ^ "Intervista alla cantante Bianca Atzei". Vanity Fair Italia. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ "Bianca Atzei". newsic.it. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
- ^ "Bianca Atzei". Radio Italia. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ "Sanremo 2014, ecco i big esclusi dal Festival". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ "Nozze Canalis, l'Ave Maria sarà in sardo". Vanity Fair Italia. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ^ Earone.i, ed. (September 17, 2015). "Bianca Atzei - Riderai (Radio Date: 22-09-2015)". Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ^ "Italy Albums Top 100 – Week 08/2015". aCharts.us. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ "Archivio classifiche FIMI:
-La gelosia feat. Kekko Silvestre: anno 2012, settimana 48
-La paura che ho di perderti: anno 2013, settimana 36
-Non è vero mai: anno 2013, settimana 17" (in Italian). FIMI. Retrieved March 20, 2015. - ^ "Archivio certificazioni – Anno 2014, settimana 52" (in Italian). FIMI. Retrieved March 19, 2014.