Luca Dirisio

Luca Dirisio
Background information
Origin	Vasto, Italy
Genres	Pop rock
Years active	2004–present
Labels	BMG

Luca Dirisio (born in Vasto, June 18, 1978) is an Italian singer.

Early life

Luca was born to Cecelia and Luigi Dirisio, on June 18, 1978, in Vasto. Before starting singing, he was a promising player in the Italian youth soccer league, although late in his young career he broke his right femur during a match.

Music career

His first single "Calma e sangue freddo" was published during the summer of 2004 in Italy and immediately became a hit. His first album, Luca Dirisio, sold more than 100,000 copies. The next singles extracted from this album were "Il mio amico vende il te", "Usami" and "Per sempre". During the summer, Luca started a long series of concerts in Italy. Recently, he won a prize to be "the revelation of the year" at an Italian music contest Festivalbar.

In 2006, while the album Luca Dirisio and the single "Calma e Sangue Freddo" were published in Germany, Spain and Mexico, he participated 56th Sanremo Music Festival with a new song "Sparirò", written by himself and dedicated to an ex-girlfriend. Just after the festival, Luca's second album arrived in shops La vita è strana, which contains the Festival song. In the summer of 2006 the second extracted single was "La Ricetta del Campione", and the third one "L'Isola degli Sfigati". In the videoclip of "L'Isola degli Sfigati", Luca makes fun of the RAI show L'Isola dei Famosi, the Italian version of CBS show Survivor.

In September 2006, Luca was chosen to sing "Se Provi a Volare", the Italian adaptation of "Breaking Free", main theme of Disney High School Musical. This song was later inserted in the reprints of La Vita è Strana.

Discography

Album

Album Information
Luca Dirisio Release: 2004 (Italy) 100.000 copies (platinum) Label: Sony BMG Singles: Spariro Calma e sangue freddo (2004) Calma y sangre fría (Spanish version of Calma e sangue freddo) (2004) Il mio amico vende il tè (2004) Usami (2005) Per sempre (2005)

Album Information
La vita è strana Release: November 2006 (Italy) Label: Sony BMG Singles: Sparirò (2006) La ricetta del campione (2006) Se provi a volare (2006) (Italian Version of Breakin' Free from High School Musical) L'isola degli sfigati (2007)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions						Album
		ITA	SWI	AUT	SPA	NET	EUR
2004	"Calma e Sangue Freddo"	1	17	20	25	78	34	Luca Dirisio
	"Il Mio Amico Vende il Tè"	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	"Usami"	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"Per sempre"	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	"Sparirò"	9	-	-	-	-	52	La Vita è Strana
	"La Ricetta del campione"	39	-	-	-	-	-
	"Se provi a volare"	-	-	-	-	-	-	Soundtrack: High School Musical
2007	"L'isola degli sfigati"	-	-	-	-	-	-	La Vita è Strana
2008	"Magica"	49	-	-	-	-	-	300 all'ora