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Nina Zilli is the pseudonym of Maria Chiara Zilli, an Italian singer-songwriter and recording artist born on February 2, 1980, in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. She works as a radio personality and has been active in music composing since 2000. Zilli is a soprano who sings in Italian and performs genres including funk, adult contemporary R&B, contemporary R&B, crossover jazz, and Italian pop. She is signed to Universal Music Group and cites Amy Winehouse as an influence.
Zilli participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. She was educated at the IULM University of Milan. Her work is associated with tags such as Italian soul, pop, and female vocalists. In addition to her musical career, she has been involved in acting.
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Film & TV
Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Known for
- Il Volo: All for one - Third Episode — Self2024
- GialappaShow2023
- La California — Lucia2022
- Note di viaggio: Il film — Self2021
- Lui è peggio di me2021
- Felicissima Sera — Self2021
- Un'ora sola vi vorrei — Herself2020
- Basement Café2018
- Radio Italia Live 2017 - Palermo2017
- Big Show2017
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1980
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 56,396
- Total plays
- 1,079,935
Tags
Maria Chiara Fraschetta (born 2 February 1980 in Piacenza), better known by her stage name Nina Zilli, is an Italian singer-songwriter. After releasing her debut single "50mila", she achieved commercial success with the album Sempre lontano, released after participating in the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2010. In January 2012, Zilli was chosen as one of the participants in the Big Artists section of the 62nd Sanremo Music Festival, performing "Per Sempre". <a href="https://
Key facts
- Born
- Maria Chiara Fraschetta , ( 1980-02-02 ) 2 February 1980 (age 46) , Piacenza , Italy
- Genres
- Pop R&B soul reggae
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Years active
- 2000–present
- Label
- Universal
- Website
- ninazilli.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Piacenza
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- IULM University of Milan
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2012
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- funk
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Official website
- www.ninazilli.com
- Image
- Nina Zilli 1.jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Commons category
- Nina Zilli
- date of birth
- 1980-02-02
- pseudonym
- Nina Zilli
- influenced by
- Amy Winehouse
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- social media followers
- 49200
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Encyclopedic overview
Maria Chiara Fraschetta (born 2 February 1980), better known by her stage name Nina Zilli ( pronounced [ˈniːna dˈdzilli]), is an Italian singer-songwriter. After releasing her debut single "50mila", she achieved commercial success with the album Sempre lontano, released after participating in the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2010.
During the Sanremo Music Festival 2012, Zilli was chosen to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she placed 9th with the song "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)", included in her second studio album. Zilli returned to the Sanremo Music Festival in 2015, and competed with the song "Sola" from her upcoming album, Frasi&Fumo. She also served as a judge in the Italian talent television series Italia's Got Talent from 2015 to 2017.
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