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Also known as Maria Chiara Fraschetta

Italian singer and songwriter

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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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Italy
Active from
1980
adult contemporary r&bcontemporary r&bcrossover jazzfunkitalian popitalian r&b

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
56,396
Total plays
1,079,935

Tags

italiansoulpopfemale vocalistsEurovision

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://

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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Maria
Gender
female
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Piacenza
Languages spoken
Italian
Field of work
music composing
Genre
funk
Instrument
voice
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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