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Lorenzo Fragola (17264599726)
Lorenzo Fragola (born 26 April 1995) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the X Factor (Italian season 8), eighth season of the Italian talent show ''X Factor (Italian TV series), X Factor''. His winner's single, "The Reason Why", debuted atop the Italian Singles Chart, and was later certified double platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Fragola competed both in the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, 65th and Sanremo Music Festival 2016, 66th Sanremo Music Festival, performing the songs "Siamo uguali" and "Infinite volte", and placing tenth and fifth, respectively. Both his debut album ''1995'', released in Italy on 31 March 2015, and its follow-up, ''Zero Gravity'' (2016) debuted atop the Italian Albums Chart. Biography 1995–2012: Early birds Lorenzo Fragola was born in Catania, Sicily, on 26 April 1995. His parents divorced when he was three. Since then, he lived with his mother and brother. His interest in music was encouraged by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Factor (Italy Series 8)
''X Factor'' is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a € 300,000 recording contract with Sony Music. Before the start of the auditions process it was announced that Morgan and Mika would be confirmed as judges and mentors, whilst Victoria Cabello and Fedez have been chosen for replacing Simona Ventura and Elio in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The eighth season has been airing on Sky Uno since 18 September 2014. Auditions for season 8 took place in Rome, Turin and Bologna in June 2014; bootcamp took place in Milan for two days, on 1 and 2 July. Unconfirmed rumors revealed that Mika will mentor the Over-25s, Fedez the boys, Cabello the girls and Morgan the groups; they selected their final three acts during judges' houses. Lorenzo Fragola, a member of the category Boys and mentored by Fedez, was announced the winner of the competition on 11 December 2014. His winner's single, " The Reason Why", released at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X Factor (Italian Season 8)
''X Factor'' is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a € 300,000 recording contract with Sony Music. Before the start of the auditions process it was announced that Morgan and Mika would be confirmed as judges and mentors, whilst Victoria Cabello and Fedez have been chosen for replacing Simona Ventura and Elio in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The eighth season has been airing on Sky Uno since 18 September 2014. Auditions for season 8 took place in Rome, Turin and Bologna in June 2014; bootcamp took place in Milan for two days, on 1 and 2 July. Unconfirmed rumors revealed that Mika will mentor the Over-25s, Fedez the boys, Cabello the girls and Morgan the groups; they selected their final three acts during judges' houses. Lorenzo Fragola, a member of the category Boys and mentored by Fedez, was announced the winner of the competition on 11 December 2014. His winner's single, " The Reason Why", released at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by the presence of important road and rail transport infrastructures as well as by the main airport in Sicily, fifth in Italy. It is located on Sicily's east coast, at the base of the active volcano, Mount Etna, and it faces the Ionian Sea. It is the capital of the 58-municipality region known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan city in Italy. The population of the city proper is 311,584, while the population of the Metropolitan City of Catania is 1,107,702. Catania was founded in the 8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks. The city has weathered multiple geologic catastrophes: it was almost completely destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169. A major eruption and lava flow from nearby Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Ferguson (singer)
Rebecca Caroline Ferguson (born July 21, 1986) is a British soul singer and songwriter. In 2010, Ferguson finished in second place in the seventh series of ''The X Factor.'' She later released her debut album titled ''Heaven'' in December 2011. The album peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. Ferguson released three further top-ten albums: ''Freedom'' (2013), '' Lady Sings the Blues'' (2015) and ''Superwoman'' (2016). She cites Aretha Franklin, Kings of Leon, Christina Aguilera and Amy Winehouse among her influences. Early life Rebecca Ferguson was born on 21 July 1986 at Mill Road Hospital in Liverpool to a father of Jamaican descent and a white British mother. She spent the first two years of her life in Huyton. She has a younger brother, Sam. The family then moved to a house on an estate in Woolton Village when her parents separated. Ferguson received her primary education at Woolton Primary School and her secondary and sixth form education at Gateacre Community Compreh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana
''Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana'' is an Italian music radio station based in Cologno Monzese, Italy, entirely devoted to Easy listening Italian music. It was the first to use this format in Italy. It was founded in 1982 by the Italian musician and composer Mario Volanti. In 1990 it was the most listened to commercial radio station in Italy. In 1996 it expand its coverage using the satellite. In 1997 it launced its website and since November 12, 2002 it started to do streaming with Windows Media. Besides FM in Italy, Albania, France, Switzerland, DTT and DAB (Italy and Ticino), cable radio (only in Switzerland) and Free to Air on Hotbird 8, it is also available on SKY Italia and Dish Network. In 2007 had 3.776.000 average listeners in Italy. In the 90s a second station was born with the name of Radio Italia Anni 60, airing in syndication on Italian soil and broadcasting music from 60s, 70s and 80s. One of the shows of the radio was Rit Parade, hosted in the weekend by Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he had his first successes writing songs for others, writing "These Days" as a 16-year-old; the song became a minor hit for the German singer and Andy Warhol protégé Nico in 1967. He also wrote several songs for fellow Southern California bands the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (of which he was briefly a member in 1966) and the Eagles (band), Eagles, the latter of whom had their first Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Top 40 hit in 1972 with the Browne co-written song "Take It Easy". Encouraged by his successes writing songs for others, Browne released his Jackson Browne (album), self-titled debut album in 1972, which spawned two Top 40 hits of his own, "Doctor, My Eyes" and "Rock Me on the Water". For his debut album, as well as for the next severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron (singer)
Rosalino Cellamare (born 13 August 1953) better known as Ron, is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Dorno, province of Pavia, he debuted under his true name at the 1970 edition of the Sanremo Festival, together with Nada (Italian singer), Nada. In the following years he distinguished as songwriter for Lucio Dalla and others. After a period as actor, he returned collaborating with Dalla and Francesco De Gregori, De Gregori in their Banana Republic (album), ''Banana Republic'' tour of 1979, and issuing the LPs ''Una città per cantare'' (1980) and ''Anima'' (1982). These were followed by ''Joe Temerario'' (1984) and ''Il mondo avrà una grande anima'' (1988). ''Una città per cantare'' is an Italian cover of ''The Road'', song Danny O'Keefe; Italian lyrics are written by Lucio Dalla. In 1996, he won the Sanremo Music Festival 1996, Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Vorrei incontrarti fra cent'anni", sung alongside Tosca (singer), Tosca and in 2018 he won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Sorrisi E Canzoni
''TV Sorrisi e Canzoni'' (''TV Smiles and Songs'') is an Italian weekly listings magazine published in Segrate, Italy. History and profile ''TV Sorrisi e Canzoni'' was established in 1952. Based in Segrate, Milan, the magazine is published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, the biggest Italian publishing company. The magazine is published on a weekly basis. ''TV Sorrisi e Canzoni'' had a circulation of 1,836,355 copies in 1984. The circulation of magazine rose to 1,997,809 copies from September 1993 to August 1994. Founded in 1952 by Agostino Campi for Editoriale Campi, it was one of top 50 best-selling television magazines worldwide with a circulation of 1,622,000 copies in 2001. Its circulation was 1,381,000 copies in 2004, making it the best-selling magazine in Italy. It was the best-selling television magazine in Italy in 2007 with a circulation of 1,086,414 copies. The magazine had a circulation of 883,220 copies in 2010. See also * List of magazines in Italy * ''Telegatto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediaset
Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, the group competes primarily against the public broadcaster RAI, the privately owned La7 and (through Sky Group Limited) Comcast's Sky Italia. Mediaset's headquarters are in Milan, Lombardy. Many of its studios are located in the Milano 2 area of Segrate, a municipality bordering Milan, where broadcasts of local station TeleMilano (now airing nationally as Mediaset's Canale 5) began in 1978. After merging with various local broadcaster to form the Canale 5 syndication, much production was moved to Cologno Monzese, where the infrastructure of the former Telealtomilanese was present. The company currently has three main television production centres, in Milan (Segrate, Cologno Monzese) and Rome. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TGCOM
''TGcom'' was an Italian news website owned by Mediaset, launched on March 8, 2001. The website contained mainly Italian and international news coverage, as well as political and entertainment news. TGCOM was closely linked to its sister department website, that of TGFIN, based on Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor is an Italian business and financial news agency owned by the newspaper ''Il Sole 24 Ore'' with five offices in Rome, Milan, Turin, New York City and Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officiall ... bulletins. TGCOM brand was also used to produce news bulletins on Mediaset television channels. TGCOM was closed November 28, 2011, the day in which it was replaced by TGcom24. External links TGCOM TGFIN Italian news websites Mediaset Internet properties established in 2001 {{news-website-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Italia
Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo and Sky TG24. As of 2018, following an agreement with Mediaset, Sky Italia also operates a series of subscription-based terrestrial channels offering sports, entertainment, and movies. Sky Italia is also the major sports broadcaster in Italy. Pay TV services on Sky Italia satellite platform are encrypted in NDS VideoGuard. History Sky Italia was founded on 31 July 2003 by the merger of TELE+ and Stream TV. Sky Italia uses the Hot Bird 13B satellite at 13.0°E. On 28 June 2010, Sky Italia changed its brands and logos, making them identical to the BSkyB ones. On 1 October 2010, Sky activated its first 3D channel, Sky Sport 3D, available without any extra cost to the Sport pack subscribers. The very first event Sky Sport 3D aired was the 2010 Ryder Cup. On 25 December 2010, Sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of Sony. It was originally founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed as Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture known as Sony BMG, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the Sony Music name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
