Antonio Diodato (born 30 August 1981), known simply as Diodato, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the 70th edition of the

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with the song " Fai rumore" and was scheduled to represent

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in the

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, before the event's cancellation due to the

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Biography

Born in Aosta, he is originally from

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and

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by adoption. His first works were made in

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with Swedish DJs

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and Steve Angello. Back in Italy, he graduated from the DAMS at

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, Luigi Tenco,

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and

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Career

He has released four studio albums, " E forse sono pazzo" (LeNarcisse/Goodfellas), " A ritrovar bellezza" (LeNarcisse/ RCA/ SonyMusic)., " Cosa siamo diventati" and " Che vita meravigliosa". In December 2013, he was selected to participate in the Sanremo Festival 2014 (in the "New Proposals" section) with the song "Babilonia". On February 19 and 21 2014, he performed on the stage of the Ariston Theater in Sanremo for the singing festival in which he came about second in the final classification of the section behind

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; he received the quality jury prize chaired by Paolo Virzì. In 2014, he won the MTV Italian Music Awards for Best New Generation, The Deezer Band Of The Year Award and the

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Award, with his version of "Amore che vieni, Amore che vai", for the best reinterpretation of the work of the Genoese singer-songwriter. In 2016, he became artistic director of the May Day concert in Taranto, together with

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. In 2017, his third studio album "Cosa siamo diventati" was released by Carosello Records. In 2018, he participated in the

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with the song "Adesso", played in tandem with the trumpeter

, coming eighth in the final classification. In 2019, he made his debut as an actor in the film "Un'avventura", directed by Marco Danieli. He won the

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with the song " Fai rumore". The song "Fai rumore" also won the "

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" Press Room Award. As the winner of the Festival, Diodato was also designated as the Italian representative at the

, however the event was cancelled due to the

. On 16 May 2020, he took part in the event '' Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light'', performing at the Verona Arena with the song "Fai rumore" and with an acoustic version of " Nel blu, dipinto di blu", a song originally recorded by Italian singer-songwriter

. On 24 February 2020, the Municipality of

awarded Diodato civic merit. On 9 May 2020, he won the

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for the best original song with " Che vita meravigliosa", used as the soundtrack of the film ''

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'', directed by

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; on July 6, the song also won the

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(Silver Ribbon) for Best Original Song.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1981 births Living people Italian male singer-songwriters Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Italian male singers People from Taranto Sanremo Music Festival winners Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2020 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Italy