Federica Abbate (born in 1991) is an Italian composer, lyricist and singer-songwriter.

Life and career

Abbate started playing piano at 5 years old and graduated in sociology. In 2013 she won a contest for songwriters promoted by

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and by the

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, "Genova per voi", and got a contract with

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. For her songs, she generally is the sole author for the music and collaborates with (Alfredo Giulio Rapetti, the son of Mogol) for the lyrics. Abbate wrote over 100 songs, including successful hits the diamond certified hits " Roma-Bangkok" for

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and

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, "L'amore Eternit" for

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and Noemi. As a singer, Abbate featured "In radio" by

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, with whom she also toured, and with

on "Chiudo gli occhi e salto", later certified gold by

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. She was also vocal coach in the

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musical reality show ''

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''. Her song "

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", performed by

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, placed second at the 66th edition of the

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and was Italy's entry at the

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. In 2016 she also wrote songs for Elodie,

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, Gué Pequeno and

. During 2017 Abbate was the lyrichist of

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's "Il Diario degli Errori" for

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and "Semplice" for Elodie, soundtrack for

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's film ''Non c'è Campo.'' She wrote ''"''Dopotutto", debut single by Federica Carta, multi-platinum single " Voglio ballare con te" for Baby K and Andres Dvicio, and several singles for

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and

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. In September 2017 Federica releases her debut solo single ''Fiori Sui Balconi''. In January 2018 Abbate took part at ''Sanremo Giovani'', for young Italian songwriters and singers, reaching the second position and winning the Critics' Award. On May 18, 2018 Abbate published her first EP, ''In foto vengo male,'' anticipated by "Pensare troppo mi fa male", in collaboration with

. She also collaborated on Carl Brave "La Cuenta", which entered at position 46 of the Italian Singles Chart. In 2018 Abbate also wrote songs with

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and

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. She wrote successful summer singles, including " Amore e Capoeira" for

and

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, "Non ti dico no" for

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and

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, "Vivere tute le Vite" with

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"Per le strade una canzone". In 2019 Abbate wrote several italian hits for

, including "Per un milione", "Mambo salentino" (with

), "Ti volevo dedicare" (with

and Rocco Hunt). She composed "Arrogante" for ''

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'''s winner

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, "

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" for

and Omi, " Una volta ancora" for Fred La Palma and

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, " Playa" by

. She also worked with

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and

. In 2019 Abbate was also selected by ''Sanremo Giovani'' with "I sogni prima di dormire", but she was eliminated. On May 21, 2019, Abbate released the collaboration "Camera con vista" with

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. In 2020 she wrote "Invincibile" with

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and "Niente canzoni d'Amore" for Elodie's third studio album ''This is Elodie''.

Discography

EP

* 2018 – ''In foto vengo male''

Single

* 2013 – ''Dammi ancora'' * 2017 – ''Fiori sui balconi'' * 2018 – ''Mi contraddico'' * 2018 – ''Pensare troppo mi fa male'' (con

) * 2018 – ''Finalmente'' * 2019 – ''Quando un desiderio cade'' * 2019 – ''Camera con vista'' (with

)

As a featured artist

* 2015 – ''In radio'' (con Marracash) * 2015 – ''Chiudo gli occhi e salto'' (with

) * 2016 – ''Niente canzoni d'amore'' (with Marracash) * 2018 – ''Un'estate al mare'' (with i Selton) * 2018 – ''La cuenta'' (with

Carl Brave Carlo Luigi Coraggio (born 23 September 1989), better known as Carl Brave, is an Italian singer, rapper and record producer. He rose to fame in 2017, as part of the duo Carl Brave x Franco126, with the album ''Polaroid''. As a solo artist he re ...

and Franco126)

References

External links

*
Federica Abbate
at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbate, Federica Musicians from Milan 1991 births Italian pop singers Italian songwriters Italian lyricists Living people 21st-century Italian singers 21st-century Italian women singers