Nicola Ciccone is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter, novelist and writer of Italian origin. His songs have been mainly in French but also in English, Italian, and Spanish. He has released 13 albums, which have been nominated for many ADISQ, CRIA, and Juno Prizes. He has also authored two novels (''L'Étoile enfant'' and ''Dans les yeux d'Ophelia'') and an autobiography (''Cuore'').
Biography
Ciccone was born very prematurely, with doctors giving him just 5% of survival, as he recounts in his autobiography, ''Cuore''. Born to parents from
Abruzzo
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, in southern
Italy
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, he lived in the Mile-Ex part of Montreal, which was a very poor area of
Montreal
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's
Little Italy area. When he was very young, his father died. Nicola was a victim of
bullying
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at school.
Nicola studied child psychology at Montreal's
McGill University
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. in 1998, he won "Ma Première" held annually for upcoming Canadian artists at Montreal's
Place des Arts and soon signed a record.contract
He released his debut album, ''L'Opéra du Mendiant'' in 1998, which got gold. He then released a number of albums and had chart success with a number of singles.
In 2017, he became a spokesman for Quebec Autism Federation. He also became one of the spokesmen for fondation Charles Bruneau in 2019 and the spokesman for Trouble craniocérébral TCC in 2020.
In September 2021 Ciccone released his 13th album, the musical project "Gratitude." Its release was followed by an important tour. The 12-song record was written during the lockdown, which makes it both touching and universal.
Awards and recognition
*1998: Winner of "Ma Premiere" at
Place des Arts
*2003:
Felix Award
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during the ADISQ Gala for Best Sing for "J't'aime tout court"
*2007: Felix Award for Best Male Singer
*2009: Felix Award for Best Male Singer
Discography
Albums
*1999: ''L'Opéra du mendiant''
*2001: ''Noctambule''
*2003: ''J't'aime tout court''
*2006: ''Nous serons six milliards''
*2008: ''Storyteller''
*2010: ''Imaginaire''
*2012: ''Pour toi''
*2013: ''Il sognatore''
*2014: ''Les Incontournables''
*2016: ''Esprit libre''
*2017: ''Les Immortelles''
*2019: ''Le long chemin''
*2021: ''Gratitude''
Songs and videos
(Selective)
*"J't'aime tout court"
*"Chanson pour Marie"
*"Ordinary Man"
*"Innamorati Noi"*
*"Urgence"
*"Pour toi"
*"Celle que tu n es pas"
*"Le petit monde"
*"Oh toi mon père"
*"Le long chemin"
*"La solitude à deux"
*"Pleure"
*"Le petit monde"
*"Nous serons six milliards"
*"Little girl"
*"Superman est une femme"
*"Sache"
*"Inconditionnel"
*"Ils ont fermé le monde"
*"Je veux pas mourir avant d être mort"
*"GAFA"
Bibliography
*2013: ''L'Étoile enfant'' (novel, Editions Librex/Matita)
*2015: ''Dans les yeux d'Ophelia'' (novel, Editions Librex/Matita)
*2017: ''Cuore'' (autobiography, Editions Libre Expression)
References
External links
Quebec Info Musique: Nicola Ciccone
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Living people
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian singer-songwriters
Singers from Quebec
Year of birth missing (living people)