Nicolas "Nyco" Lilliu (born 1987) is a French singer of mixed French-Italian origin. His father is from

Terralba Terralba ( sc, Terraba) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and former Latin Catholic bishopric in the Province of Oristano in the Italian island region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about south of Oristano. Terralba borders the ...

, Sardinia and his mother from

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...

. He is the younger brother of French rock singer Pierrick Lilliu.

Biography

Lilliu was born in

Carspach Carspach (; german: Karspach) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Etymology Carspach has historically been attested as ''Charoltespach'' in 877 and ''Karolspach'' ...

, near

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, Alsace. He started very early in music, learning to play the guitar at age 11, and was very much affected by Italian music.ChartsinFrance.com Nyco Lilliu dévoile la version acoustique de son single "Tu ed io più lei"
At 15, the family left

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

to live in

where his mother originated from. In 2006, at age 19, he left to Paris to pursue an artistic career. His first studio release was "Comme un frère", a duo recorded with his brother Pierrick Lilliu and appearing in Pierrick's album ''Besoin d'espace''. He was credited as Nicolas Lilliu on the album. Lilliu's first solo recordings were with Mercury where he released an Italian album of songs including "Dimmi Perche". The solo album also contained "La Luna", Nyco's own composition. He was signed to

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and later to

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where he is preparing his main commercial album due in 2013. The single from the upcoming album with Warner was the

Italian-language Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about ...

song "Tu ed io più lei".ChartsinFrance: Découvrez le nouveau clip de Nyco Lilliu : "Tu ed io più lei"
In 2013, he took part in ''

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'', a major musical in France, where he plays the role of

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.ChartsinFrance.com: ''Robin des Bois'' – Nyco Lilliu au casting de la comédie musicale
His track "Un monde à changer", an official single of the French musical, released in September 2012, a full year prior to the official launch of the musical has charted on SNEP, the French Singles Chart and in

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French Belgian Charts. The musical ''Robin des Bois'' is a modern adaptation of

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, where the lead role is played by French singer

M. Pokora Matthieu Tota (; born 26 September 1985), artistically known as Matt Pokora and later M. Pokora (), is a French pop and R&B singer. In 2016, he became a coach for ''The Voice Kids France'' and '' The Voice: la plus belle voix''. Early life ...

. The show premiered on 26 September 2013 in ''

Palais des congrès de Paris The Palais des congrès de Paris is a concert venue, convention centre and shopping mall at the Porte Maillot in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974. Nea ...

''. In 2014, he took part in a compilation album '' Latin Lovers'' with three tracks: solo interpretation of "

La solitudine "La solitudine" (''"The Loneliness"'') is an Italian ballad recorded by pop singer Laura Pausini and released as her debut single by CGD in February 1993. The song is included in Pausini's self-titled first album, released on 18 May 1993. Paus ...

" originally from Laura Pausini, a duo with

Damien Sargue Damien Sargue (born 26 June 1981) is a French pop singer known for his performance of Romeo in Gérard Presgurvic's '' Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour''. A French native, he grew up in Caen, Normandy, France with his mother Miriam ...

interpreting "Una storia importante" from Eros Ramazzotti and as a trio with

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and Julio Iglesias Jr. singing "Più bella cosa" also from Ramazzotti.

Musical

* 2013 : ''

'' as Frère Tuck (

in English)

Discography

Singles

;Other releases *2013: "Gloria" (with Vincent Niclo) *2014: "

" (from '' Latin Lovers'' (compilation cover album) ;Collaborations * 2005 : ''Comme un frère'' (in Pierrick Lilliu album ''Besoin d'espace'') * 2014 : '' Latin Lovers'' **Including: "

" (solo) / "

Più bella cosa "Più bella cosa" (; meaning "The Most Beautiful Thing") is an Italian language song written by singer Eros Ramazzotti, with Claudio Guidetti, Maurizio Fabrizio and Adelio Cogliati, and performed by Ramazzotti in February 1996, as a first single ...

" (with Nuno Resende and Julio Iglesias Jr)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lilliu, Nyco 1987 births Living people Musicians from Mulhouse French people of Sardinian descent 21st-century French singers 21st-century French male singers