Stefano Cilio (23 November 1980) is an Italian musician, writer,

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and journalist.

Biography

Cilio graduated in economics at Università Bocconi of

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. ''Mezzo Secolo'', his first book, earned positive reviews from music publications Rockol and Sentireascoltare as well as from radio stations

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and m2o. A quiz based on the book with the same name is developed on the ''Mollybeach'' program, which is presented by disc jockey and record producer Molella. In 2019, a new version of the book is published by music publisher Arcana Edizioni, with data updating until 2018. This edition was positively reviewed by national magazine Sette, by Radiocity and by

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, which hosted the author in one of its main programs. Cilio created a popularity

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named ''Rit Parade'', that allowed him to host a weekly radio chart, aired by Radio Italia Anni 60 (909.000 daily listeners) and by some local radios like

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(16.000 daily listeners) and Radio Shake Hit (66.000 daily listeners). Rit Parade lists the 30 most popular songs in Italy combining streaming, download, airplay, internet views and identification data. From May 2021 to March 2022 the chart was aired by NBC Rete Regione, the most important radio in Trentino-Alto Adige with more than 100,000 daily listeners. Since March 2022 the chart has been aired by Radio Cusano Campus, a national radio available all over Italy. In 2020, he began his journalism career writing weekly articles for the magazine ''Tutto Settimanale'': in the music section of the magazine he comments on the top ten positions of the Rit Parade, providing details and information about songs and artists inside the chart. He also started a collaboration with Italian website ''Rockol'', the most viewed Italian music news site and one of the top 100 most viewed websites in Italy (the only music website in this particular chart). In May 2021, he released his debut music single “Glance”. The song got more than 5 million streams worldwide and was granted with a

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for selling more than 30.000 copies in Austria. Additionally the song was awarded a

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in Hungary after reaching more than 500.000 premium streams and another gold record by

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for selling over 10.000 copies. His second single “Tonight” was released in October 2021 and went on to number 1 spot on

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in Romania on two different occasions in November, making him the first Italian solo project to reach this milestone in Romania. In 2022 “Tonight” was awarded a platinum record in South Africa and a gold record in Hungary Third single “Breathless” was released in January 2022 and it is his first pop song. The song won a platinum record in Hungary and a gold record in Austria. In April 2022, Cilio released “Queen”, his fourth single. In May the song entered the Italian Shazam Chart reaching number 16 and went on to number 23 of the global worldwide Shazam electronic chart. It also reached number 1 in the Italian Shazam Discovery Chart.

References

External links

Radio Monte Carlo interviews Stefano Cilio

Stefano Cilio reviewed by Rockol

Sentire Ascoltare reviews Stefano Cilio

Stefano Cilio interviewed by Radio Capital

L’esordio discografico di Stefano Cilio

Un italiano alla conquista dell’Austria

Stefano Cilio, altri 2 dischi d’oro

RISA South African Certifications

IFPI Austria Certifications

Mahasz Hungary Certifications

Stefano Cilio is making highlights

Stefano Cilio ready to make people “Breathless”

Stefano Cilio, the Italian music producer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cilio, Stefano 1980 births People from Milan Italian male writers Living people Italian radio presenters Italian radio personalities Bocconi University alumni Italian male musicians Music award winners