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Paolo Vallesi (born 18 May 1964) is an Italian singer-songwriter.


Background

Born in
Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
, Vallesi began studying piano as a child and he later started working as an arranger and a composer. Put under contract by
Caterina Caselli Caterina Caselli (born 10 April 1946) is an Italian record producer, music executive, singer and bass player. Biography Caselli was born in Modena but grew up in Sassuolo. She started her music career by playing bass in local clubs. In 1966 s ...
, in 1991 he had his breakout with the song "Le persone inutili" which won the newcomer section at the
Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ...
and with his first album, ''Paolo Vallesi'', which was a commercial success. The following year he came back to the Sanremo Festival, this time in its "Big Artists" section, ranking third with the song "La forza della vita", which peaked first on the Italian hit parade. Following the sales dropping of his 1996 album Vallesi considerably slowed his musical activities in the following years. In 2005 he was a contestant in ''La Talpa'', the Italian celebrity version of the reality series '' The Mole''.


Discography

;Album * 1991 - ''Paolo Vallesi'' * 1992 - ''La forza della vita'' * 1994 - ''Non mi tradire'' * 1996 - ''Non essere mai grande'' * 1999 - ''Sabato 17:45'' * 2002 - ''Felici di essere'' (collection with 3 new songs) * 2015 - ''Episodio 1...In questo mondo''


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vallesi, Paolo 1964 births Musicians from Florence Italian pop singers Italian male singer-songwriters Italian singer-songwriters Living people Sanremo Music Festival winners of the newcomers section