| Switzerland - Paolo Meneguzzi - Era stupendo |
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Paolo Meneguzzi, the star of recent San Remo festivals celebrated on 6th December 2007 his 31st birthday. Over the last decade he has become one of the most highly acclaimed singers on the Italian music scene. It was in South America though that Paolo first hit the limelight. In 1996,in Chile when still unknown back home with the song Aria which won the famous Viña del Mar Festival. In 2001,he took part in the Sanremo Festival in the Young Musicians Section, where his Ed io non ci sto più came seventh. His first Italian hit arrived the following year with his single In nome dell’amore, recorded at the Olympic studio and Metropolis studio in London. In just a few weeks this track raced up the charts staying at the top of the singles charts for over two months. In April 2003 , his second single Vero Falso was released, it took just three weeks for it to reach the top five in the Music Control charts. In October of the same year his third single Lei è was released. The album of the same name, released in October went double platinum, selling more than 200,000 copies. In March of 2004 he took part in the 54th San Remo festival with the song Guardami negli occhi (Prego) which came fourth. The track immediately charted at number one in the Music Control charts. On 4th June his new single Baciami was released, it was one of the songs with most airplay in Italy. He took part in every stage of the Festivalbar event. In autumn Paolo Meneguzzi debuted in France with In nome dell’amore (Au nom de l’amour), a duet with Ophélie, who won the French edition of Pop Idol. The track broke into the top 10 in France and after not much more than a month had already sold 100,000 copies. In 2005 Paolo starred at the 55th Sanremo Festival with his song Non capiva che l’amavo, which reached the Italian top 10. His album Favola released in March then went platinum. In 2007 he came sixth in the 57th San Remo Festival with the song Musica. The single went straight to number one in Italy and stayed there for six weeks. At the end of November 2007 his live Musica tour, CD and DVD were released and the show was filmed by TSI - Televisione Svizzera . An intense two-hour show containing his many radio hits, juxtaposed with tracks taken from his latest album. 2008 opened with the presentation of his new single Grandeat the 58th San Remo festival where he came sixth out of 20 participants. In March the new album Corro Via was released. Era Stupendo |
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Paolo Meneguzzi will represent Switzerland at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. 31-year old Meneguzzi is particularly known in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland and Italy.| You have to log in to cast your vote |
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