Dolcenera Explained

Dolcenera
Birth Name:Emanuela Trane
Alias:Dolcenera
Birth Date:1977 5, df=y
Birth Place:Scorrano, Italy
Instrument:Vocals, piano, guitar, synth, theremin, drums
Genre:Pop, pop rock, R&B
Occupation:Singer, musician, songwriter, actress
Years Active:1993-present
Label:Amarena Music, Sony Music, EMI Music

Emanuela Trane (born 16 May 1977),[1] stage name "Dolcenera" pronounced as /it/, is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in 2003, after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival, but she achieved commercial success in Italy only in 2005, when she won the music-based reality show Music Farm and she released her second album, Un mondo perfetto. In 2005 she was also awarded Best New Artist of the Year at the Italian Meeting of Independent Record Labels and she received the De André Award for Best Emerging Artist.

Dolcenera participated again in the Sanremo Music Festival in 2006—when she sang the hit single "Com'è straordinaria la vita", included in the album Il popolo dei sogni—and in 2009, singing "Il mio amore unico", from her fourth studio set Dolcenera nel paese delle meraviglie, the first one released by a major label, Sony Music.

After signing with EMI, she released her fifth studio album in 2011, titled Evoluzione della specie. During the same year, she appeared on the Italian version of Professor Green's single "Read All About It (Tutto quello che devi sapere)", which was also included in the 2012 edition of Evoluzione della specie, released after Dolcenera's participation in the Sanremo Music Festival 2012 with "Ci vediamo a casa".

Early life

Emanuela Trane was born in Galatina, province of Lecce, Italy,[1] to Mimma and Gino Trane.[2] She lived in Scorrano until the age of 18, when she moved to Tuscany, to study mechanical engineering at the University of Florence.[3] [4] [5]

She started writing songs at the age of 14, and she later studied singing, clarinet and piano. In 1993, she founded the band I Codici Zero,[5] [6] together with Michele Vitulli, Francesco Cherubini, Emanuele Fontana and Francesco Sighieri.[7] In the early 2000s she met through a web chat the Italian musician and record producer Lucio Fabbri, former member of the progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi.[3] Thanks to Fabbri, who later became her first producer,[7] she obtained a recording contract with the independent record label Amarena Music.

Music career

Sorriso Nucleare, the first album

Dolcenera's debut single, "Solo tu", was released in September 2002.[5] The song allowed her to participate in the singing contest Destinazione Sanremo,[8] broadcast on Rai 2 from 27 September 2002, with the purpose to choose 12 of the 16 newcomers participating to the 53rd Sanremo Music Festival.[9] On 20 December 2002, during the final of the show, Dolcenera was announced one of the winners.[8]

During the festival, held in May 2003, Dolcenera performed the song "Siamo tutti là fuori", later released as her second single. On 7 March 2003, Dolcenera won first place in the newcomers' section of the competition[10] and she received the "Press, TV and Radio Award".[11] The single, which peaked at number 10 on the Italian Singles Chart,[12] was included in Dolcenera's debut album, Sorriso nucleare, released in March 2003.[7] The album also spawned the singles "Devo andare al mare"[13] and "Vivo tutta la notte".

In summer 2003, Dolcenera embarked on a concert tour throughout Italy,[14] promoting her debut album.

Music Farm and the second studio album

In 2005, Dolcenera won the second edition of Music Farm, an Italian reality show, whose contestants were well-known or promising singers.[15] During the live shows, she performed Italian and international songs, such as Loredana Bertè's "Sei bellissima"[16] and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".[17] She also sang for the first time "Mai più noi due", the first single from her second studio album titled Un mondo perfetto.[18]

The album, released on 20 May 2005, peaked at number 4 on the Italian Albums Chart[19] and was certified Platinum,[20] selling more than 90,000 copies.[21] In 2005 she also received the De André Award,[22] [23] the Leone d'Argento as "Musical Revelation of the Year"[23] and she scooped "Best New Artist of the Year" at the MEI ("Meeting of Independent Record Labels").[23]

Il popolo dei sogni and the tour in Germany

In 2006 Dolcenera participated in the 56th Sanremo Music Festival singing "Com'è straordinaria la vita",[24] the lead single from her second album, titled Il popolo dei sogni.[23] The album was certified Gold in the first week and it later received the Platinum certification in Italy.[22]

In August 2006 she released Un mondo perfetto, a compilation album published in Germany, Austria and Switzerland only. The album includes songs from her previous Italian studio albums.[25] On 30 March 2007 the album was re-released with additional bonus tracks, and it was supported by a tour in Germany.[26] [27]

Dolcenera nel paese delle meraviglie

In 2009 she signed a recording contract with Sony Music and she published her fourth studio album, titled Dolcenera nel paese delle meraviglie.[28] The first single from the album, "Il mio amore unico", was performed during the 59th Sanremo Music Festival, competing in the "Artists" section,[29] but it failed to reach the final.[30] Despite the competition's outcome, the single was strongly aired by Italian radios, reaching the first position in the airplay chart[31] and peaked at number 5 on the Italian Albums Chart.[32] The other singles from the album are "La più bella canzone d'amore che c'è" and "Un dolce incantesimo".[33]

In April 2009, she recorded the song "Domani 21/04.09" with the charity supergroup Artisti Uniti per l'Abruzzo, formed to raise money for the population struck by the earthquake in L'Aquila.[34] To support the same population, in June 2009 she sang together with more than 40 Italian female singers at the San Siro Stadium. The event, organized by Laura Pausini, was titled Amiche per l'Abruzzo.[35]

On 18 June 2009, she was the support act for Depeche Mode's concert in Milan, during their Tour of the Universe.[36]

Evoluzione della specie

On 8 April 2011, Dolcenera released the single "Il sole di domenica",[37] which was later included in her fifth studio album, Evoluzione della specie,[38] recorded from June to November 2010[39] and released on 17 May 2011 by EMI Music Italy.[37] The Evoluzione della specie tour started on 9 June 2011 in Falcade, province of Belluno (Veneto).[40] [41]

The second single from the album, "L'amore è un gioco", was released on 26 August 2011.[42] To promote the music video for the song, starring four Playboy Playmates, Dolcenera appeared on the cover of the Italian version of the men's magazine Playboy.[43] On 12 November 2011, Dolcenera embarked on a new leg of her tour, performing in theaters throughout Italy.[44]

She also featured on the Italian version of Professor Green's song "Read All About It (Tutto quello che devi sapere)", included in British rapper's second studio album, At Your Inconvenience, and released as a digital single on 9 December 2011.[45]

In February 2012, Dolcenera participated in the 62nd Sanremo Music Festival, placing sixth[46] with the song "Ci vediamo a casa",[47] written for the soundtrack of Maurizio Ponzi's film with the same title.[48] The song was included on the 2012 version of her fifth album, Evoluzione della specie², released on 15 February 2012. On 16 February 2012, during the third night of the Festival, she dueted with Professor Green in "My Life Is Mine", a cover version of "Vita spericolata" by Vasco Rossi.[49]

In March 2012, Dolcenera received a TRL Awards nomination in the category Italians Do It Better.[50] In April 2012, she will embark on the Ci vediamo in tour, promoting her fifth studio album throughout Italy.[51]

Actress career

Dolcenera's first acting role was a cameo appearance in Il nostro messia, a 2008 comedy directed by Claudio Serughetti.[52] In 2008 she starred alongside Cristiana Capotondi, Primo Reggiani and Ludovico Fremont in the movie Scrivilo sui muri, directed by Giancarlo Scarchilli.[53]

Discography

See main article: Dolcenera discography. Studio albums

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Il nostro messiaTaxi driverCameo appearance
2007Scrivilo sui muriBenny

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nomination Work Result
2003 Sanremo Music Festival Newcomers[54] "Siamo tutti là fuori"
Newcomers' Press, Radio & TV Award[55]
2005 De André Award Best Emerging Artist[56] Herself
M.E.I. Award Best Emerging Artist Herself
Leone d'Argento Award Musical Revelation of the Year[57] Herself
2006 Venice Music Awards The Best Voice[58] Herself
2009 Lunezia Award Lunezia for Sanremo Award[59] "Il mio amore unico"
Venice Music Awards Female Artist of the Year[60] Herself
Top Radio Award[61] "Il mio amore unico"
Premio Videoclip Italiano Best Video by a Female Artist[62] "La più bella canzone d'amore che c'è"
2010 Premio Amnesty Italia Voices for Freedom[63] "Date a Cesare"
2011 Premio Videoclip Italiano Best Video by a Female Artist[64] "Il sole di domenica"
2012 Italians Do It Better[65] Herself
2015 Lunezia Award Special Mention Award[66] Herself

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dolcenera . sanremo.rai.it . Italian . 19 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101422/http://www.sanremo.rai.it/articoloSanremo/0,10308,28740,00.html . 18 July 2011 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Dolcenera nuda su Playboy . Quotidiano di Puglia . Italian . 16 January 2012 . Claudia Presicce . 23 September 2011.
  3. Web site: Dolcenera: Sì alla musica gratis da Internet. I discografici s'infuriano, però non c'entro . . Italian . 19 February 2011 . 9 March 2003 . Gloria Pozzi.
  4. Web site: Mi sono evoluta grazie a una batteria . . Italian . 16 January 2012 . Emanuela Grigliè . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110529164243/http://city.corriere.it/2011/05/17/interviste.shtml . 29 May 2011 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Macché sexy come la Bardot Solo Baccini mi ha visto così. . Italian . 8 May 2005 . Maria Volpe .
  6. Web site: Dolcenera . Rockol.it . 1 January 2009 . 19 February 2011 . Italian.
  7. Web site: Dolcenera – la biografia. . Italian . 16 January 2012 .
  8. Web site: Non ho paura: una dodicenne sfida Sanremo. . Italian . 16 January 2012 . 3 March 2003 . Gloria Pozzi .
  9. Web site: Raidue: Destinazione Sanremo . . Italian . 19 December 2002 . 16 January 2012.
  10. News: Tra i giovani vince Dolcenera, ma è la serata dei nonni . . Italian . 19 February 2011 . 8 March 2003 . Maria Pia Fusco.
  11. Web site: Sanremo: a Patrizia Laquidara e a Dolcenera i premi della Critica e di Radio e TV . Rockol.it . 16 January 2012 . Italian . 8 March 2003.
  12. Web site: Italian Charts – Dolcenera – Siamo tutti là fuori (song). Italiancharts.com . 16 January 2012 .
  13. Web site: DolceNera: al via il tour 2003 . musicalnews.com . Italian . 19 February 2011 . Antonio Ranalli . 27 June 2003.
  14. Web site: Comunicato Stampa: Dolcenera in tour. Rockol.it . Italian . 19 February 2011 . 26 June 2003 .
  15. Web site: La sfida finale: vince Dolcenera . . Italian . 7 May 2011 . 19 February 2011.
  16. Web site: News del 06 Maggio . musicfarm.rai.it . Italian . 19 February 2011 . 6 May 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722050646/http://www.musicfarm.rai.it/MF2_diario/0,10365,,00.html . 22 July 2011 . dmy-all .
  17. Web site: News del 07 aprile . musicfarm.rai.it . 19 February 2011 . 7 April 2005 . Italian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722050654/http://www.musicfarm.rai.it/MF2_diario/0,10365,7-4-2005,00.html . 22 July 2011 . dmy-all .
  18. Web site: Sfida al femminile . . 19 February 2011 . 29 April 2005 . Italian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722050711/http://www.musicfarm.rai.it/MF2_news/0,10359,2124,00.html . 22 July 2011 . dmy-all .
  19. Web site: Dolcenera – Un Mondo Perfetto (Album). italiancharts.com . 19 February 2011 .
  20. Web site: Dolcenera . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722041118/http://www.leccedafare.it/spettacolo/149-dolcenera.html . dead . 22 July 2011 . Italian . 19 February 2011 .
  21. Web site: Dolcenera . . 19 February 2011 . Italian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110312033153/http://www.sanremo.rai.it/category/0,1067207,1067197-1083921,00.html . 12 March 2011 . dmy-all .
  22. Web site: In piazza Bovani a ingresso gratuito. Dolcenera per incantare Varazze. La cantante proporrà anche i brani del suo ultimo album . https://archive.today/20130111164736/http://archivio.lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/main/History/tmpl_viewObj.jsp?objid=9507187 . dead . 11 January 2013 . . 16 January 2012 . Massimo Picone . 21 August 2009 . Italian .
  23. Web site: Dolcenera . . 19 February 2011 . Italian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101500/http://www.sanremo.rai.it/articoloSanremo/0,,35618,00.html . 18 July 2011 . dmy-all .
  24. News: Sanremo, non-solo romanticismo. Anche una parolaccia per Dolcenera . . 19 February 2011 . 10 February 2006 . Italian . Mario Luzzatto Fegiz.
  25. Web site: Dolcenera, Biografia . Italian . 19 February 2011 . . 9 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110709023035/http://www.rds.it/pages/pag_artista/Dolcenera . dead .
  26. Web site: DOLCENERA: "ALBUM TOUR EDITION" E TOUR IN GERMANIA . . 6 March 2007 . 19 February 2011 . Italian .
  27. Web site: Dolcenera in DVD . 21 March 2007 . 19 February 2011 . Italian . MTV.
  28. Web site: Sanremo 2009: Dolcenera, dal 'Paese delle meraviglie' al Festival . Rockol.it . Italian . 20 February 2011 . 10 February 2009.
  29. News: Tutti gli artisti in gara . . Italian . 14 February 2009 . 20 February 2011.
  30. Web site: Sanremo 2009: eliminati Dolcenera e Gemelli Diversi . Rockol.it . 19 February 2011 . 20 February 2009 . Italian.
  31. Web site: Music Control: Dolcenera balza al primo posto, Arisa terza . Rockol.it . 20 February 2011 . 29 March 2009 . Italian.
  32. Web site: Dolcenera – Il mio amore unico (song) . italiancharts.com . 19 February 2011.
  33. Web site: Un dolce incantesimo, terzo singolo per Dolcenera . musicalnews.com . 20 February 2011 . Lucia Salinas . 7 August 2009 . Italian.
  34. News: La musica italiana per l'Abruzzo. 56 artisti cantano per ricostruire . . Rita Celi . 5 May 2009 . 19 February 2011 . Italian.
  35. News: Le donne vincono la sfida. A San Siro 55mila fan . . 19 February 2011 . Andrea Laffranchi . Italian.
  36. Web site: Com'è stato il "Concert of the Universe" dei Depeche Mode a San Siro? . inc-anto.net . 19 June 2009 . 19 February 2011 . Antonio Incorvaia . Italian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723154331/http://www.inc-anto.net/2009/06/come-stato-il-concert-of-the-universe-dei-depeche-mode-a-san-siro.html . 23 July 2011 . dmy-all .
  37. Web site: Dolcenera torna e celebra 'Il sole di domenica' . . Italian . 8 April 2011 . 8 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110410125805/http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/spettacolo/articoli/1005624/dolcenera-torna-e-celebra-il-sole-di-domenica.shtml . 10 April 2011 . dmy-all .
  38. Web site: Singolo Dolcenera in radio e su iTunes. . Italian . 8 April 2011 . 7 April 2011 .
  39. Web site: Dolcenera: uscirà nel 2011 il nuovo album . 30 November 2010 . 19 February 2011 . Rockol.it . Italian.
  40. Web site: Dolcenera, tra il tour estivo e quello nei teatri. I ragazzi dei talent? "Non vengono trattati come musicisti" . Italian . topnotizie.it . 15 October 2011 . 17 June 2011 . Luana Zotti . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403190654/http://www.topnotizie.it/2011/06/dolcenera-tra-il-tour-estivo-e-quello-nei-teatri-i-ragazzi-dei-talent-non-vengono-trattati-come-musicisti/ . 3 April 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  41. Web site: Musica: il "concerto spaziale" della nuova Dolcenera debutta a Falcade . Corriere delle Alpi . 8 June 2011 . Irene Pampanin . Italian . 15 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120519145743/http://corrierealpi.gelocal.it/cronaca/2011/06/08/news/musica-il-concerto-spaziale-della-nuova-dolcenera-debutta-a-falcade-1.975775 . 19 May 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  42. Web site: Dolcenera, singolo 'L'amore e' un gioco' . . 26 August 2011 . 24 August 2011.
  43. Web site: Dolcenera sexy covergirl di Playboy. E nel nuovo video spuntano 4 conigliette . . Italian . 30 November 2011 . 27 September 2011.
  44. Web site: Tour teatrale per Dolcenera . . Italian . 30 November 2011 . 24 October 2011 . Federica Palladini . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426011251/http://www.elle.it/Entertainment/Musica/Dolcenera-tour-teatrale . 26 April 2012 . dmy-all .
  45. Web site: Professor Green e Dolcenera . . Italian . 30 November 2011 . 30 November 2011.
  46. Web site: Festival Sanremo 2012, Noemi, Arisa e Emma le tre finaliste . Riviera24.it . Italian . 27 February 2012 . Mario Guglielmi . 18 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220202014/http://www.riviera24.it/articoli/2012/02/18/127432/festival-sanremo-2012-noemi-arisa-e-emma-le-tre-finaliste . 20 February 2012 . dmy-all .
  47. Web site: Sanremo, ecco i nomi dei Big, il Festival al tempo della crisi . . Italian . 15 January 2012 . 31 January 2012.
  48. Web site: . Italian . Cinema: Dolcenera canta 'Ci vediamo a casa' per Maurizio Ponzi . 30 January 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20120720171102/http://www.asca.it/news-Cinema__Dolcenera_canta__Ci_vediamo_a_casa__per_Maurizio_Ponzi-1118647.html . 20 July 2012 . dmy-all .
  49. Web site: Sanremo: Dalla, Dolcenera e Bersani fra i primi nomi del Festival. . Italian . 31 January 2012 .
  50. Web site: A Firenze i Trl Awards 2012 . https://archive.today/20120907023139/http://www.newsmag.it/18636/musica/a-firenze-i-trl-awards-2012 . dead . 7 September 2012 . Newsmag.it . 25 March 2012 . 23 March 2012 . Italian . Maria Giovanna Tarullo .
  51. Web site: Dolcenera, Ci vediamo a casa ottiene il Digital Download d'Oro . Il Velino . Italian . 30 March 2012 . 29 March 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20120804152132/http://www.ilvelino.it/AGV/News/articolo.php?idArticolo=1560582&t=Dolcenera___Ci_vediamo_a_casa__ottiene_il_digital_download_d_oro . 4 August 2012 . dmy-all .
  52. News: Il nostro Messia. Esordio italiano alla regia, coraggiosamente indipendente e con un cast d'eccezione . . 20 February 2011 . Italian . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722030936/http://cinema-tv.corriere.it/film/il-nostro-messia/05_60_76.shtml . 22 July 2011 . dead .
  53. Web site: Dolcenera debutta da attrice in un film sul mondo dei writer . Rockol.it . 20 February 2011 . 17 August 2007 . Italian.
  54. Web site: Vince Dolcenera, ma la gara dei giovani è bocciata . . 26 August 2012 . 8 March 2003 . Gloria Pozzi . Italian.
  55. Web site: Sanremo: a Patrizia Laquidara e a Dolcenera i premi della Critica e di Radio e TV . Rockol.it . 26 August 2012 . 8 March 2003 . Italian.
  56. Web site: https://archive.today/20130218182558/http://www3.lastampa.it/focus/sanremo-2012/scheda-artista/lstp/440950/ . 18 February 2013 . 2 February 2012 . Artisti in gara – Dolcenera . 26 August 2012 . Italian . dead .
  57. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120209140210/http://www.radioitalia.it/multimedia/galleria/artista/1/tutti/346.php . 9 February 2012 . Dolcenera a Radio Italia Live 2012 . . Italian . 26 August 2012 . dead .
  58. Web site: Dolcenera sul palco di Vasco . Excite.it . Italian . 12 June 2008 . 26 August 2012 . 15 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515195152/http://musica.excite.it/dolcenera-sul-palco-di-vasco-N9745.html . dead .
  59. Web site: Premio Lunezia – L'albo d'oro . Premiolunezia.it . Italian . 26 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115031206/http://www.premiolunezia.it/albo/index.htm . 15 January 2010.
  60. Web site: I grandi protagonisti dei Music Awards: da Marco Carta ad Arisa, da Dolcenera a Laura Barriales. https://web.archive.org/web/20100130121007/http://www.nonsolocinema.com/Venice-Music-Awards-2009-Tutte-le_17622.html . 30 January 2010 . Italian . Nonsolocinema.com . 26 August 2012 . 28 July 2009 .
  61. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120212081042/http://www.sanremo.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-1cec1972-1e49-4415-a109-e6affd923f07.html . 12 February 2012 . Sanremo 2012 – 62º Festival della Canzone Italiana – Dolcenera . Italian . 26 August 2012 . . dead .
  62. Web site: Premio Videoclip Italiano: i vincitori delle sezioni mainstream e indipendenti . Rockol.it . 26 August 2012 . 11 December 2009 . Italian.
  63. Web site: Premio Amnesty Italia 2010: le 10 nomination . Italian . 26 August 2012 . March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120903082135/http://www.amnesty.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/3146 . 3 September 2012 . dead .
  64. Web site: PVI 2011: ecco i nomi dei 20 finalisti, scelti da voi . Rockol.it . 26 August 2012 . 20 September 2011 . Italian.
  65. Web site: TRL Awards 2012: scopri i nominati e vota ora! . . Italian . 26 August 2012 . 22 March 2010.
  66. Web site: I Premi Lunezia da Fedez a Francesca Michielin. Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana. Italian. 20 July 2015. 15 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715204851/http://www.radioitalia.it/news/fedez/evento/10463_i_premi_lunezia_da_fedez_a_francesca_michielin.php.

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