) is an Italian

Italy

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 pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer.

In 2008 Valerio took part in the 8th edition of the Italian talent show

Talent show

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 Amici di Maria De Filippi

Maria De Filippi

Maria De Filippi is an Italian television host. She is one of the most popular Italian presenters in the Italian television.-Biography and Career:...

, in which he came second place.

His first studio album Sentimento sold 40,000 copies in the first week after its release in April 2009 and was certified gold. The title song reached number one on the Italian Singles Chart.

On 20 February 2010, he won the 60th edition of the televised Italian song contest, the Sanremo Music Festival with his song Per tutte le volte che. At the age of 19, this made him the youngest male winner in the history of the festival. He has released one EP, three albums and nine singles.

Career

Scanu made his first public debut as a singer in 1997 at the age of seven, appearing as a contestant on the television programme Canzone sotto l'albero, where he came in third place. In 2002, he participated in Bravo Bravissimo hosted by Mike Bongiorno

Mike Bongiorno

Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno , known as Mike Bongiorno, was an American-born Italian television host. He started his career on Italian TV in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Italy...

, and he won first place.

Scanu participated as a contestant in the 8th edition of the televised talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, where he was instructed by voice teacher, Luca Jurman. In the finals, he came in second place, losing out to Alessandra Amoroso

Alessandra Amoroso

Alessandra Amoroso is an Italian pop/soul singer. She was the winner of the 2009 edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi.-Early career:...

, who was on the same blue team as Scanu and also received training by Jurman.

In January 2009 SonyBMG Italy released "Scialla", a compilation of the songs sung by the contestants of Amici di Maria De Filippi. in the album there are two songs by Scanu: "Can't Stop" and "Domani". The album reached number one on the Italian charts.
His first EP Sentimento was released on 10 April 2009 in Italy and digitally in Europe. It sold 40,000 copies in the first week after its release, and was certified gold in Italy. The title song Sentimento

Sentimento

Sentimento is the ninth studio album released by Andrea Bocelli. It was recorded on September 30, 2002 – October 7, 2002 and released on November 5, 2002....

reached number one on the Italian Singles Chart.
In May 2009, the music video for the second single Dopo di Me was filmed, and on July 8, 2009 a cover of Listen by Beyoncé was released. In the same period he won at Wind Music Awards 2009 for Scialla's and Sentimento's sales.

First album

Scanu released his second, eponymous EP album in October 2009. It was gold disc for preorders and produced by Charlie Rapino. The first single released was Ricordati di Noi.

Winning at Sanremo Music Festival

Scanu was the winner of the 60th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival

Festival della canzone italiana

The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo is a popular Italian song contest, held annually in the city of Sanremo, in Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs...

 in February 2010, with his song Per tutte le volte che which was written by Pierdavide Carone. Scanu was initially eliminated in the second round of voting; however as a result of the amount of televotes

Televoting

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 received, was "saved" on the third evening of the contest, and therefore remained a contestant going on to win first place.

Parto Da Qui

On 9 November 2010 the third Valerio Scanu album, Parto Da Qui was published. It was preceded by the single Mio, which arrived eighth in the FIMI chart. Parto Da Qui reached the second position of the most sold albums in Italy.
The second single was L'amore cambia which also has a Fan Version.

On 15 April 2011 Parto da qui - Tour Edition was published, and arrived sixth in the FIMI chart. It was preceded by the single Due stelle.

Albums

• 2009 - Valerio Scanu (October 16, 2009) (ITA #4:Gold, 30.000+ copies )
• 2010 - Per tutte le volte che... (February 19, 2010) (ITA #2 ; Gold - 30,000+ copies)
• 2010 - Parto Da Qui (November 9, 2010) (ITA #2; Gold - 30,000+ copies)

EPs

• 2009 - Sentimento (April 10, 2009)( ITA #3: Gold,30.000+ copies)

Singles

• 2009 - Sentimento
  Sentimento (Valerio Scanu song)
  "Sentimento" is a pop ballad written for Italian singer Valerio Scanu's debut album, Sentimento. The song is the album's lead single , released in Italy and others European countries.The single has reached number one in Italy....
  
  (#1 ITA)
• 2009 - Dopo di Me (#9 ITA)
• 2009 - Listen
• 2009 - Ricordati Di Noi (#8 ITA)
• 2009 - Polvere di stelle
• 2010 - Per tutte le volte che... (#1 ITA (platinum), #30 CH)
• 2010 - Credi in me
• 2010 - Indissolubile
• 2010 - Mio (#8 ITA)
• 2011 - L'amore cambia
• 2011 - Due stelle

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2009	Wind Music Award	Gold Album	Sentimento (album)
2010	Sanremo Festival	Artists	Per tutte le volte che... (single)
	TRL Awards	My best TRL video	Per tutte le volte che... (videoclip)
	TRL Awards	Man of the year	Himself
	Wind Music Award	Gold Album	Valerio scanu (album)
	Wind Music Award	Gold Album	Per tutte le volte che... (album)
	Wind Music Award	Platinum single	Per tutte le volte che... (single)
	Venice Music Award	Sanremo 2010's revelation	Himself
2011	TRL Awards	Best talent show artist	Himself
	Certification	Gold Album	Parto da qui (album)

External links

• Official website

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