Virginio Simonelli, also known as Virginio, (born 31 January 1985 in Fondi

Fondi

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, Lazio, Italy

Italy

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) is an Italian

Italy

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 pop

Pop music

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 singer.
In 2010 Virginio took part in the 10th edition of the Italian talent show

Talent show

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 Amici di Maria De Filippi

Maria De Filippi

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, in which he became winner.

Biography

After studying graphic at Accademia delle Belle Arti in Milan, he comes into contact with the manager of a record company, Ivo Grasso (his teacher) with whom he began to collaborate.
In 2006 he took part in Sanremo

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...

 with his song Davvero and later he published his songs Instabile and Novembre, but they were not successful.
On October 2, 2010, he took part in Amici di Maria De Filippi

Amici di Maria De Filippi

Amici di Maria De Filippi is an Italian talent show.Amici is a singing and dancing school involving a class of about 20 students, specially chosen, with between 18 and 25 who aspire to become professional singers, songwriters and dancers...

and on March 6, 2011, he won.
On March 8 he published his second studio album Finalmente and his songs Ad occhi chiusi and Sale with their music videos.
The album has sold over 30,000 copies and it was certified gold.

Albums

• 2006 - Virginio (March 3, 2006)
• 2011 - Finalmente (March 8, 2011) (ITA ; Gold - 30,000+ copies)

Compilation

• 2011 - Amici 10 (with other contestants of Amici)

Singles

• 2006 - Davvero
• 2006 - Instabile
• 2006 - Novembre
• 2011 - Ad occhi chiusi
• 2011 - Sale

Videoclip

• 2006: Davvero
• 2006: Instabile
• 2011: Ad occhi chiusi
• 2011: Sale

Other tour

• 2011
  • Nokia Amici in Tour
  • Sete di Radio Tour
  • Radio Bruno estate tour
  • Radionorba Battiti Live
  • Company Contatto

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