Kiara Laetitia

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Kiara Laetitia (real name Chiara Letizia Pernigotti - Tortona June 16, 1979) [1] is an Italian-born rock singer, artist manager, author and mental health advocate. She now lives in London.

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Career

She is known for being the vocalist in Skylark from 2003 to 2011 and her solo EP Fight Now with David DeFeis from Virgin Steele. Fight Now reached #15 in the Italian Amazon Music Chart in 2013. [2]

In Japan she is featured in a collection of trading cards together with Ronnie James Dio, Kai Hansen, Marilyn Manson, Kiss, and Metallica. The album The Last Gate reached #3 in the HMV Japan Charts in 2007. [3]

In 2014 she launched Musicarchy Media, a rock and metal record label and management company whose artists include Deadly Circus Fire, Haster. [4] [5]

In October 2017, the album The Last Gate reached the iTunes Top 200 Australian Metal Charts at #28, ten years after its release. [6]

In June 2018 Laetitia releases 7th album Bulletproof, this time with Rockstar Frame.

In December 2019 she releases her book ‘’Never Give Up The Real Secrets Of The Music Industry’’ and a calendar to support mental health awareness.

On May 16 2020 Kiara Laetitia creates Online Female Fest the first virtual all female festival with performances of Lacey Sturm and Share Ross from Vixen among others, which obtained great success worldwide.

In 2024 she makes her comeback as a vocalist with an acoustic cover of Linkin Park " In The End "

Discography

With Skylark

Live

Solo

With Rockstar Frame

Guest work

TitleWith
"Chronicles Of A World Without Gods" [9] Beto Vazquez Infinity [9]
"Rock N Roll Mafia"Rockstar Frame

Books

Fun Facts

As stated by Alissa White-Gluz in an interview for Bravewords in 2014, Kiara Laetitia was the one who brought her to the ER when she broke her ribs helping her with the medics [10]

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References

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  2. "Spider Rock Promotion - Kiara Laetitia (Kiara Laetitia)".
  3. "Kiara Laetitia's EP 'Fight Now' reveals the beauty at her core".
  4. "Musicarchy Media Now Available In Germany - H'ART Musik-Vertrieb GmbH".
  5. bravewords.com. "HASTER Sign Worldwide Deal With Musicarchy Media To Release New Album".
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  7. Fight Now, 22 November 2013, retrieved 2018-12-27
  8. "Kiara Laetitia, Rockstar Frame - Bulletproof". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  9. 1 2 "Chronicles Of A World Without Gods". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  10. "Arch Enemy - This Means War".