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| Born | 14 January 1979 |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
Laura Bono (born 14 January 1979) is an Italian pop-rock singer-songwriter.
Laura Bono | |
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| Born | 14 January 1979 |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
Laura Bono (born 14 January 1979) is an Italian pop-rock singer-songwriter.
Born in Varese as Laura Bonometti, at very young age Bono started composing songs, making live performances in clubs and entering musical competitions for newcomers. [1] [2] The success came in 2005, when Bono won the "new artists" section of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Non credo nei miracoli". [1] [2] Outside of Italy, her first album had a significant success in Finland, where it entered the top ten; [1] [3] in Finland Bono also recorded a duet with Tomi Metsäketo, "Oggi ti amo", and she participated at the opening ceremony of the World Athletics Championships which were held in Helsinki in August 2005. [2]
In 2006 Bono recorded the Spanish version of her debut album and was finalist in the musical show Music Farm. [2] In 2010 her song "Tra noi l'immensità", first single of her third album La mia discreta compagnia, was chosen as the theme song of a Telecom commercial. [4] In 2013, after a three-year hiatus, she released the single "Fortissimo", a cover version of a Rita Pavone hit. [5]
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