Laura Bono

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Laura Bono
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Born (1979-01-14) 14 January 1979 (age 46)
Varese, Italy
Occupationsinger-songwriter

Laura Bono (born 14 January 1979) is an Italian pop-rock singer-songwriter.

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Background

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]

Discography

Album

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN   978-8863462296.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "LAURA BONO: La biografia". MTV . Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Laura Bono - Laura Bono (Album)". Finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Valentina Gambino (11 March 2010). "Laura Bono ci spiega come è nata la canzone per il nuovo spot "Telecom"". NewNotizie. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Andrea Conti (15 November 2013). "Laura Bono: "Il mio amore per Rita Pavone"". TGCOM . Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Dolcenera
with "Siamo tutti là fuori"
 Sanremo Music Festival
Winner Newcomers section
2005 		Succeeded by
Riccardo Maffoni
with "Sole negli occhi"
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