Sergio Sylvestre

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Sergio Sylvestre
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Sergio Sylvestre
Background information
Birth nameSergiofeld Sylvestre
Born (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 33)
Los Angeles, California
Genres
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active2016–present
LabelsColumbia

Sergio Sylvestre (born 5 December 1990) is an American-born singer, based in Italy. After moving to Italy, Sylvestre rose to fame winning the 15th series of Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi . His debut extended play, Big Boy, topped the charts in Italy and was certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. In 2017, Sylvestre competed in the 67th Sanremo Music Festival and performed "Con te", a song co-written by Giorgia, which was included in his self-titled debut album.

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Biography

Sergio Sylvestre was born in Los Angeles to a Mexican mother and a Haitian father. [1] In 2012, Sylvestre visited Southern Italy as a tourist. He later decided to move to Salento, and became the singer of the band Samsara Beach in Gallipoli. [2]

Between 2015 and 2016, Sylvestre rose to fame as a contestant of the 15th series of Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi , eventually becoming the series' winner, beating runner-up Elodie. [3] In May 2016, Sylvestre released his debut extended play, Big Boy, composed of four new songs and four cover versions of international hits. [4] Big Boy reached the top spot of the Italian Albums Chart, and was later certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. [5] [6] The single with same name was also certified gold in Italy. [7] In Autumn 2016, Sylvestre should have embarked on the Big Boy Live Tour, including ten concerts throughout Italy, but the tour was later canceled due to other projects. [8] [9] He later recorded the song "Prego", Italian end credit version of the song "You're welcome", in a duet with Italian rapper Rocco Hunt, featured on the soundtrack of Oceania, the Italian version of the animated film Moana . [10]

In February 2017, Sylvestre competed in the Big Artists section of the 67th Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Con te", co-written by Italian singer-songwriter Giorgia. [11] [12] The song was included in his first, self-titled, full-length album which was released in Italy on 10 February 2017. [13] On 17 November, of the same year, Sylvestre released his first Christmas album, titled Big Christmas. [14]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
ITA
[15]
Sergio Sylvestre [13] 10
Big Christmas
  • Released: 17 November 2017
  • Label: Sony Music Italy
  • Formats: Download, streaming
47

Extended plays

List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications
TitleEP detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
[15] 		SWI
[16]
Big Boy [17]
  • Released: 20 May 2016
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, download, streaming
146

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with chart positions, album name and certifications
SingleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum or EP
ITA
[19]
"Big Boy" [20] 201619Big Boy
"Ashes" [20] —
"No Goodbye" [20] —
"Con te"201713Sergio Sylvestre
"Planes" [22] —
"Turn It Up" [23] —Non-album single
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.
List of singles as featured artist, with album name
SingleYearAlbum or EP
"In the Town" [24]
(Gabry Ponte featuring Sergio Sylvestre)		2017Non-album singles
"Victorious" [25]
(The Exss featuring Sergio Sylvestre)		2018

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with chart positions and album name
SingleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
ITA
[19]
"Oh Happy Day"202158Big Christmas

Other appearances

List of other album appearances
ContributionYearAlbum
"Prego" [26]
(with Rocco Hunt)		2016 Oceania (Colonna sonora originale)
"L'Italia per me" [27]
(J-Ax & Fedez featuring Sergio Sylvestre)		2017 Comunisti col Rolex
"Under the Bridge" [28]
(Pang! featuring Sergio Sylvestre)		Non-album track
"The Blind Man Story" [29]
(Boomdabash featuring Sergio Sylvestre)		2018Barracuda

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  23. ↑ "Turn It Up è il singolo di Sergio Sylvestre prodotto da J-Ax e Fedez sul beat di Tuborg Open". Radio 105 Network. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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  29. ↑ "Boomdabash: è arrivato il nuovo album Barracuda" (in Italian). Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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Preceded by Amici di Maria De Filippi
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2016		Succeeded by
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