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DOLCENERA FOR EUROVISION? FIRST SHE HAS TO WIN SANREMO....

Ok, it's no secret by now I'm supporting Dolcenera in Sanremo and for Eurovision song contest 2016 in Stockholm so let's have a quick look at her musical past..... She was born in 1977 as Emanauela Trane in Lecce, south of Italy but moved to Firenze at the age of 18. She started music studies at the age of six with piano, later adding clarinet and singing. She wrote her first songs at 14 and soon she formed a band and was also in a jazz quartet. Soon she's singing in promotions and doing backing vocals in tv-shows. Below is all you need to know about her career; the biggest hits and best videos. Have a look and enjoy!


2002 she performed Solo tu in Destinazione Sanremo and won a ticket to the festival. 
2003 she sings Siamo tutti lá fuori in Newcomers and wins. She also wins the award given by the journalists present in Press center. The song enters Top-10 in the charts. She releases her first album.
2004 she submitted Un mondo perfetto but she is left out causing a minor scandal. She also publishes her first novel Schiena contro schiena.
2005 she takes part in a reality show Music Farm and wins. She releases her second album. Single Mai piú noi due and next single Continua help the album sell platinum, over 150.000 copies.
2006 she returns to Sanremo after a very succesful year and many collaborations and projects. Her song Com'è straordinaria la vita and she finished 2nd in Donne category. The song becomes a #6 hit in chart. Her thrid album sells gold in a week and eventually platinum. She does her first European tour and a releases a compilation album for the German speaking market. Passo dopo passo is the main single off it with a video filmed during her performance in Paris.
In Italy she hits the charts again with Piove (Condizione dell'anima), a movie song.
2007 she touring Europe again. And she does her acting debut in two films. She also translates and sings two songs in a French movie La plus beau jour de ma vie.
2008 she sings all over central Europe again, including events linked to EXPO2015. She does her first songs in Spanish.....
2009 she is back to Sanremo with Il mio amore unico. She fails to reach the final while audience protests in Teatro Ariston. She releases a new album. The songs hits #5 and remains three weeks at #1 in the radio airplay charts and gives her a special award in the Venice Music Awards. 
Her La piú bella canzone d'amore che c'è wins an award as the best female music video of 2009.
2010 she releases her 5th album. Il sole di Domenica is the first single followed by L'amore è un gioco. The video for this is a collaboration with Playboy magazine and Dolcenera is the magazine's covergirl in October 2010.
2011 she releases Read all about it (Tutto quello che devi sapere) with Professor Green. Single sells gold.
2012 she's back in Sanremo with Ci vediamo in casa. She places 6th and sells gold in digital and platinum in physical format. Later that year she tour performs in Hong Kong and Macau. 
2014 she releases Niente al mondo, followed by Accendi lo spirito
2015 comes Fantastica and finally her 6th album with the next single, Un peccato
2016 she participas Sanremo with Ora o mai piú, or Now or never. And who knows.... Eurovision in Stockholm?



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