Sergio Sylvestre
Sergio Sylvestre | |
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Background information | |
Born |
Los Angeles, California, U.S. | 5 December 1990
Genres | Pop music |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2016–present |
Labels | Columbia |
Sergio Sylvestre (born 5 December 1990) is an American-born singer, currently 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 wrote by Giorgia, which was included in his self-titled debut album.
Biography
Sergio Sylvestre was born in Los Angeles from 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 will be included in his first, self-titled, full-length album which will be released in Italy on 10 February 2017.[13]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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ITA [14] |
SWI [15] | |||
Sergio Sylvestre[13] |
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10 | — | |
Big Christmas |
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70 [16] | — |
Extended plays
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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ITA [14] |
SWI [15] | |||
Big Boy[17] |
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1 | 46 | |
Singles
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album or EP |
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ITA [19] | ||||
"Big Boy"[20] | 2016 | 19 |
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Big Boy |
"Ashes"[20] | — | |||
"No Goodbye"[20] | — | |||
"Con te" | 2017 | 13 |
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Sergio Sylvestre |
Other appearances
Contribution | Year | Album |
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"Prego"[22] (with Rocco Hunt) |
2016 | Oceania (Colonna sonora originale) |
"L'Italia per me"[23] (J-Ax & Fedez feat. Sergio Sylvestre) |
2017 | Comunisti col Rolex |
References
- ↑ Andrea Laffranchi (27 May 2016). "Sergio Sylvestre, rivelazione di Amici Big Boy? Sì, sono grasso e fragile". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Amici 15, la finale: chi è Sergio Sylvestre" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Al 'Big Boy' Sergio Sylvestre la vittoria di 'Amici' 2016" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ Andrea Conti (20 May 2016). "Amici 15: ecco "Big Boy" il primo Ep di Sergio Sylvestre" (in Italian). RTL 102.5. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Italian album certifications – Sergio Sylvestre" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Italian Charts - Sergio Sylvestre - Big Boy (album)". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Italian single certifications – Sergio Sylvestre" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ Rosa D'Ettore (29 July 2016). "Sergio Sylvestre Big Boy Live Tour: date, biglietti, prezzi" (in Italian). International Business Times. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Sergio Sylvestre, rinviato il tour: il vincitore di Amici partecipa ad un progetto della Disney e prepara il nuovo album - VIDEO" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Sergio Sylvestre e Rocco Hunt cantano per Oceania!" (in Italian). Sky Italia. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ Domenico Naso (13 December 2016). "Festival di Sanremo 2017: i cantanti in gara. Dai talent ai veterani: ecco chi salirà sul palco dell'Ariston". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Sergio Sylvestre: il 10 febbraio il nuovo album. Ecco il titolo". Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Italian Charts – Search Results – Sergio Sylvestre – Albums". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community – Search Results – Sergio Sylvestre – Albums". HitParade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 47 (dal 2017-11-17 al 2017-11-23)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ↑ "Arriva nei negozi il 20 maggio Big Boy, l'EP di Sergio Sylvestre (Instore)" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ↑ "Italian album certifications – Sergio Sylvestre" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.
- ↑ "Italian Charts – Search Results – Sergio Sylvestre – Songs". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Radio Date – Sergio Sylvestre" (in Italian). EarOne.it. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- 1 2 "Italian single certifications – Sergio Sylvestre" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.
- ↑ "Chiara Grispo, Rocco Hunt, Sergio Sylvestre e Raphael Gualazzi. Poker di voci nel nuovo film Disney Oceania" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ↑ "Amoroso, Arisa, Nek e tutti gli ospiti del disco di Fedez e J-Ax". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). 9 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by The Kolors |
Amici di Maria De Filippi Winner 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |