Silvia Salemi

Silvia Salemi (born 2 April 1978) is an Italian singer-songwriter and television personality.

Silvia Salemi
Silvia Salemi (left), 2012
Born	(1978-04-02) 2 April 1978 (age 47) Palazzolo Acreide, Syracuse, Italy
Occupation	singer-songwriter

Life and career

Born in Palazzolo Acreide, Syracuse, in 1995 Salemi won the Castrocaro Music Festival with the song "Con questo sentimento".^[1]

In 1996 she entered the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Quando il cuore", ranking at fifth place in the "Newcomers" section.^[1] A year later she returned to Sanremo Festival, this time entering the "Big Artists" section, with the song "A casa di Luca", ranking fourth and obtaining both a critical and commercial success.^[1] She entered into the Sanremo Festival two more times, in 1998 with the song "Pathos" and in 2003 with "Il cuore delle donne".^[1]

In 1998 Salemi co-hosted, alongside Pippo Baudo, the Canale 5 variety show Il gran ballo delle debuttanti.^[2] In 1999, she hosted the Rai 3 religious themed program Viaggi nei luoghi del sacro.^[3] In 2004 she took part to the Rai 2 reality show Music Farm.^[4] In 2009 Silvia took a break from show business and worked at an underwear shop in Rome. In 2013, she was cast in Tale e quale show, the Italian version of the Your Face Sounds Familiar franchise.^[5]

Discography

Album

• 1996 – Silvia Salemi
• 1997 – Caotica
• 1998 – Pathos
• 2000 – L'arancia
• 2003 – Gioco del Duende
• 2007 – Il mutevole abitante del mio solito involucro
• 2017 – 23

Selected singles

• 1996 – "Nessuno mi può giudicare"
• 1996 – "Quando il cuore"
• 1997 – "A casa di Luca"
• 1997 – "Stai con me stanotte"
• 1998 – "Pathos"
• 1998 – "Odiami perché"
• 2000 – "La parola amore"
• 2000 – "E ci batteva il sole"
• 2002 – "J'adore"
• 2003 – "Nel cuore delle donne"
• 2003 – "Dimenticami"
• 2007 – "Il mutevole abitante del mio solito involucro"
• 2009 – "Commessa commossa"
• 2012 – "Amore disperato"
• 2017 – "Potrebbe essere"