Nicola Ciccone
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Background information | |
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, musician, author |
Instruments | Vocals, piano, guitar |
Years active | 1998 – present |
Website | www |
Nicola Ciccone is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter, novelist and writer of Italian origin, based in Quebec. His songs have been in English, Italian, French, and Spanish. To date, he has released seven albums, nominated for many ADISQ, CRIA and Juno prizes and has authored two novels, L'Étoile enfant and Dans les yeux d'Ophelia and an autobiography Cuore.
Biography[]
Ciccone was born very prematurely, with the doctors giving him just 5% of survival, as he recounts in his autobiography titled Cuore. Born to Italian parents originating from Abruzzo in south Italy, he lived in the Mile-X quarter of Montreal, at the time a very poor quarter of Montreal's Petite-Italie (Small Italy) region. His father died when he was very young, and he was a victim of bullying at school.[1]
He studied Child Psychology at Montreal's McGill University and in 1998, he won "Ma Première" held annually for upcoming Canadian artists at Montreal's Place des Arts and upon win signed a record contract[2] releasing his debut album L'Opéra du Mendiant in 1998. The album was certified gold. He has gone on to release a number of albums and had chart success with a number of singles. In 2017, he was assigned a spokesman for Quebec Autism Federation. He also became one of the spokesmen for la fondation Charles Bruneau in 2019 and the spokesman for le trouble craniocérébral TCC in 2020.
Nicola will be releasing this September his 13th album. The musical project is entitled Gratitude. The release will be followed by an important tour. The 12 songs record was written during the confinement which makes it both touching and universal.
Awards and recognition[]
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- 1998: Winner of "Ma Premiere" at Place des Arts
- 2003: Felix Award during the ADISQ Gala for Best Sing for "J't'aime tout court"
- 2007: Felix Award for Best Male Singer
- 2009: Felix Award for Best Male Singer
Discography[]
Albums[]
- 1999: L'Opéra du mendiant
- 2001: Noctambule
- 2003: J't'aime tout court
- 2006: Nous serons six milliards
- 2008: Storyteller
- 2010: Imaginaire
- 2012: Pour toi
- 2013: Il sognatore
- 2014: Les Incontournables
- 2016: Esprit libre
- 2017: Les Immortelles
- 2019: Le long chemin
- 2021: Gratitude
Songs / Videos[]
(Selective)
- "J't'aime tout court"
- "Chanson pour Marie"
- "Ordinary Man"
- "Innamorati Noi"*
- "Urgence"
- "Pour toi"
- "Celle que tu n es pas"
- "Le petit monde"
- "Oh toi mon père"
- "Le long chemin"
- "La solitude à deux"
- "Pleure"
- "Le petit monde"
- "Nous serons six milliards"
- "Little girl"
- "Superman est une femme"
- "Sache"
- "Inconditionnel"
- "Ils ont fermé le monde"
- "Je veux pas mourir avant d être mort"
Bibliography[]
- 2013: L'Étoile enfant (novel, Editions Librex/Matita)
- 2015: Dans les yeux d'Ophelia (novel, Editions Librex/Matita)
- 2017: Cuore (autobiography, Editions Libre Expression)
References[]
- ^ Marie-France Bornait (1 October 2017). "Une enfance dans le Mile-X". Le Journal de Québec (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Gutierrez, Evan C. "Biography: Nicola Ciccone". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
External links[]
- Living people
- Canadian singer-songwriters
- Singers from Quebec