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Every week, Star Radio presents to you an artist you are eager to meet.
Please check the FULL Alphabetical List on the main bio/dicography page; click
on the Alphabetical letters to read the bio.
Below is the List so far from Letter "F" to Letter "K":
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FULL Alphabetical List: Click Here
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ARTISTS BIOGRAPHY/DISCOGRAPHY: F, G, H, I, J, K
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Fabrizio Faniello |
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Fabrizio was born on the 27th of April, 1981. As a young boy, Fabrizio was always involved in music and singing, taking part in festivals for young talent in which he always did very well. His singing talent continued flourishing within Maltese musicals in which he performed. He is also a talented sportsman, being very active in Football, and the MFA (Malta Football Association).
In 1998, he sang the song "More Than Just A Game", written by Paul Abela and Georgina with which he placed second in the Maltese Song For Europe festival of that year and also performed it in the festival Bratislava Lyra where he won that festival with the same song. That year, he was also selected among 15,000 candidates in the auditions of Castro caro, a highly scrupulous process of selection of young talent in Italy, from where prestigious Italian singers like Zucchero, Jovanotti and Eros Ramazzotti emerged. He was also nominated for and won the award of best male singer in the Maltese Music Awards of that Year. Subsequently, Fabrizio took part in other festivals, both in Malta and overseas, including Italy, Czech Republic and Kazakstan. He also won the FIDOF award for the best promising young talent.
The year after, Fabrizio also won the Maltese international Song Festival with the Song "Sa L-Ahhar" written by Ray Agius and Alfred C. Sant. The following year, he also performed in a festival held in Kazakstan where he placed 2nd and won the Radio award. He also participated again with the song Change Of Heart (written by Paul Abela and Georgina) in the Maltese Song For Europe festival 2000 in which he placed 2nd. With the same song he performed in a festival in Prague where he won the FIDOF award for the best interpretation.
Fabrizio's singing career includes credits in musical theatre such as, Les Miserables in concert, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and Fiddler On the Roof. He performs all around Malta in clubs, in concerts and is now a very successful Maltese TV personality. Now that he has won the Maltese Song For Europe festival 2001 with the song Another Summer Night (written by Paul Abela and Georgina) he represented Malta with this song in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark in the Parken stadium at the 12th of May.
Millions of Fans watched this event and millions of fans loved very much the performance of Fabrizio, immediately the song "ANOTHER SUMMER NIGHT" was played on a rotation basic in a lot of radio-stations all over Europe !
Returning to Malta, thousands of fans gave him a warm welcome !
Fabrizio was invited to all TV and Radio-stations in Malta as well as the local press were full of very positive comments and articles about him.
On the 25th of May, Fabrizio was presenting himself and a lot of local artists at his first big concert in Malta at the Luxor Ground stadium (organized by Q - Productions) and it was at the same time the launch of his debut-album "While I´m Dreamin´" to his Maltese friends and fans.
The concert was a big success and was broadcasted at the biggest private TV channel Super One. On the 15th of June, the album went immediately to the No. 1 Position in the Maltese album charts and is already the most sold album of a Maltese artist ever.
Meanwhile Fabrizio visited different countries and worked on promotion for his debut-album as well as on his second single release "My Girl".
In Denmark, his album went into the Top 100 album list for four weeks and the single was in the top 20 airplay list for 5 weeks. In Germany, the single was 7 weeks in the top 100 airplay list.
Hot on the spot, the single “SHOW ME NOW” was released in 2002 with a high-budget-video for MTV and VIVA and the song immediately went to be a huge hit in Malta and was played the heaviest rotation ever in history of the Maltese radio & TV !
Releases have been in several countries like Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, South East Asia, and MTV Asia and MTV Romania were broadcasting his video !
At the CARLSBERG MALTA MUSIC AWARDS 2004, Fabrizio received – for the second time – the Award for BEST MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR!!!
Fabrizio finalised the works on his 2nd album which has been released in Malta and went immediately to the No. 1 position in the Maltese Top 30 Charts!
The first teaser single out of this album was the pop-dance-latin-song “WHEN WE DANCED” written by top famous American writers Anthony Little & Rick Kelly (N’Sync, Backstreet Boys).
On the 2nd album there are 16 tracks including various up-tempo songs like “SOMEBODY SENT ME AN ANGEL”, latin-pop-orientated tracks like “LET ME BE YOUR LOVER” and big ballads like “SEMPLICE COSI”, written by the most successful composer of Malta, - Paul Abela, - all of them potential hit-singles.
His latest album is “I’M IN LOVE – The WHISTLE Hit” from which the hit single "I'm in love" is taken from.
www.fabriziofaniello.de
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In-Grid |
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Ingrid was named after the famous film star, Ingrid Bergman. Her parents ran a
cinema (and still do) and Ingrid grew up watching movies which she says were a
major influence on her decision to become a singer. Films sparked her
imagination and fuelled her ambition to communicate strong emotions to as many
people as possible.
She started acting, painting and singing, soon to discover that for her music
was the most powerful form of expression. She began singing locally in her
native Northern Italy and soon got a reputation for her great stage presence
and the energy and colour of her voice. The internationally renowned record
producers Larry Pignagnoli and Marco Soncini invited her to sing on a couple of
ideas they were working on in the studio. She laid down the vocals of "Tu Es
Foutu" in one go and the song came to life.
As a famous DJ put it, this must be the sexiest voice to come out of the
Italian dance scene in the last ten years.
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Jewel |
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Nearly a decade ago, Jewel won the hearts of fans with her acoustic/folk sound.
Her chart-topping debut and the three albums that followed led to record sales
of over 25 million worldwide.
On June 2003, Jewel's fifth CD hit the stores and fans were in for a surprising
treat. She's got a brand new look and a brand new sound that combines
everything from dance, to pop, to country, to blues to jazz. Her new CD is
called “0304” and the first single to be released off it, “Intuition,” is
already topping the dance charts. Jewel kicked off The Early Show’s Summer
Concerts series with “Intuition” and “Two Become One.”
“Intuition" was written and produced by Jewel and Cuban-American producer
Lester Mendez who collaborated with her throughout the new album. Mendez
produces for such stars as Shakira, Santana and Enrique Iglesias. For hard-core
fans, there is still some of her old sound. “Hopefully if you just want to move
and feel good, you can listen to it. It's really lyrical,” she said. “All my
fans know I like opera, jazz, rock. It still is lyric driven and socially
driven as any of my other stuff.” The changes are a natural extension of her
music. “Over the years, I've learned more about the craft...more about how to
write, more about playing, more about music, and more about lyrics. So I'm
finally able to further embellish the ideas I started with a long time ago,"
she says. Since the release of her first album eight years ago, Jewel has
continued to explore fresh avenues, branching out from her folk roots to
incorporate rock, pop, country, blues, jazz and classical influences into her
work.
Past Jewel albums include her 1995 debut, "Pieces Of You," her 1998 release,
"Spirit," her 1999 CD "Joy: A Holiday Collection," and 2001's "This Way" album.
Aside from her music, Jewel is also involved in several personal projects.
During the summer of 2002, she launched Soul City Cafe, a multi-faceted program
designed to expose, encourage and develop new talent in a variety of artistic
media. She also founded The Clearwater Project- the flagship endeavor of the
non-profit Higher Ground for Humanity foundation. Established by Jewel and her
mother Lenedra Carroll, the Clearwater project is bringing safe drinking water
to thousands of people in Honduras, Tanzania, Tibet, India, South Africa and
Mexico. Jewel is working on her second book of poetry (to be love poems),
following the success of her two previous books: her first poetry collection,
“A Night Without Armor,” which has sold more than a million copies, and
“Chasing Down The Dawn,” containing journal writings, short stories, and
photographs.
Raised in Alaska, Jewel is in her twenties.
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Jonatan |
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Jonathan Cerrada Moreno (Jonatan is his name of artist) was born on September 12th 1985, in the city of 'Liège' in Belgium.
He lives in 'Ans' with his parents Victoria and Valentin and his four brothers and sisters: Julian, Rafael, Audrey and Raquel.
At 8, he enters the Royal opera of Wallonia where he plays in all big plays. He begins composing his own songs when he was 10/11 years old.
He left the opera at the age of 14 and was more interested in pop industry. Therefore, he stretched his luck in various castings and song
competitions. He recorded several demos and advertisements for the radio.
In 2003, he tried his luck in the casting of "Pop Idol" (in France) and ended up winning the trophy.
His first single "Je voulais te dire que je t'attends" reached the Top Charts in France and Belgium and did well in Switzerland.
He released his first album "Siempre 23" in September.
His single out on October 2003, "Rien ne me changera", charted the Top 40 of Star Radio.
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Just a Man |
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Behind this project there are two french artists of talent: Hervé 29 and
Nicolas 25.
The two brothers have discovered music since thier childhood and learned music,
guitar, bass, piano and drums, which makes them accomplished musicians. They
played with different bands and in different styles. Now, they combine
accoustics sounds with electronic grooves.
It's in the deepest of themselves that Nicolas and Hervé will draw inspiration.
Nicolas is the composer and Hervé is the lead vocalist and plays the guitar.
Just a man is not a group as some might think, Nicolas wrote the song but Just
a man is Hervé.
The debut single "I'm sorry", released in May 2003 in France, was a song about
love with a perfume of melancoly that even though, gives you the desire to
dance. Followed was another great single called "Save Me".
This is the universe of Just A Man.
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