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Also known as Emanuela Trane

Emanuela Trane (born 16 May 1977), known by her stage name Dolcenera (, ), is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in 2003, after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival, but she achieved commercial success in Italy only in 2005, when she won the music-based reality show Music Farm and she released her second album, Un mondo perfetto. In 2005 she was also awarded Best New Artist of the Year at the Italian Meeting of Independent Record Labels and she received the De André Award for Best Emerging Artist.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Italy
Active from
1977-05-16
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Emanuela Trane; also known as Dolcenera, was born in 1977 in Scorrano, in the Puglia region of southern Italy. Armed with intelligent and emotional lyrics and an astonishing look, Dolcenera is one of Italy's most talented musicians. The translation of Dolcenera is "sweet and black" and these words describe her very well: profound and sexy, vulnerable and strong, rocking and affective, whilst being both an angel and a devil on stage. She took part <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dolcenera">

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Key facts

Musical artist.name
Dolcenera
Musical artist.image
Dolcenera2011.jpg
Musical artist.caption
Dolcenera in concert, 2011
Musical artist.birth_name
Emanuela Trane
Musical artist.birth_place
Galatina, Apulia, Italy
Musical artist.origin
Scorrano, Apulia, Italy
Musical artist.years_active
1993–present

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Dolcenera, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Music career
  • ''Sorriso Nucleare'', the first album
  • ''Music Farm'' and the second studio album
  • ''Il popolo dei sogni'' and the tour in Germany
  • ''Dolcenera nel paese delle meraviglie''
  • ''Evoluzione della specie''
  • ''Le stelle non tremano'' and ''The Voice of Italy''
  • ''Regina Elisabibbi'' and ''Anima Mundi''
  • ''Pechino Express'' and ''San Marino Song Contest''
  • Actress career
  • Discography
  • Filmography
  • Awards and nominations
  • References
  • External links

Emanuela Trane (born 16 May 1977), known by her stage name Dolcenera (, ), is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in 2003, after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival, but she achieved commercial success in Italy only in 2005, when she won the music-based reality show Music Farm and she released her second album, Un mondo perfetto. In 2005 she was also awarded Best New Artist of the Year at the Italian Meeting of Independent Record Labels and she received the De André Award for Best Emerging Artist.

Dolcenera participated again in the Sanremo Music Festival in 2006—when she sang the hit single "Com'è straordinaria la vita", included in the album Il popolo dei sogni—and in 2009, singing "Il mio amore unico", from her fourth studio set Dolcenera nel paese delle meraviglie, the first one released by a major label, Sony Music.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dolcenera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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