Nevio Passaro

Nevio Di Graziano
Background information
Birth name Nevio Di Graziano
Born 11 May 1980
Origin Bad Windsheim, Germany
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) singer, songwriter, interpreter
Instruments vocals, piano, guitar
Years active 1999–present
Labels Universal Music Group, Ariola
Website nevio.tv

Nevio Di Graziano (born 11 May 1980 in Bad Windsheim) is an Italo-German singer, musician and songwriter. He rose to fame after placing fourth in the third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol. Passaro, son of Aniello (Italian), and Henrike (German), grew up in Neustadt an der Aisch and was raised bilingually: German and Italian are his mothertongues. He also speaks English and French languages fluently. Between 2000–2005, he studied "Modern languages for interpreter and translator" in Forlì, Italy. In 2006 finished his diploma thesis entitled "The coexistence of dative and genitive in the German language" and became officially qualified as a simultaneous interpreter. He used to play solo piano and guitar in his live performances. In 2006, he made a guest appearance in RTL Rock Mania Show played the piano and sang Bon Jovi's "Bed of Roses". In the same year, at 2006 Nevio toured with his band which includes 9 musicians. He worked on his self-titled debut album Nevio in Germany and Italy. The result is a unique sounding album with styles ranging from jazz to rock, from pop to swing and several tracks in Italian, German and English. Nevio appeared in 2007 and entered the German Album Charts at Number 5 and the Austrian Charts at No.7. The single "Amore per sempre" debuted at No.2 in the German Pop Charts. Amore per sempre is a rock/pop Song recorded in Italian and English.

The single "Amore per Sempre" was the 48th best-selling single of 2007 in Germany[1]

Discography

Albums

Year Title Chart Positions
GER[2] AUT[3] SWI[4]
2006 Love Songs (with DSDS Allstars of season 3)[5] 1 1 1
2007 Nevio 5 7 11
2008 Due 24 26 28
2011 Berlino – – –

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions
GER[6] AUT[7] SWI[8] EU[9]
1999 La mia parola – – – –
2007 Amore Per Sempre 2 10 26 14
2007 Run Away 28 19 – –
2007 Firenze/Giulia 35 23 – –
2008 Sento 35 17 – –
2009 Non ti aspettavo (Libertà) (with Gabriella Cilmi) – – – –

Sampler

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2007
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