17 Facts About Aldo Nova

Aldo Nova was born on Aldo Caporuscio on November 13,1956 and is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist, and producer.

Aldo Nova initially gained fame and popularity with the release of his 1982 debut album Aldo Nova which peaked to Billboard's number 8 position, and its accompanying single, "Fantasy", which peaked to number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and boosted sales for its parent album.

Aldo Nova was born to Italian immigrant parents in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Aldo Nova changed his surname to Nova when he started playing guitar and keyboards at age 15.

Aldo Nova was displeased with the third album and the record company's insistence on making a more commercial album.

Aldo Nova decided to move to Montreal and work on jingles, waiting for his contract to expire in 1991, stating he would not work on an album he did not have full creative control over.

In 1990, Aldo Nova wrote the main guitar riff that would be used in the Jon Bon Jovi song, "Blaze of Glory".

Aldo Nova co-wrote the hit song, "A New Day Has Come" for Dion, and has been featured playing guitar, synthesizer, and percussion on her records.

Aldo Nova co-wrote the Blue Oyster Cult song "Take Me Away" and was a member of "The Guitar Orchestra of the State Of Imaginos" on their album Imaginos.

Aldo Nova co-wrote the Latin Grammy nominated song "Aqui" for the Chilean rock group La Ley on the album Uno.

Aldo Nova was the only writer to have written or co-written five songs on Dion's Taking Chances album.

In 2003, Aldo Nova received an International Achievement Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto for co-writing the Dion song "A New Day Has Come".

The album's release was halted and by late 2016 Aldo Nova decided to re-record Fantasy which inspired him to re-record 5 other songs from his first album with 1 new song I'm a Survivor.

Aldo Nova recorded this new album in 2017, and in mid 2018 released the first single Fantasy 2.0, which received mixed reviews.

In early 2019, Aldo Nova released the music video to "I'm a Survivor" and announced a fall tour.

Aldo Nova wrote 142 songs for the album from 2008 to 2016, finally settling on the 21 that would be included for a total of 1 hour and 52 minutes of music.

Aldo Nova announced a press promotion tour of the album in the US and Canada in a post on Facebook.