Alessandra Amoroso was the winner of the 2009 edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi.
32 Facts About Alessandra Amoroso
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Alessandra Amoroso has collaborated and worked with notable Italian artists, including Loredana Berte, Elisa, Emma Marrone, J-Ax, Fedez, Tiziano Ferro, Francesco Renga and Fiorella Mannoia.
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Alessandra Amoroso acted in Io che amo solo te by Marco Ponti in 2015 and she co-hosted with Gianni Morandi the TV program Grazie a tutti in 2009.
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Since her youth, Alessandra Amoroso participated in numerous local competitions, obtaining good results.
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On 5 October 2008, Alessandra Amoroso passed the audition for the eighth season of Amici di Maria De Filippi, singing the Alicia Keys single, "If I Ain't Got You".
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Alessandra Amoroso participated in the recording of the compilation disc of the programme, Scialla.
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On 25 March 2009, Alessandra Amoroso was proclaimed winner of Amici di Maria De Filippi, winning the first prize of 200,000 euros.
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Alessandra Amoroso's debut extended play, Stupida, was released on 10 April 2009 via Sony Music Italy.
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On 6 June 2009, in Verona, Alessandra Amoroso received two Wind Music Award for the sales of Stupida and the compilation Scialla, both certified multiplatinum.
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From 19 June to 22 September 2009, Alessandra Amoroso embarked upon a summer tour in promotion of the Stupida EP in stadiums and theatres throughout Italy.
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On 31 July 2009, during the Stupida Tour, Alessandra Amoroso officially announced the release date of her debut studio album, Senza nuvole, scheduled for 25 September 2009.
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In December 2009 Alessandra Amoroso recorded, along with other artists, including J Ax and Marracash, a Christmas jingle for Radio Deejay, entitled "Questo natale".
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From 21 January 2010 to 13 March 2010, Alessandra Amoroso embarked on the Senza Nuvole Live Tour.
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On 8 May 2010, Alessandra Amoroso participated in TRL Awards 2010, because of the two nominations she received for the category MTV TRL First Lady and My Trl Best Video.
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Alessandra Amoroso participated in Wind Music Awards 2010, winning an award thank to the sales of Senza nuvole.
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From 4 July 2010 to 12 September 2010, Alessandra Amoroso embarked on the Un'Estate Senza Nuvole Live Tour.
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In September 2011, Alessandra Amoroso announced that she was working on a new live project.
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The track "E' vero che vuoi restare", was released on 4 November 2011 as the first single from her first live album, Cinque passi in piu, containing a CD with 5 new songs and a live CD with the concert that Alessandra Amoroso held in Milan on 22 December 2010 at Mediolanum Forum.
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In early 2013, Alessandra Amoroso performed at numerous events and television programs, announcing in the summer the release of her third studio album, produced by Tiziano Ferro.
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At the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards, Alessandra Amoroso won two awards for Best Italian Act and Best European South Act.
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On 28 July 2015, Alessandra Amoroso collaborated with Italian group Boomdabash on the single "A tre passi da te".
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In 2016, Alessandra Amoroso was the fifth most listened-to female artist on Spotify Italy, the highest Italian singer on the list.
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On 5 October 2018, Alessandra Amoroso published her sixth studio album 10, a title chosen to celebrate the singer's ten years as a solo artist, anticipated by the singles "La stessa" and "Trova un modo".
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On 5 March 2019, Alessandra Amoroso opened her Italian tour and published the fourth single "Forza e coraggio".
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In 2020, Alessandra Amoroso returned to collaborate with Boomdabash on the single "Karaoke", published on 12 June, becoming her third number one song on the Italian singles chart and being certified six times platinum.
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Alessandra Amoroso was announced by Amazon Music as one of the 4 most streamed artists in Italy in 2021, together with Mahmood, Cos Mass and Madame.
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Alessandra Amoroso competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 with the song "Fino a qui", ranking ninth out of 30 contestants.
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On 31 May 2024 Alessandra Amoroso published the collaboration "Mezzo rotto" with BigMama.
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In 2018, Alessandra Amoroso founded "Big Family Onlus," a nonprofit association to support the singer's humanitarian aid campaigns.
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Alessandra Amoroso worked with Save the Children, Caritas, Medecins Sans Frontieres, and AIRC Foundation for Cancer Research in Italy.
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On 21 June 2009, Alessandra Amoroso performed at the "Amiche per l'Abruzzo", a charity initiative concert created after the L'Aquila earthquake, alongside 102 Italian female singers, including Laura Pausini, Fiorella Mannoia, Gianna Nannini, Elisa, Emma Marrone, Giorgia, Arisa, Carmen Consoli and Raffaella Carra.
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Alessandra Amoroso cited Anastacia, Beyonce, Anita Baker as international artists who have most influenced her and Elisa, Mina, Tiziano Ferro among Italian artists.