Dolcenera 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.
15 Facts About Dolcenera
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Dolcenera lived in Scorrano until the age of 18, when she moved to Tuscany, to study mechanical engineering at the University of Florence.
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Dolcenera started writing songs at the age of 14, and she later studied singing, clarinet and piano.
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On 20 December 2002, during the final of the show, Dolcenera was announced one of the winners.
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On 7 March 2003, Dolcenera won first place in the newcomers' section of the competition and she received the "Press, TV and Radio Award".
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In summer 2003, Dolcenera embarked on a concert tour throughout Italy, promoting her debut album.
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In 2005, Dolcenera won the second edition of Music Farm, an Italian reality show, whose contestants were well-known or promising singers.
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Dolcenera sang for the first time "Mai piu noi due", the first single from her second studio album titled Un mondo perfetto.
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In 2006 Dolcenera participated in the 56th Sanremo Music Festival singing "Com'e straordinaria la vita", the lead single from her second album, titled Il popolo dei sogni.
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On 8 April 2011, Dolcenera released the single "Il sole di domenica", which was later included in her fifth studio album, Evoluzione della specie, recorded from June to November 2010 and released on 17 May 2011 by EMI Music Italy.
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On 12 November 2011, Dolcenera embarked on a new leg of her tour, performing in theaters throughout Italy.
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Dolcenera featured on the Italian version of Professor Green's song "Read All About It ", included in British rapper's second studio album, At Your Inconvenience, and released as a digital single on 9 December 2011.
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In February 2012, Dolcenera participated in the 62nd Sanremo Music Festival, placing sixth with the song "Ci vediamo a casa", written for the soundtrack of Maurizio Ponzi's film with the same title.
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In March 2012, Dolcenera received a TRL Awards nomination in the category Italians Do It Better.
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Dolcenera's first acting role was a cameo appearance in Il nostro messia, a 2008 comedy directed by Claudio Serughetti.