Giusy Ferreri (born 17 April 1979 in Palermo, Italy), real name Giuseppa Gaetana Ferreri, is an Italian singer and songwriter. In 2008 Giusy took part at the first Italian edition of the talent show X Factor, in which she came second. She has been compared to Nina Simone, Bessie Smith and Amy Winehouse for her personal and unusual voice.

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Career

In June 2008 SonyBMG Italy released the debut EP by Ferreri, which includes her first single Non Ti Scordar Mai Di Me (written by Italian popstar Tiziano Ferro) and 5 covers of classic songs from the 60s-70s. The single held the number one position of the Italian singles chart for an impressive 15 consecutive weeks, becoming one of the most successful tracks ever on that chart. The album debuted at the top spot of the Italian album chart and stayed there for eleven consecutive weeks. It went on to be certified 4 times platinum denoting over 300.000 copies shipped ^[1].

Debut album

In October 2008 the song Novembre , the first single from Ferreri's official debut album Gaetana , was released. The tune debuted at number one in Italy and held the top for eight weeks so far. The album was released on November 14, 2008 and featured the American singer-songwriter and producer Linda Perry and the Italian pop singer Tiziano Ferro. It debuted at number one on the iTunes Italy chart and subsequently peaked at #2 on the Italian FIMI albums chart, selling over 80,000 copies in its first week of release ^[2]. The album sold so far over 400,000 copies in Italy. The third single from the album, "Stai Fermo Lì", was announced on January 8, 2009 and was released in Italy on January 16, 2009.

In early 2009 Gaetana will be released in France and Spain while in summer 2009 will be released in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands and in Latin America.

Discography

Albums

Year	Name	Sales and certifications	Charts
			ITA	SWI	GRE	CYP	BEL (Wa)
2008	Gaetana First studio album Released on 14 November 2008 Label: Sony BMG, Ricordi Formats: CD, digital download	Total Sales: 500,000+ Italy Certification: Diamond (7xPlatinum) Swiss Certification: Gold	2	20	2	5	52

Others Albums

• 2009 - Cover Album (November 2009)

EPs

• 2008 - Non Ti Scordar Mai Di Me

Singles

Year	Title	Charts								Album
		ITA	CH	GRE	BUL	BEL (Wa)	RSS	CYP	EUR
2005	Il Party	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Gaetana
2008	Non Ti Scordar Mai Di Me	1	26	1	—	54	319	7	14
	Novembre	1	65	13	18	—	—	—	24
2009	Stai Fermo Lì	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	59
	La Scala (The Ladder)	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	177

Awards and nominations

Yeat	Award	Category	Result
2008	Venice Music Awards	Best New Artist	Winner
2008	M.E.I.	Best Newcomer	Winner
2008	Radio Italia solomusicaitaliana> Italians note in the world''	Act of the Year	Winner

Music videos

Year	Song	Director
2005	"Il Party"	Cosimo Alemà
2008	"Non Ti Scordar Mai Di Me"
	"Novembre"
2009	"Stai Fermo Lì"	Gaetano Morbioli
	"Nunca Te Olvides De Mi"
	"La Scala (The Ladder)"

Notes

1. ''Non ti scordar mai di me'' review
2. worldwide charts