Italian singer Noemi was born as Veronica Scopelliti 42 years ago in Rome and is married with children.
At just 19 months old she made her TV debut in a diapers commercial. As a kid, she started showing interest in music, being motivated by her father who was a former guitarist. In fact, she took piano lessons at the age of 7 and 4 years later she studied the guitar.
Noemi graduated from high school and then took a university Letters and Philosophy course, graduating with honours. She proceeded with her studies and enrolled for a masters’ degree course regarding TV and cinema history, and again graduating with honours in film directing and television. Whilst studying at university, she wrote some short movies and worked for an Italian TV channel.
Her career took off in 2003 when she recorded some demos and in later years she appeared in another artist’s music video as well as in a theatrical show as a chorister. She also participated twice in the talent show ‘X-Factor’. Her first single ‘Briciole’ was released in 2009, followed by an EP two weeks afterwards. She also embarked on her first concert tour and performed in several other concerts during the summer months. Noemi then released her second single ‘L’amore si odia’ sung in duet with singer Fiorella Mannoia, followed by her second album.
Noemi competed in the yearly San Remo Festival for the first time in 2010, and 6 more times thereafter. Although she never won this competition, she did receive several awards in different categories.
To date, Noemi released 7 albums, an EP, 27 singles as lead artist and 4 singles featuring as guest artist, and 31 music videos. She also collaborated with various other singers/bands. Apart from music, Noemi starred in a miniseries and appeared in several TV shows and a couple of theatrical productions. She is also engaged in several charitable events and supports various organisations in this regard.
During her career so far, Noemi received numerous awards including a Television Direction, 3 Lunezia, 5 Roma Videoclip and 5 Wind Music, amongst others. In addition, she entered the Guinness Book of Records for performing in 9 concerts in 12 hours.
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