Emma Marrone (born 25 May 1984 in Florence, Italy) is an Italian singer.Born in Florence, has always lived in Aradeo in the province of Lecce. The passion for music has been sent by his father Rosario, guitarist of a band of Aradeo "Karadreon" which started from very young (10–11 years) performing in festivals and in clubs.
She graduated from Classical High School.She started her professional musical career in 2003, when she took part to the second italian edition of Popstars (renamed Superstar Tour); Emma won the talent and with Laura Pisu and Colomba Pane she formed the Lucky Star.
The group released a single in 2003 called Stile. The single was released for Universal label and was good success. In 2006 the group recorded the soundtrack of the cartoon W.I.T.C.H and was released a dance album called LS3, that was a commercial failure.
The group disbanded after the failure of the album.In 2009, after that she released a second album with another group, the M.J.U.R., in 2008 for Dracma Records, she took part to another talent show, Amici di Maria De Filippi, winning this competition too.
In march 2010 Universal Music released her first EP, Oltre, that was very successful in Italy, peaking number one for two weeks in the Italian album chart. In the same month was released her first single too, Calore, that peaked at number one for two weeks too.
The EP has been certified double platinum for its sales in Italy.On 24 September 2010 was released a new single called Con le nuvole. On october 19 was released, also from Universal, her second solo record A me piace così which debuted at # 2 on the Italian chart and in november was certified gold.
Also in november was released the second single from the album: "Cullami".On 30 november 2010 was released a special edition which include both the albums (Oltre and A me piace così) with two new songs: L'Amore Che Ho (written by Neffa) and (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (duet with Craig David).
In june, she began her first concert-tour: Ahi ce sta passu tour. She toured throughout Italy accompanied by her band, the tour is terminated at the end of summer. In the same month, she also took part to the Amici Tour 2010 with all the contestants of the talent show.
On july 2010 was released the second single from Oltre: Un Sogno A Costo Zero. After the tour, she also released the video for the third single Sembra Strano.Emma Marrone began a relationship with the dancer Stefano De Martino at the end of 2009.
Discography2010 - A me piace così
