Nevio Passaro

Nevio Passaro
Background information
Birth name	Nevio Passaro
Born	May 11, 1980 (1980-05-11) (age 31)
Origin	Bad Windsheim, Germany
Genres	Pop
Occupations	singer, songwriter, interpreter
Instruments	vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	1999-present
Labels	Universal Music Group, Ariola
Website	nevio.tv

Nevio Passaro (born May 11, 1980 in Bad Windsheim) is an Italo-German singer, musician and songwriter. He rose to fame after placing fourth in the third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol.

Passaro, son of Aniello (Italian) and Henrike (German), grew up in Neustadt an der Aisch and was raised bilingually: German and Italian are his mothertongues. He also speaks English and French languages fluently. In 2000-2005 studied "Modern languages for interpreter and translator" in Forlì, Italy. In 2006 finished his diploma thesis entitled "The coexistence of dative and genitive in the German language" and became officially qualified as a simultaneous interpreter. He used to play solo piano and guitar in his live performances. In 2006 he made a guest appearance in RTL Rock Mania Show played the piano and sang Bon Jovi's "Bed of Roses". In the same year at 2006 Nevio toured with his band which includes 9 musicians. He worked on his self-titled debut album Nevio in Germany and Italy. The result is a unique sounding album with styles ranging from jazz to rock, from pop to swing and several tracks in Italian, German and English. Nevio appeared in 2007 and entered the German Album Charts at Number 5 and the Austrian Charts at Number 7. The single "Amore per sempre" debuted at number 2 in the German Pop Charts. Amore per sempre is a rock/pop Song recorded in Italian and English.

The single "Amore per Sempre" was the 48th best-selling single of 2007 in Germany ^[1]

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		GER[2]	AUT [3]	SWI [4]
2006	Love Songs (with DSDS Allstars of season 3)[5]	1	1	1
2007	Nevio	5	7	11
2008	Due	24	26	-

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		GER[6]	AUT [7]	SWI [8]	EU[9]
1999	La mia parola	-	-	-	-
2007	Amore Per Sempre	2	10	26	14
2007	Run Away	28	19	-	-
2007	Firenze/Giulia	35	23	-	-
2008	Sento	35	17	-	-
2009	Non ti aspettavo (Libertà) (with Gabriella Cilmi)	-	-	-	-

Sampler

• 1999: Die Häupter meiner Lieben (Song: "La mia parola")
• 1999: Come Together Charity (Song: "Vedrai")
• 2006: Love Songs (Songs: "Se bastasse una canzone", "Back for Good")
• 2007: BRAVO Hits 56 (Song: „Amore per sempre“)
• 2007: The Dome Vol. 41 (Song: „Amore per sempre“)
• 2007: Comet 2007 (Song: „Amore per sempre“)

Awards

• 2007 Comet "Best Newcomer"
• 2007 Gold record for album Nevio

References

1. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2007
2. ^ [1]
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5. ^ de:Deutschland sucht den Superstar/Diskografie
6. ^ [4]
7. ^ [5]
8. ^ [6]
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External links

• Official website
• MySpace website
• Nevio Passaro at Label Universal Music

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