Giusy Ferreri

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Giusy Ferreri
Background = solo_singer


Birth_name = Giuseppa Gaetana Ferreri
Alias = Gaetana
Born = birth date and age|1979|4|17
Origin = Palermo, Italy
Instruments =
Genre = Pop, Blues, Rock
Occupation(s) = Singer
Years_active = 2005–Present
Label = Sony BMG
Associated_acts = X Factor
URL = [http://www.giusyferreri.com/ giusyferreri.com]
Current_members =
Past_members =

Giusy Ferreri (born 17 April 1979 in Palermo, Italy) 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.

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. It has already been certificate 3xPlatinum in about a month, and has sold over 260.000 copies to datecite web |author=Laura Gorini|title="Non ti scordar mai di me" review| work=musicalnews.com| url=http://www.musicalnews.com/articolo.php?codice=13440&sz=5 | accessdate=2008-08-09] .

She has been compared to Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith and Amy Winehouse for her personal and unusual voice.

Discography

tudio Album

*2008 - "Gaetana" (to be released November 14th 2008)

EPs

*2008 - "Non Ti Scordar Mai Di Me"

ingles

Awards and nominations

Notes

External links

* [http://www.giusyferreri.com/ Unofficial Site]