Giusy Ferreri

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. She has been compared to Nina Simone, Bessie Smith and Amy Winehouse for her personal and unusual voice.
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
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. The album sold so far over 350,000 copies in Italy.