Sergio Sylvestre (born 5 December 1990) is an American-born singer, based in Italy. After moving to Italy, Sylvestre rose to fame winning the 15th series of Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi. His debut extended play, Big Boy, topped the charts in Italy and was certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. In 2017, Sylvestre competed in the 67th Sanremo Music Festival and performed "Con te", a song co-written by Giorgia, which was included in his self-titled debut album.
Biography Sergio Sylvestre was born in Los Angeles to a Mexican mother and a Haitian father. In 2012, Sylvestre visited Southern Italy as a tourist. He later decided to move to Salento, and became the singer of the band Samsara Beach in Gallipoli.
Between 2015 and 2016, Sylvestre rose to fame as a contestant of the 15th series of Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, eventually becoming the series' winner, beating runner-up Elodie. In May 2016, Sylvestre released his debut extended play, Big Boy, composed of four new songs and four cover versions of international hits. Big Boy reached the top spot of the Italian Albums Chart, and was later certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. The single with same name was also certified gold in Italy. In Autumn 2016, Sylvestre should have embarked on the Big Boy Live Tour, including ten concerts throughout Italy, but the tour was later canceled due to other projects. He later recorded the song "Prego", Italian end credit version of the song "You're welcome", in a duet with Italian rapper Rocco Hunt, featured on the soundtrack of Oceania, the Italian version of the animated film Moana.
In February 2017, Sylvestre competed in the Big Artists section of the 67th Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Con te", co-written by Italian singer-songwriter Giorgia. The song was included in his first, self-titled, full-length album which was released in Italy on 10 February 2017. On 17 November, of the same year, Sylvestre released his first Christmas album, titled Big Christmas.
Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions ITASergio Sylvestre Released: 10 February 2017 Label: Sony Music Italy Formats: CD, download, streaming 10Big Christmas Released: 17 November 2017 Label: Sony Music Italy Formats: Download, streaming 47
Extended plays + List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications ITA SWIBig Boy Released: 20 May 2016 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, download, streaming 1 46 FIMI: Gold
Singles As lead artist + List of singles, with chart positions, album name and certifications Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album or EP ITA"Big Boy" 2016 19 FIMI: GoldBig Boy"Ashes" —"No Goodbye" —"Con te" 2017 13 FIMI: GoldSergio Sylvestre"Planes" —"Turn It Up" — "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with album name Single Year Album or EP"In the Town"(Gabry Ponte featuring Sergio Sylvestre) 2017 rowspan="2" "Victorious"(The Exss featuring Sergio Sylvestre) 2018
Other charted songs + List of other charted songs, with chart positions and album name Single Year Peak chart positions Album ITA "Oh Happy Day" 2021 58 Big Christmas
Other appearances + List of other album appearances Contribution Year Album"Prego"(with Rocco Hunt)2016Oceania (Colonna sonora originale)"L'Italia per me"(J-Ax & Fedez featuring Sergio Sylvestre)2017Comunisti col Rolex"Under the Bridge"(Pang! featuring Sergio Sylvestre)"The Blind Man Story"(Boomdabash featuring Sergio Sylvestre)2018Barracuda
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