{{short description|Italian singer-songwriter}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Giovanni Truppi | image = GiovanniTruppi (cropped).png | caption = Giovanni Truppi in Villa Ada, Rome (2015) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1981|2|21}} | birth_place = Naples, Campania, Italy | genre = Indie rock<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deejay.it/articoli/sanremo-2022-cantanti-big-giovanni-truppi-dargen-damico-rkomi-highsnob-hu-ana-mena-aka7even/|title=Sanremo 2022. Da Giovanni Truppi a Dargen D'Amico: chi sono i cantanti di Sanremo che (forse) non conosci|date=6 December 2021|work=Radio Deejay|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2010–present | label = {{hlist|Woodworm|Virgin|Universal}} | instrument = | website = }} '''Giovanni Truppi''' (born 21 February 1981) is an Italian singer-songwriter.
==Biography== Born in Naples, he debuted in 2010 with the studio album ''C'è un me dentro di me'' ("There's one me inside me") by independent label Cinico Disincanto.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freakoutmagazine.it/02-09-2010/music-mag/recensioni/29103/recensione-giovanni-truppi-ce-un-me-dentro-di-me/|title=Recensione: Giovanni Truppi - C'è un me dentro di me|work=Freakout Magazine|date=2 September 2010|language=it|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> He also worked both as a songwriter and as an instrumentalist with other musicians, including Motta. In 2017, he contributed to the main song of Francesca Comencini's film ''Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World'' (''Amori che non sanno stare al mondo''), which was nominated for the 2018 Silver Ribbon for Best original song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.fanpage.it/nastri-d-argento-2018-le-nomination-in-testa-loro-dogman-e-ammore-e-malavita/|title=Nastri d'argento 2018, le nomination: in testa 'Loro', 'Dogman' e 'Ammore e malavita'|work=Fanpage.it|date=29 May 2018|author=Valeria Morini|language=it|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> In the same year, he released his first acoustic record, ''Solopiano''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockol.it/recensioni-musicali/album/7030/giovanni-truppi-solopiano|title=Giovanni Truppi: leggi qui la recensione di 'Solopiano'|work=Rockol|date=8 April 2017|author=Marco Jeannin|language=it|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>
In 2019, Truppi's fifth album ''Poesia e civiltà'' was released for the first time with a major label (Virgin/Universal) and entered the Italian album charts.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Cecilia Ermini|url=https://ilmanifesto.it/giovanni-truppi-tra-poesia-e-civilta/|title=Giovanni Truppi tra «Poesia e civiltà»|work=Il Manifesto|date=31 March 2019|language=it|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> In the same year, he was awarded with the MEI Prize "Artist of the Year" by independent labels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wemusic.it/miglior-artista-indipendente-dellanno-giovanni-truppi-vince-il-premio-mei-pimi-2019/|title=Miglior artista indipendente dell'anno: Giovanni Truppi vince il premio MEI|date=12 June 2019|author=Ivan Noviello|language=it|access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref> In 2020, the musician released the extended play ''5'', which was written in collaboration with other four recording artists – Calcutta, La Rappresentante di Lista, Niccolò Fabi and Brunori Sas<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/interviste-musica/giovanni-truppi-racconta-5-un-ep-diventato-isola-per-cantautori/499764/|title=Giovanni Truppi racconta '5', un EP diventato isola per cantautori|work=Rolling Stone Italia|date=31 January 2020|language=it|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> – and was accompanied by the comic book ''Cinque'' (Coconino Press).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/02/truppi-cinque-fumetti-coconino/|title=Cinque stili per dire l'amore (e il fumetto) con Giovanni Truppi|work=Fumettologica|date=18 February 2020|language=it|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> In 2021, he published the book ''L'avventura'', in which Truppi describes his experience during the summer 2020 concert tour affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/libri/2021/07/26/giovanni-truppi-lavventura_5522d286-9a20-4087-8aa5-7c925b17ab12.html|title=Giovanni Truppi, L'avventura - Libri|work=ANSA|date=26 July 2021|language=it|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>
He participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2022 with the song "Tuo padre, mia madre, Lucia".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cards/sanremo-elisa-emma-donatella-rettore-ecco-tutti-big-gara/sangiovanni.shtml|title=Sanremo 2022, da Elisa a Emma e Donatella Rettore: ecco tutti i big in gara|date=4 December 2021|work=Corriere della Sera|access-date=11 December 2021|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/festival-sanremo/notizie/sanremo-2022-classifica-definitiva-finale-caf42564-86d8-11ec-ab3e-1258ba48ff09.shtml|title=Sanremo 2022, la classifica definitiva della finale|work=Corriere della Sera|date=6 February 2022|access-date=6 June 2022}}</ref>
== Discography == === Studio albums === * ''C'è un me dentro di me'' (2010) * ''Il mondo è come te lo metti in testa'' (2013) * ''Giovanni Truppi'' (2015) * ''Solopiano'' (2017) * ''Poesia e civiltà'' (2019) * ''Infinite possibilità per essere finiti'' (2023)
=== Extended plays === * ''5'' (2020)
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Truppi, Giovanni}} Category:Italian male singer-songwriters Category:21st-century Italian singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:21st-century Italian male singers Category:1981 births Category:Singers from Naples