Ultimo (singer)

Ultimo, pseudonym of Niccolò Moriconi (born 27 January 1996), is an Italian pop singer/songwriter and winner of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 in the Newcomers category.

Ultimo
Background information
Birth nameNiccolò Moriconi
Born (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)
  • singer-songwriter
  • musician
Years active2016–present
Labels
  • Honiro
Websiteك

Moriconi was born in Rome, where he began studying piano at age eight and writing songs at age fourteen.[1][2] In 2016, he won the hip hop music competition "One Shot Game," promoted by the independent record company Honiro Label, which began to produce the singer shortly after.[3][4]

He was confirmed as a participant of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 in the "new proposal" category with the song "Il ballo delle incertezze". He won the contest and received the Premio Lunezia.[5][6]

His album Colpa Delle Favole has been nominated for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award (2019).[7]

Discography

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
ITA
[8]
Pianeti
  • Released: 6 October 2017
  • Label: Honiro
  • Formats: CD, download
 5
Peter Pan
  • Released: 9 February 2018
  • Label: Honiro
  • Formats: CD, download
 1
[10]
  • FIMI: 4× Platinum[9]
Colpa delle favole
  • Released: 5 April 2019
  • Label: Honiro
  • Formats: CD, download
 1
[11]
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum[9]

Singles
List of singles, with chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album or EP
ITA
[8]
"Chiave" 2017 — — Pianeti
"Ovunque tu sia" —
"Sabbia" —
"Pianeti" 20
  • FIMI: 3x Platinum[9]
"Stasera" —
"Il ballo delle incertezze" 2018 6
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum[9]
 Peter Pan
"Poesia senza veli" 20
  • FIMI: 2x Platinum[9]
"Cascare nei tuoi occhi" 6
  • FIMI: 3x Platinum[9]
"Ti dedico il silenzio" 22
  • FIMI: 2x Platinum[9]
"I tuoi particolari" 2019 2
[12]
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum[9]
 Colpa delle Favole
"Fateme cantà" 12
[13]
"Rondini al guinzaglio" 5
  • FIMI: 2x Platinum[9]
"Ipocondria" 23
  • FIMI: Platinum[9]
"Piccola stella" 12
  • FIMI: 2x Platinum[9]
"Quando fuori piove" 20
"Tutto questo sei tu" 1
[14]
  • FIMI: Platinum[9]
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References
  1. "ULTIMO - biografia". musicaitalianaemergente.it.
  2. "Ecco i 'Pianeti' su cui vola Ultimo quando il mondo gli sta stretto". adnkronos.it. 28 September 2017.
  3. "Biografia minima di Ultimo, tra i giovani al Festival di Sanremo". ilpost.it. 8 February 2018.
  4. "Honiro Label". Honiro Label.
  5. "ULTIMO: esce domani "PETER PAN" il nuovo album con il brano "Il ballo delle incertezze"". fourzine.it. 8 February 2018.
  6. "Sanremo 2018: i big in gara e le nuove proposte. Elio e Le Storie Tese e Ornella Vanoni. Ma anche i Pooh in versione "destrutturata"". huffingtonpost.it. 16 December 2017.
  7. "22 nominees shortlisted for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award | Impala". www.impalamusic.org. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  8. For all the peaks except where noted: "Ultimo discography". italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  9. "Certificazioni Ultimo" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  10. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 8 (dal 15.02.2019 al 21.02.2019)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  11. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 15 (dal 05.04.2019 al 11.04.2019)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  12. "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 7" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  13. "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 9" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  14. "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 51" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 21 December 2019.


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