Loredana Berte
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Berte in 2006
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Born
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1950-09-20
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20 September 1950
(age 73)
Bagnara Calabra
,
Reggio Calabria
, Italy
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Genres
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Occupation(s)
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- Singer
- songwriter
- record producer
- actress
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Years active
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Musical artist
Loredana Berte
(
Italian pronunciation:
[lore?daːna
ber?t?]
; born 20 September 1950) is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress. In her long career she has worked with prominent Italian songwriters such as
Pino Daniele
,
Ivano Fossati
,
Mario Lavezzi
,
Mango
and
Enrico Ruggeri
, among others; her sister
Mia Martini
was also an acclaimed singer. She has experimented with different genres, from
rock
to
reggae
, from
funk
to
pop
.
[1]
Berte is known for the eccentric clothing she wears onstage for her performances.
Early life
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Berte was born in
Bagnara Calabra
,
Province of Reggio Calabria
, in Southern Italy,
[1]
the third of four daughters, three years after her sister
Domenica
. Her parents, Giuseppe Radames Berte and Maria Salvina Dato, were both school teachers. Loredana spent her childhood in
Porto Recanati
and then in
Ancona
. After her parents separated, Berte moved with her mother to
Rome
where she attended the local Art Institute.
Career
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In the early 1970s she performed as a go-go dancer in television and radio shows such as "Bandiera gialla" and "Stasera Rita!". She later joined the dance troupe of the Piper Club in Rome, where she met
Renato Zero
. In 1969 both Berte, Zero and
Teo Teocoli
starred in the Italian edition of the musical "
Hair
". In 1970 Loredana and her sister Domenica, who had by then changed her name to Mia Martini, performed as backing vocalists for
Chico Buarque
de Holanda. While Martini would consequently start a successful music career, recording songs like "
Piccolo uomo
" and "
Minuetto
", Loredana continued to pursue theatre. In 1972 she performed in "Ciao Rudy" and "Orfeo 9". In 1974, producers Alfredo Cerruti and Enrico Riccardi persuaded Loredana to record her first album,
Streaking
. Berte's second album, "Normale o Super" included "Sei Bellissima", Berte's first domestic hit. In 1978, Berte started a relationship with
Ivano Fossati
. Fossati produced the single "E la luna busso", which is considered one of the early minstream reggae songs in Italy.
In the early 1980s Berte spent a year in New York to work on her next album.
Elio Fiorucci
introduced her to
Andy Warhol
at the Factory. Warhol and Berte collaborated on the music video for her song "Movie".
[2]
In 1982 she won
Festivalbar
with "Non sono una signora". In 1985 she recorded the album
Carioca
in collaboration with
Djavan
. In 1986 she participated to the
Sanremo Music Festival
with the song "Re". In 1988 she met and married
Bjorn Borg
. The marriage would end in 1992. In 1993 Berte and Mia Martini, collaborated on the song "Stiamo come stiamo". On May 12, 1995, Martini was found unresponsive in her apartment in Cardano al Campo (varese). Martini's death proved to be a devastating moment in Berte's life.
In the early 2000s Loredana returned to theatre, performing with
Carla Fracci
in "Gerusalemme" at the
Baths of Caracalla
in Rome. She entrusts the direction of the three video clips that are part of the mini-CD "Dimmi che mi ami" of 2002. Two years later she took part in "Music Farm", the first reality show on Italian TV involving famous singers. Thanks to the show's proceeds, she produced the new album "Babyberte" (2005) by herself.
In April 2010 she suffered a bad fall, and the related surgery forced her to a lengthy hospitalization. She returned to the Sanremo Music Festival the following year, finishing fourth with the
Gigi D'Alessio
song "Respirare". Her following tour, "Bandaberte", ended up in Russia, where she participated in the international
White Nights Festival
in St. Petersburg.
[3]
In 2015 she played the judge's role in the talent "Friends of Maria De Filippi". In 2017 she recorded the songs "Allegria" with J-Ax and
Fedez
and "Occhi di Gatto" with Cristina D'Avena.
In 2016 Berte staged a big show at the
Verona Arena
called "Amiche in Arena", performing a series of duets with other Italian female artists, including
Fiorella Mannoia
,
Gianna Nannini
,
Patty Pravo
and
Irene Grandi
.
[4]
Berte's song "J'adore Venise" was included in
Luca Guadagnino
's Oscar-winning film's soundtrack,
Call Me By Your Name
(2017).
In 2018 she topped the Italian charts again with "Non ti dico no", a song made in collaboration with the reggae dancehall band
Boomdabash
. She also duetted with
Fabio Rovazzi
and
J-Ax
in "Senza pensieri".
She competed in the
Sanremo Music Festival 2024
with the song "
Pazza
",
[5]
[6]
finishing in seventh place but being awarded the Critics' prize, named after her sister Mia Martini.
[7]
Shortly after, she was selected to compete in the final of
Una voce per San Marino 2024
, the Sammarinese national selection for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2024
, with the same song.
[8]
[9]
Personal life
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From 1988 to 1992, Berte was married to the tennis star
Bjorn Borg
.
Discography
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Albums
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- Streaking
(1974)
- Normale o super
(1976) Italy: Gold
- TIR
(1977) Italy: Gold
- BandaBerte
(1979) Italy: Platinm
- Loredana Berte
(1980) Italy: Platinum
- Made in Italy
(1981) Italy: Platinum
- Traslocando
(1982) Italy: 5× Platinum
- Jazz
(1983) Italy: Platinum
- Lorinedita
(1983)
- Savoir faire
(1984) Italy: Platinum
- Carioca
(1985) Italy: Platinum
- Fotografando
(1986) Italy: Platinum
- Io
(1988) Italy: Gold
- Best
(1991)
- Ufficialmente dispersi
(1993)
- Bertex, ingresso libero
(1994)
- Ufficialmente ritrovati
(1995)
- Un pettirosso da combattimento
(1997) Italy: Gold
- Decisamente Loredana
(1998)
- BabyBerte
(2005) Italy: Platinum
- BabyBerte ? special edition Buch+cd+dvd
(2006)
- BabyBerte live 2007
(2007)
- Bertilation
(2008)
- Lola & Angiolina project
(2009)
- LiBerte
(2018) Italy: Gold
Singles
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- "Volevi un amore grande" (1974)
- "
Sei bellissima
" (1975) Italy: Diamond
- "Meglio libera" (1976) Italy: Platinum
- "Fiabe" (1977) Italy: Platinum
- "Grida" (1997) Italy: Platinum
- "Decisamente Loredana" (1977)
- "
Dedicato
" (1978) Italy: Diamond
- "
E la luna busso
" (1979) Italy: Diamond
- "In alto mare" (1980) Italy: Diamond
- "Movie" (1981) Italy: Platinum
- "
Non sono una signora
" (1982) Italy: Diamond
- "Per i tuoi occhi" (1982) Italy: Platinum
- "Acqua" (1985) Italy: Platinum
- "Re" (1986) Italy: Platinum
- "Io" (1988) Italy: Gold
- "In questa citta" (1991)
- "Stiamo come stiamo" (1993)
- "Amici non ne ho" (1994)
- "Portami con te" (1998)
- "Dimmi che mi ami" (2002) Italy: Gold
- "Sara perche ti amo (chi se ne frega!!)" (2004)
- "Strade di fuoco" (2006) Italy: Gold
- "Musica e parole" (2008) Italy: Gold
- "Cattiva" (
Loredana Errore
feat. Loredana Berte) (2011)
- "Respirare" (with
Gigi D'Alessio
) (2012) Italy: Gold
- "Ma quale musica leggera" (2012)
- "Non ti dico no" (with
Boomdabash
) (2018) Italy: 2× Platinum
- "
Cosa ti aspetti da me
" (2019) Italy: Platinum
- "Tequila e San Miguel" (2019)
- "Senza pensieri" (2019) Italy: Platinum
- "Figlia di..." (2021) Italy: Gold
- "Tuttapposto" (2021)
- "Che sogno incredibile" (2021) Italy: Gold
- "
Pazza
" (2024)
Filmography
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Films
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Performers
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
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1990s
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- "Sotto questo sole"
- "Quattro amici"
- "Mare mare"
- "Il battito animale"
- "Io muoio di te"
- "Tieni il tempo"
- "
Piu bella cosa
"
- "Che male c'e"
- "Io no"
- "Un raggio di sole"
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2000s
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- "Qualcosa di grande"
- "Ti prendo e ti porto via"
- "Tutti vogliono viaggiare in prima"
- "
Un'emozione per sempre
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- "Il grande Baboomba"
- "Lascia che io sia"
- "Happy Hour"
- "Parlami d'amore"
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