Ermal Meta

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Ermal Meta
Ermal Meta in 2018
Background information
Born	(1981-04-20) 20 April 1981 (age 43) Fier, Albania
Genres	Alternative rock pop electropop
Occupations	Singer songwriter composer
Instruments	Vocals guitar keyboard synthesizer bass piano drum machine sampler cajón
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Mescal[1]

Ermal Meta (Italian: [ˈɛrmal ˈmɛːta], Albanian: [ɛɾˈmal ˈmɛta]; born 20 April 1981) is an Italian singer and songwriter.

Meta rose to prominence as one of the lead singers of Ameba 4 and La Fame di Camilla [it].^[2] After becoming a songwriter for several Italian artists, he launched his solo career, releasing two studio albums: Umano (2016) and Vietato morire (2017). The latter peaked at number one in Italy, and was preceded by the single with the same title, which placed third in the main competition of the Sanremo Music Festival 2017, also receiving the "Mia Martini" Critics' Prize.

In 2018, Meta won the Sanremo Music Festival and went on to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.^[3][4]