Giovanni Pietro Damian (born 9 January 2003), known professionally as Sangiovanni, is an Italian singer, rapper and songwriter.^[3]

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Sangiovanni
Sangiovanni in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Giovanni Pietro Damian
Born	(2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 (age 21) Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Genres	Pop[1] urban[2]
Occupation(s)	Singer rapper songwriter
Years active	2020–2024; on hiatus
Labels	Sugar Music, Universal

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In 2020, Sangiovanni took part at the 20th edition of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, where he won the "Singers" section and finished second overall.^[1] He debuted with the EP Sangiovanni in May 2021, which peaked at number one of FIMI's album chart.^[4][5]

His most successful song, "Malibu", topped the Italian single chart for four weeks and was certified eight times platinum in Italy for sales exceeding 800,000 copies.^[6] On 4 December 2021, his participation at the Sanremo Music Festival 2022 was revealed.^[7] He finished fifth overall with the song "Farfalle".^[8]

He competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 with the song "Finiscimi".^[9][10]

In February 2024 he announced that he would take a break from music due to health problems. Following this decision the release of the new album and the related concert event were cancelled.^[11]