Levante (singer)

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Levante
Levante performing in May 2015.
Background information
Born	(1987-05-23) 23 May 1987 (age 37) Caltagirone, Catania, Sicily, Italy
Genres	Indie pop
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Carosello
Website	levanteofficial.com

Claudia Lagona (born 23 May 1987), better known by her stage name Levante, is an Italian singer-songwriter, novel writer and model.^[1] She rose to fame in the 2010s, publishing four albums and several media success singles and collaborations, reaching the top ten on the Italian Albums Chart three times. She has written songs for several Italian artists and has collaborated with Gianni Morandi, Irene Grandi, Max Gazzè, The Kolors, J-Ax, Tiziano Ferro and Carmen Consoli.

Levante has sold over 360,000 records in Italy and received a MTV Europe Music Award nomination and several Italian music achievements, including Premio Tenco, Academy Medimex and a participation at Sanremo Music Festival in 2020 and in 2023. In 2019 Vogue included her in their "100 people who can influence world trends in fashion and art" list.^[2]

In 2017, she was chosen as a judge for the eleventh series of the Italian talent show X Factor.^[3] She has also written three novels.^[4]