Per sempre (Nina Zilli song)

"Per sempre"
Single by Nina Zilli
from the album L'amore è femmina
Released15 February 2012
GenrePop
Length3:25
LabelUniversal Music Italy
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Nina Zilli singles chronology
"Bacio d'a(d)dio"
(2010)
"Per sempre"
(2012)
"L'amore è femmina"
(2012)
Music video
"Per sempre" on YouTube

"Per sempre" (Italian pronunciation: [per ˈsɛmpre]; English: "Forever") is a song by Italian singer Nina Zilli, released in 2012 as the lead single from her second studio album, L'amore è femmina.

The song competed in the "Big Artists" section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2012, placing seventh in a field of fourteen entries.[1] During the contest, Zilli was also chosen by a specific jury to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. After being confirmed as the Italian entry to the contest, it was announced that the song was replaced by "L'amore è femmina", also performed by Nina Zilli.[2]

The song peaked at number five on the Italian Singles Chart and it was certified platinum for domestic downloads exceeding 30,000 units.[3]

  1. ^ "Sanremo 2012 - Classifica Finale Artisti" (PDF) (in Italian). RAI. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Italy changes their song to L'Amore È Femmina". Eurovision.tv. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Italian single certifications" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".