the baiana Priscilla Novaes LeonePitty, 45 years old, better known as Pitty, is one of the most successful artists in Brazilian music. And she is also a descendant of Italians with a very common surname in the regions of Puglia and Sicilia.
Born in Salvador on October 7, 1977, Pitty is a singer, composer, producer, writer, businesswoman, presenter and multi-instrumentalist.
Daughter of a bar owner and a shoe store saleswoman, Mrs. Dina, she has a brother, Leonardo, ten years younger.
Music entered his life when he was still a child, and his father played songs on the guitar. Raul Seixas and introduced his daughter to artists such as Beatles, Elvis Presley and Lou Reed.
Pitty, nickname that came from “pititica”, as the girl who was only 1,60 meters tall was called, studied at a private school with a scholarship while learning to dance at sesc.
Diving into music
At age 12, she went to live with her parents in Porto Seguro, where she began to play at parties, which mixed lambada, the fashionable rhythm at the time, with sounds recently discovered by the singer, such as Metallica, Faith No More and The Sex Pistols.
Already separated from her husband, her mother took her back to Salvador at the age of 16. Pitty already worked in various activities, as a receptionist in a tattoo studio, waitress and saleswoman in a clothing store.
Back in the capital of Bahia, Pitty formed her first band in 1997 – Shes - a punk rock group formed by women, in which she played drums. However, this first experience lasted only a year.
Pitty's first band
She then started working at a jingle studio and met the four Inkoma members, a band from Salvador that represented the hardcore scene of the time and I was looking for a vocalist.
Pitty joined the band, recorded with Inkoma Pure Stack demo and participated in the music video Soneto, from 1999. In 2001 the group came to an end.
At the same time, he met the musician Duda Machado, presented by the sister of one of the Inkoma members. Pitty and Duda had a relationship and They lived together between 2000 and 2004, when the union ended. He continued playing with her until 2018.
Pitty finds a producer
In 2001, after the end of Inkoma, Pitty began studying music at federal university of Bahia, where she made contact with producer Rafael Ramos, who invited her to record a demo.
The demo was approved and, in 2002, Pitty went to Rio de Janeiro to record the first studio album of his solo career. At the time, his band was made up only of musicians from Bahia: Joe on the bottom, Peu Sousa on guitar and Duda Machado on the battery.
Pitty reaches success
In 2003, he left Admirable New Clip, his first album, full of hard rock songs filled with socially critical lyrics. The first single, Mask, did a lot success, as well as other songs on the album, such as Glass Ceiling e equalize.
With the tour Brave New Tour, Pitty started to do about 20 shows per month and reached the end of 2003 with the best-selling rock album in Brazil. In the ninth edition of MTV Video Music Brazil, she competed as a new artist.
The music Temporary was part of the soap opera's soundtrack The color of sin and Máscara was included in the soundtrack of Senhora do Destino. The single Teto de Vidro was part of the series Workout.
Second album and live recording
In 2005, he released his second album, Anachronistic, which sold more than 180 thousand copies and was successful with the songs Déjà Vu, De Você, On your Shelf and Memories.
Two years later, Pitty released her first live album, {Des} Live Concert and in 2009 the third studio album hit stores, Chiaroscuro, with emphasis on the songs Love Me, Failure and Only Now.
In 2010, Pitty released her second live album, recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Delirious Troupe, nominated for best rock album at the Latin Grammys.
Partnerships and going solo again
In 2011, Pitty launched the project Agridoce, alongside her guitarist, Martin Mendonca, with musical fusions between rock and folk. The duo released the single Dançando, taken from the album of the same name.
After three years of dedication to bittersweet project, Pitty released the album in 2014 Seven Lives, which was accompanied by a single of the same name.
In 2017, Pitty released the music videos against the grain and Te Conecta, which were included in the singer's fifth album, Matrix, released in 2019. In 2022 she released the EP Casulo, with 4 tracks, launching his own label.
The singer also released albums in partnership with the singer Black Li, Coca-Cola Studio: Pitty and Negra Li (2007), and with the singer Nando Reis, with whom he carried out the project PITTYNANDO and recorded Yours, Mine and Ours (2022).
Marriage and motherhood
In 2006, two years after ending her relationship with drummer Duda Machado, Pitty met fellow drummer Daniel Weskler, who played in the band at the time NX Zero.
The two started a relationship and became married in 2010. In 2016, the couple's first daughter, Madalena Weskler, was born. Daniel has been playing in Pitty's band since 2018.
Between 2017 and 2022, Pitty was part of the TV program tight skirt, from the subscription channel GNT, alongside Astrid Fontenelle, Monica Martelli and Gabi Amarantos.
Awards, tours and sex appeal
Among the awards he received are Best of the Year, São Paulo Association of Art Critics, Multishow Brazilian Music Award and MTV Video Music Brazil.
She also ran for the Latin Grammy and performed in countries such as Portugal, the United States, Argentina and Japan, as well as performing at festivals such as Rock in Rio, Lollapalooza and João Rock.
Pitty, who has an estimated net worth of R$6 million, was elected in 2010 by the website Frantik Mag as 35th sexiest rock vocalist in the world.
Last Name
The surname Leone may be linked to nicknames related to behavioral characteristics, or to proper names, such as the medieval Leone or the Latin Leon.
According to the Cognomix website, the surname is also related to the family coat of arms, which has one or more lions. The initial dissemination of both the name and the nickname is due to the cult of Saint Mark the Evangelist, which had the lion as one of its symbols.
The surname Leone is present throughout Italy, as well as its variations, such as Leon, Lion, Lyons, Lyons, Liuni, Lioni, Leonotti and Leoneschi.
There are approximately 15071 Leone families in Italy, with predominance in Puglia (2788), Sicily (2341) and in campania (1901)
The surname Leone is the 9th most popular in the region of Puglia, the 11th in the province of Bari and the most popular in the city of Rivarolo Canavese, located in the province of Turin, Piedmont region.
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