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{{short description|Canadian rock musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Aldo Nova
| image             = Aldo Nova, Niagara Falls Feb-10-2024 004 (53537949361) (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Aldo Nova performing in 2024
| image_size        = <!-- Only for images smaller than 220 pixels -->
| birth_name        = Aldo Caporuscio
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1956|11|13}}
| birth_place       = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| origin            = 
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
*Vocals
*guitar
*keyboards}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[pop metal]]<ref name= "AMG"></ref>}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
*Musician
*producer
}}
| years_active      = 1979–present
| label             = [[Portrait Records|Portrait]]<br />JAMBCO Records<br />BMG Canada<br />Viral Records
| website           = 
}}

'''Aldo Nova''' is the stage name of '''Aldo Caporuscio'''<ref name="LarkinHR" /> (born November 13, 1956),<ref name= "AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aldo-nova-mn0000618713/biography|title=Aldo Nova Biography, Songs, & Albums|website= [[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 1, 2021}}</ref> a Canadian [[hard rock]] musician and [[music producer]]. He is a guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist. He gained recognition with his 1982 debut album ''[[Aldo Nova (album)|Aldo Nova]]'', which peaked at ''Billboard''{{'s}} number 8 position, and its accompanying single, "[[Fantasy (Aldo Nova song)|Fantasy]]", which reached number 23 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|'' Billboard'' Hot 100]] and boosted sales for its parent album.<ref name= "billboard">{{cite book|title=The Billboard Book of Hits |isbn= 0-8230-8285-7|author=Adam White & Fred Bronson|publisher=Billboard Books|year=1988}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://eventseeker.com/artist/86921-aldo-nova|title=Aldo Nova – Artist Profile|website=Eventseeker.com|language=en|access-date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> In 1997, he won a [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]] as co-producer of Celine Dion's 1996 album ''[[Falling into You]]''. He co-wrote four songs on the  2000 album [[Uno (La Ley album)|''Uno'']] by [[La Ley (band)|La Ley]], which won the [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album]].

== Early life ==
Nova was born  in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], to Italian immigrant parents from a small village near [[Rome]].<ref name="AMG" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://glidemagazine.com/272934/40-years-later-aldo-nova-still-out-to-prove-hes-no-one-hit-wonder-interview/|title=40 Years Later, Aldo Nova Still Out To Prove He's No One Hit Wonder (interview)|first=Leslie Michele|last=Derrough|date=April 5, 2022|website=Glide Magazine}}</ref> He adopted the stage name Aldo Nova when he started playing guitar and keyboards at age 15.

== Career ==
=== 1980s–1990s ===
Signing with [[Portrait Records]], Nova released a self-produced album ''Aldo Nova'' in 1982,<ref name="LarkinHR" /> that had two singles: "[[Fantasy (Aldo Nova song)|Fantasy]]" and "[[Foolin' Yourself]]". The Top 40 success of "Fantasy" led to Nova being listed as a [[one-hit wonder]] by [[VH1]] in 2009.<ref>{{Cite magazine |first=Leah |last=Greenblatt |date=April 7, 2009|title=VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the '80s: Do You Agree? |url=https://ew.com/article/2009/04/07/vh1s-100-greate/ |access-date=November 2, 2022 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Aldo Nova |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/aldo-nova/ |access-date=November 2, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

Nova's second album ''[[Subject...Aldo Nova]]'' from 1983,<ref name="LarkinHR" /> had two singles: "[[Monkey on Your Back]]" and "Always Be Mine". His third album ''[[Twitch (Aldo Nova album)|Twitch]]'' from 1985,<ref name="LarkinHR">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|page=326}}</ref> had two singles: "Rumours of You" and "Tonite (Lift Me Up)".

Nova was displeased with the third album and the record company's insistence on making a more commercial album.<ref name="LarkinHR" /> After supporting the ''Twitch'' album, Nova's label refused to release him from his contract, and he stopped working with Portrait. In 1990, Aldo Nova wrote the main guitar riff used in the [[Jon Bon Jovi]] song, "[[Blaze of Glory (Jon Bon Jovi song)|Blaze of Glory]]".<ref name="LarkinHR" /> In 1991, to return the favour, Bon Jovi worked with Nova to release ''[[Blood on the Bricks (Aldo Nova album)|Blood on the Bricks]]'' on Bon Jovi's label Jambco Records.<ref name="LarkinHR" /> It had three singles: "[[Blood on the Bricks (song)|Blood on the Bricks]]", "Medicine Man", and "Someday".

In addition, Nova produced some early [[Celine Dion]] albums. He co-wrote the hit song, "[[A New Day Has Come (song)|A New Day Has Come]]" for Dion, and has been featured playing guitar, synthesizer, and percussion on her records. He also wrote her songs "Your Light", "I Can't Fight the Feelin'", and "[[You and I (Celine Dion song)|You and I]]" (which was used as [[Hillary Clinton]]'s campaign song and as the [[Air Canada]] theme song). He co-wrote the [[Blue Öyster Cult]] song "Take Me Away" and was a member of the Guitar Orchestra of the State Of Imaginos on their album ''[[Imaginos]]''.

In 1996, he received a [[Grammy Award]] as producer for Celine Dion's ''[[Falling into You]]'' for Album of the Year.<ref name=":0" /> In 1997, he released his own album ''Nova's Dream'', which was seen as a return to his "signature" style of [[hard rock]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/novas-dream-mw0000246754 |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |title=Aldo Nova – ''Nova's Dream'' |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> He co-wrote the Latin Grammy nominated song "Aqui" for the Chilean rock group [[La Ley (band)|La Ley]] on the album [[Uno (La Ley album)|''Uno'']]. He also co-wrote and co-produced four other tracks on that album, which won a Grammy for best Latin/Alternative/Rock Album.

As a songwriter, Nova's hits include [[Clay Aiken]]'s "This Is The Night" (co-written with [[Chris Braide]] and [[Gary Burr]]), which in the US was a number 1 hit and the best-selling single of 2003. He wrote one and co-wrote more songs on Dion's ''[[Taking Chances]]'' album.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Aldo Nova in 1981|encyclopedia= Jam! Music's Canadian POP Music Encyclopedia |url = http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/N/Nova_Aldo.html|archive-url = https://archive.today/20120710183611/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/N/Nova_Aldo.html|url-status = usurped|archive-date = July 10, 2012}}</ref>

=== 2000s–present ===
In 2003, Nova received an International Achievement Award at the [[SOCAN]] Awards in Toronto for co-writing the Dion song "[[A New Day Has Come]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2003-socan-awards |title=2003 Socan Awards &#124; Socan |access-date=November 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012172023/http://www.socan.ca/about/awards/2003-socan-awards |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In early 2019, Nova announced to ''[[Loudwire]]'' that he would release a [[rock opera]] in June 2020 under the name ''The Life and Times of Eddie Gage''. He had been working on the album from 2008.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/aldo-nova-disappeared-after-fantasy/|title=Aldo Nova Shares Why He Disappeared After His Hit 'Fantasy'|last=katherineturman|website=Loudwire|date=January 26, 2019 |language=en|access-date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> The release was delayed, eventually coming out in the smaller EP format on 1 April 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bravewords.com/news/aldo-nova-releases-the-life-and-times-of-eddie-gage-ep-full-audio-stream-available |title=Aldo Nova Releases The Life And Times Of Eddie Gage EP; Full Audio Stream Available |date=1 April 2022 |website=BraveWords |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref>

== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
*''[[Aldo Nova (album)|Aldo Nova]]'' (1982) No. 8 US 2× Platinum<ref>{{cite web|title=certification of albums at RIAA |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php |access-date=November 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210073830/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php |archive-date=December 10, 2010}} Requires running a searches for Artist or year</ref>
*''[[Subject...Aldo Nova]]'' (1983) No. 56 US Gold & Canada Platinum
*''[[Twitch (Aldo Nova album)|Twitch]]'' (1985) Canada Gold
*''[[Blood on the Bricks (Aldo Nova album)|Blood on the Bricks]]'' (1991) No. 124 US
*''[[Nova's Dream]]'' (1997)
*''The Life and Times of Eddie Gage – A Rock Opera – 10-song EP – A Little Preview'' (EP) (2022)
*''2.0 Reloaded'' (2022)
*''Short Stories'' (EP) (2022)
*''Sonic Hallucinations'' (EP) (2022)

=== Compilations ===
*''[[A Portrait of Aldo Nova]]'' (1991)
*''[[The Best of Aldo Nova]]'' (2006)
*''Under the Gun...A Portrait of Aldo Nova'' (2007)

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2|Year
!rowspan=2|Title
!colspan=3|Chart Positions
!rowspan=2|Album
|-
!width=45|<small>[[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]</small>
!width=45|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small>
!width=45|<small>[[Mainstream Rock Chart|US Main]]</small>
|-
|rowspan=2|1982
|"[[Fantasy (Aldo Nova song)|Fantasy]]"
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|3
|rowspan=2|''Aldo Nova''
|-
|"[[Foolin' Yourself]]"
|align="center"|45
|align="center"|65
|align="center"|—
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
|"[[Monkey on Your Back]]"
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|12
|rowspan=2|''Subject''
|-
|"Always Be Mine"
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|107
|align="center"|—
|-
|rowspan=2|1985
|"Tonight (Lift Me Up)"
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|rowspan=2|''Twitch''
|-
|"Rumours Of You"
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|-
|rowspan=3|1991
|"[[Blood on the Bricks (song)|Blood on the Bricks]]"
|align="center"|65
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|14
|rowspan=3|''Blood on the Bricks''
|-
|"Someday"
|align="center"|45
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|-
|"Medicine Man"
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|43
|-
| rowspan=2|2018
|-
|"Fantasy 2.0"
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|rowspan=2|''Aldo Nova 2.0''
|-
|rowspan=4|2019
|"I'm a Survivor"
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|}

=== Songwriter/producer ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Artist
! Title
! Year
!
|-
| [[Blue Öyster Cult]]
| "Take Me Away"
| 1983
|rowspan="5"| Music/Lyrics
|-
| [[Nicole McCloud]]
| "[[Don't You Want My Love]]"
| 1985
|-
| [[Beau Geste]]
| "No More Heroes"
| 1986
|-
|rowspan="6"| [[Celine Dion]]
| "[[Just Have a Heart|Partout Je Te Vois]]"
| 1987
|-
| "[[Just Have a Heart|Have a Heart]]"
| 1990
|-
| "[[Nothing Can Stop My Love#Celine Dion version|Des Mots Qui Sonnent]]"
| 1991
|-
| "[[Dreamin' of You (Celine Dion song)|Dreamin' of You]]"
|rowspan="3"| 1996
| Music/Lyrics/Producer
|-
| "I Love You"
| Music/Lyrics
|-
| "Your Light"
|rowspan="5"| Music/Lyrics/Producer
|-
| [[Saints & Sinners (heavy metal band)|Saints & Sinners]]
|''[[Saints & Sinners (Saints & Sinners album)|Saints & Sinners]]''
|rowspan="1"| 1992
|-
|rowspan="4" | [[Éric Lapointe (singer)|Éric Lapointe]]
| "L'école du Rock'n'roll"
|rowspan="4" | 1994
|-
| "Terre Promise"
|-
| "N'importe quoi"
|-
| "Hypocrite"
|-
| [[Jetsam (band)|Jetsam]]
| "Drive"
| 1997
|-
| [[Faith Hill]]
| "I Love You"
|rowspan="2"| 1998
|-
| [[Jon Bon Jovi]]
| "Mister Big Time"
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Garou (singer)|Garou]]
| "Au Plaisir De Ton Corps"
| 2000
| Music/Lyrics
|-
| "Le Monde Est Stone"
| 2001
| Producer
|-
| [[Celine Dion]]
| "[[A New Day Has Come (song)|A New Day Has Come]]"
| 2002
| Music/Lyrics/Producer
|-
| [[Chenoa]]
| "Una Mujer (I'm A Woman)"
| 2002
| Music/Lyrics
|-
| [[Clay Aiken]]
| "[[This Is the Night (Clay Aiken song)|This Is The Night]]"
| 2003
| Music/Lyrics
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Garou (singer)|Garou]]
| "L'aveu"
|rowspan="3"| 2004
| Producer
|-
| "Pour L'amour D'une Femme"
|rowspan="2"| Music/Lyrics/Producer
|-
| [[Celine Dion]]
| "[[You and I (Celine Dion song)|You and I]]"
|-
| [[Agnes Carlsson]]
| "I Believe"
|rowspan="2"| 2005
| Music/Lyrics
|-
| [[Marilou Bourdon]]
| "Le Coeur De Mon Coeur"
| Music/Lyrics/Producer
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Garou (singer)|Garou]]
| "Que Le Temps"
|rowspan="2"| 2006
|rowspan="2"| Producer
|-
| "Trahison"
|-
|rowspan="4"| [[Celine Dion]]
| "A Song For You"
|rowspan="4"| 2007
|rowspan="4"| Music/Lyrics
|-
| "Can't Fight The Feelin'"
|-
| "Fade Away"
|-
| "Shadow Of Love"
|}

== Tours ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break|width=50%}}
* Fantasy Tour (1982–1983)
* Subject Tour (1983–1984)
* Blood on the Bricks Tour (1991)
{{col-end}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Music|Rock music|Canada}}
*[[Canadian rock]]
*[[List of Canadian musicians]]
*[[List of bands from Canada]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.famousinterview.ca/interviews/aldo_nova.htm Interview with Aldo Nova]
*[http://www.famousinterview.ca/interviews/aldo_nova_2.htm Second Interview with Aldo Nova]
*[http://everything2.org/index.pl?node=Aldo%20Nova Everything2 writeup]
*{{Discogs artist}}

{{Aldo Nova}}

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