Patrizio Franco Buanne, born 20 September 1978 in Vienna, Austria, is an Italian singer. After early talent‑contest victories, his first record Angelo de Dio surfaced in 1997, and he gained international attention with the 2005 album The Italian, featuring the single "Il Mondo", which reached the UK top 10 and earned gold and platinum worldwide. He followed with Forever Begins Tonight (2006) and Patrizio (2009) under Warner, and released Life Is Beautiful: Dankie Suid Afrika (2011) with a South African collaboration that earned him the SA's Ambassadors Award. Subsequent albums Wunderbar (2013), Viva la Dolce Vita (2015), and Bravo Patrizio (2016) expanded his repertoire, as well as Italianissimo (2018). In 2020, he released Christmas with Patrizio Buanne and in 2021, the live DVD Celebration! Live in South Africa.