Alessio Mininni (born 19 December 1997), known professionally as Maninni, is an Italian singer-songwriter. Alessio Mininni was born and raised in Bitetto, a town in the Metropolitan City of Bari. His father is a metalworker and his mother is a homemaker. He has one brother. He fell in love with music after attending a U2 concert with his father at the age of nine, and took up guitar shortly thereafter. He graduated from the Don Lorenzo Milani liceo musicale in Acquaviva delle Fonti. Description above from the Wikipedia, Free Encyclopedia.