# Joan Thiele

Alessandra Joan Thiele (Italian pronunciation:; born 21 September 1991), known professionally as Joan Thiele, is an Italian singer-songwriter.

## Early life

Alessandra Joan Thiele was born in Desenzano del Garda, Brescia, to an Italian mother from Naples and Swiss father of Colombian descent. She has one brother.
She spent her early childhood in Cartagena, Colombia, before moving back to Desenzano del Garda with her mother after her parents separated. At the age of 18, she moved to London. She later moved back to Italy and settled in Milan.

## Career

Thiele began pursuing music as a busker at the age of 16. In 2015, she released a cover of Drake's "Hotline Bling". The following year, she released her first single, "Save Me", and first extended play, Joan Thiele. In 2018, she performed at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Later that year, she released her first studio album, Tango.
"Le vacanze", her first single in Italian, was released in 2019. In March 2020, she released Operazione oro, her second extended play and first in Italian. In September 2021, she was featured on the song "Proiettili (ti mangio il cuore)" by Elodie, included on the soundtrack of the film Burning Hearts, and was awarded with the David di Donatello for Best Original Song.
In December 2024, she was announced as one of the participants in the Sanremo Music Festival 2025. She placed 20th with the song "Eco". Her second studio album, Joanita, was released on 21 February 2025.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | ITA |
| Tango | Release date: 15 June 2018 Label: Universal Formats: LP, digital download, streaming | — |
| Joanita | Release date: 21 February 2025 Label: Sony Music Italy Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming | 12 |

### Mixtapes

| Title | Details |
| Atti | Release date: 20 May 2022 Label: Undamento Formats: LP |

### Extended plays

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | ITA |
| Joan Thiele | Release date: 10 June 2016 Label: Universal Formats: CD, digital download, streaming | 91 |
| Operazione oro | Release date: 19 March 2020 Label: Polydor, Universal Formats: Digital download, streaming | — |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | ITA | Album |
| "Save Me" | 2016 | — | Joan Thiele |
| "Taxi Driver" | 2016 | — | Joan Thiele |
| "Lost Ones" | 2016 | — | Joan Thiele |
| "Armenia" | 2017 | — | Tango |
| "Fire" | 2017 | — | Tango |
| "Polite" | 2018 | — | Tango |
| "Le vacanze" | 2019 | — | Operazione oro |
| "Puta" | 2020 | — | Operazione oro |
| "Bambina" | 2020 | — | Operazione oro |
| "Sempre la stessa" | 2020 | — | Operazione oro |
| "Atto I – Memoria del futuro" | 2021 | — | Atti |
| "Atto II – Disordinato spazio" | 2021 | — | Atti |
| "Atto III – L'errore" | 2021 | — | Atti |
| "Proiettili (ti mangio il cuore)" (with Elodie) | 2022 | — | OK. Respira |
| "Veleno" | 2024 | — | Joanita |
| "Eco" | 2025 | 30 | Joanita |

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Le ragazze di Porta Venezia – The Manifesto" (Myss Keta featuring La Pina, Elodie, Priestess, Joan Thiele and Roshelle) | 2019 | Paprika |
| "Verdad" (Golden Years with Joan Thiele and Ele A) | 2023 | Non-album single |

### Other charted songs

List of songs, showing year released, selected chart positions and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | ITA | Album |
| "No Privacy/No Caption Needed" (Nitro featuring Joan Thiele) | 2020 | 58 | GarbAge |
| "Senza fiato" (Mace featuring Venerus and Joan Thiele) | 2021 | 43 | Obe |
| "Viaggio contro la paura" (Mace featuring Joan Thiele and Gemitaiz) | 2024 | 73 | Māyā |