Aldo Nova, born Aldo Caporuscio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on November 13, 1956, is a Canadian hard rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. He signed with Portrait Records and released his self-titled debut studio album, Aldo Nova, in 1982, which reached number 8 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album featured the hit single “Fantasy”, which reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Mainstream Rock chart, alongside the single “Foolin' Yourself”. He released his second studio album, Subject...Aldo Nova, in 1983, featuring the single “Monkey on Your Back”, which reached number 12 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and “Always Be Mine”. He followed with his third studio album, Twitch, in 1985, which included the singles “Rumours of You” and “Tonight (Lift Me Up)”. In 1991, Nova collaborated with Jon Bon Jovi to release his fourth studio album, Blood on the Bricks, on Jambco Records, which featured the singles “Blood on the Bricks”, “Medicine Man”, and “Someday”. He also released the compilation album A Portrait of Aldo Nova in 1991, followed by his fifth studio album, Nova's Dream, in 1997, the compilation The Best of Aldo Nova in 2006, and the extended play The Life and Times of Eddie Gage in 2022. As a songwriter and producer, Nova won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997 for co-producing Celine Dion's 1996 album Falling into You, and co-wrote Clay Aiken's 2003 Number 1 US single “This Is the Night”.
