2013 in European music

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2013 in continental European music in geographical order.

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Scandinavia

Netherlands

Belgium

Germany

Switzerland

France

Portugal

Spain

Italy

Eastern Europe/ Balkans

Musical films

Deaths

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<i>Lets Talk About Love</i> 1997 studio album by Celine Dion

Let's Talk About Love is the fifteenth studio album and fifth English-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 14 November 1997 by Sony Music. The follow-up to the commercially successful Falling into You (1996), Let's Talk About Love showed a further progression of Dion's music. Throughout the project, she collaborated with Barbra Streisand, the Bee Gees, Luciano Pavarotti, Carole King, George Martin, Diana King, Brownstone, Corey Hart, and her previous producers: David Foster, Ric Wake, Walter Afanasieff, Humberto Gatica, and Jim Steinman. The album includes Dion's biggest hit, "My Heart Will Go On". Written by James Horner and Will Jennings and serving as the love theme for James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster film, Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On" topped the charts around the world and is considered to be Dion's signature song.

<i>Amélie</i> (soundtrack) 2001 soundtrack album by Yann Tiersen

Amélie is the soundtrack to the 2001 French film Amélie.

<i>Private Investigations</i> (album) 2005 compilation album by Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler is the third compilation album by Dire Straits and Scottish-born British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in 2005 by Mercury and Vertigo internationally, and Warner Bros. in the United States. Named after their 1982 hit single, the album consists of material by Dire Straits, with songs selected from the group's six studio albums from 1978 up through the group's dissolution in 1995. It also features work from the solo career of the group's singer, songwriter, and guitarist Mark Knopfler, including some of his soundtrack material.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raf (singer)</span> Italian singer-songwriter (born 1959)

Raffaele Riefoli is an Italian singer-songwriter who is better known as simply Raf.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Almeno tu nell'universo</span> 1989 single by Mia Martini

"Almeno tu nell'universo" is a song written by Bruno Lauzi and Maurizio Fabrizio and recorded by Italian singer Mia Martini, who released it as a single in 1989 and included the track in the album Martini Mia. The song was performed for the first time by Mia Martini during the Sanremo Music Festival in 1989, where it placed 9th in a field of 24, receiving the Critics Award, which was later entitled to Martini herself. The song later became a commercial success. It was also covered by several artists, including Elisa, Mina, Thelma Houston and Marco Mengoni, becoming a classic of Italian popular music.

<i>This Is the Life</i> (Amy Macdonald album) 2007 studio album by Amy Macdonald

This Is the Life is the debut studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, released on 30 July 2007. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 13 January 2008 and sold over 900,000 copies in the UK as of February 2017, awarding the album a certification of 3× Platinum.

<i>My Love: Essential Collection</i> 2008 greatest hits album by Celine Dion

My Love: Essential Collection is the third English-language greatest hits album by Canadian recording artist Celine Dion. It was released by Columbia Records on 24 October 2008 as the follow up to her previous English-language compilation, All the Way... A Decade of Song (1999). In the album's liner notes, she dedicated this collection of songs, recorded between 1990 and 2008, to her fans who supported her throughout the years. My Love: Essential Collection was released as a single disc, consisting of Dion's most successful singles, including: "My Heart Will Go On", "Because You Loved Me", "The Power of Love" and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". The two-disc edition, entitled My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection, has been further expanded to include more hits and rare songs that have not previously appeared on her albums. Both editions include one new track, "There Comes a Time". The album wasn't released in Japan because Sony Music Entertainment decided to issue a different compilation there, Complete Best.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caro Emerald</span> Dutch pop and jazz singer

Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw, known for the music project Caro Emerald, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer who mainly performs in English. Active since 2007, she rose to prominence in 2009 with debut single, "Back It Up". Follow-up single "A Night Like This" topped charts in the Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marco Mengoni</span> Italian singer (born 1988)

Marco Mengoni is an Italian singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show X Factor. Since that he has sold over 2.8 million records in Italy, peaking the Italian albums chart seven consecutive times and entering the Top 10 Italian Singles Chart fifteen times. He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2013 and again in 2023, therefore representing Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in both years, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marco Mengoni discography</span>

The discography of Italian recording artist Marco Mengoni consists of eight studio albums, two live albums, six extended plays, thirty-six singles, one promotional single, and thirty-five music videos. Mengoni reached commercial success in Italy when his first single, "Dove si vola", released after he won the third series of Italian talent show X Factor, debuted at number one on the FIMI Top Digital Downloads in December 2009. The EP with the same title entered the top 10 in Italy, and it was later certified platinum.

<i>Lamore è una cosa semplice</i> 2011 studio album by Tiziano Ferro

L'amore è una cosa semplice is the fifth studio album by Italian pop singer-songwriter Tiziano Ferro. The album was released in Europe on 28 November 2011 and it was preceded by the single "La differenza tra me e te", released on 14 October 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Modà</span>

Modà is an Italian pop band from Milan. Formed in 2002, the band currently consists of lead singer Kekko Silvestre, guitarists Diego Arrigoni and Enrico Zapparoli, bass guitarist Stefano Forcella and drummer Claudio Dirani.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fabrizio Moro</span> Musical artist

Fabrizio Mobrici, known by his stage name Fabrizio Moro, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He released his debut album in 2000 and he achieved commercial success in 2007, after winning the Newcomers' Section of the Sanremo Music Festival with his entry "Pensa". The song became a number-one hit in Italy, while the album with the same title was certified gold by the Italian Music Industry Federation.

The discography of the Sanremo Music Festival winners includes all the winning singles of the annual Festival della Canzone Italiana, an Italian song contest better known as the Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Ligurian city of the same name since 1951 and broadcast by RAI. As of 2023, the Festival has awarded 73 songs, but from 1953 to 1955, from 1957 to 1971, in 1990 and in 1991, each entry was performed by two different acts, resulting in two different releases for each winning song, for a total of 93 singles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">L'essenziale</span> 2013 single by Marco Mengoni

"L'essenziale" is a song by Italian singer Marco Mengoni and the lead single from his second studio album, #prontoacorrere (2013). Released in Italy on 13 February 2013, the song was written by Roberto Casalino, Francesco De Benedettis, and Mengoni, and produced by Michele Canova. Casalino described the song as an Italian-style ballad that is about the necessity of essentiality.

<i>prontoacorrere</i> 2013 studio album by Marco Mengoni

#prontoacorrere is the second studio album by Italian singer Marco Mengoni, released by Sony Music Italy on 19 March 2013 and produced by Michele Canova.

2014 in continental European music in geographical order.

2015 in continental European music in geographical order.

<i>Marco Mengoni Live</i> 2016 live album by Marco Mengoni

Marco Mengoni Live is the second live album by Italian recording artist Marco Mengoni, released on 25 November 2016 and also featuring 5 previously unreleased studio tracks. The album was preceded by the single "Sai che", released on 14 October 2016. Marco Mengoni Live is the last chapter of Mengoni's project Parole in circolo, which also included the studio albums Parole in circolo and Le cose che non ho, both released in 2015.

Happy Mistake is the third studio album by Italian singer and pianist Raphael Gualazzi. It was released in Italy through Sugar Music on the 14 February 2013. The album reached number 5 on the Italian Albums Chart. The album also charted in Belgium and France. An International Deluxe Edition was released on 25 March 2013.

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  23. Australian composer Tommy Tycho dies
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  25. Obituary: Anders Eliasson, composer
  26. Le compositeur français Henri Dutilleux est mort
  27. Bruno Bartoletti, Maestro Who Shaped Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dies at 86
  28. Henrik Otto Donner on kuollut (in Finnish)
  29. Lutto nel mondo del teatro, morto l'attore-regista Lamberto Puggelli (in Italian)
  30. Muziekpionier Dick Raaijmakers (83) overleden (in Dutch)
  31. Ex-Thomaskantor Hans-Joachim Rotzsch ist 84-jährig gestorben Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  32. French Helmer Patrice Chereau Dies at 68.
  33. Addio a Gianni Ferrio (in Italian)
  34. Der Pianist Rudolf Kehrer ist tot (in German)
  35. Oopperalaulaja Tom Krause on kuollut (in Finnish)
  36. "Barbara Hesse-Bukowska nie żyje", Polskie Radio (Polish Radio)
  37. Pioneering Noise Musician Zbigniew Karkowski Dead at 55
  38. Tonsättaren Lars Edlund har avlidit (in Swedish)
  39. Wojciech Kilar nie żyje Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)