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| Aria | ||||
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| Released | 27 November 2002 | |||
| Recorded | May – October 2001 | |||
| Studio | Dreamtools/Powerplay Studios (Maur, Switzerland) CTS Studios (London) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 56:05 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Armand Volker, Gianna Nannini | |||
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Aria is the seventeenth album released by Gianna Nannini in 2002. It reached number 7 on the Italian album chart and number 29 on the album chart in Switzerland.
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Gianna Nannini is an Italian singer and songwriter. Her most notable songs include "America" (1979), "Fotoromanza" (1984), "I Maschi" (1987), "Meravigliosa creatura" and "Bello e impossibile" (1986). The latter became a hit across Europe, especially in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) or Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously existing Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani (AFI). During the following years, most of the remaining Italian record labels left AFI to join the new organisation. As of 2011, FIMI represents 2,500 companies operating in the music business.
California is the third album by Gianna Nannini and was released in 1979. The album, a rock record - with the single "America" – took her straight to the top of the charts in Germany and Northern Europe in 1980. The album went platinum in Italy and gold in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
Puzzle is the sixth album by Gianna Nannini. It was released in 1984. The first single from the album, "Fotoromanza", was a summer hit and went on to win the Festivalbar, Vota la Voce and a Gold Telegatto Award. The music video was directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The album went platinum in Italy, with "Fotoromanza" topping the charts in Italy, Switzerland and Austria. The European tour to promote the album culminated with a handful of very successful dates in Berlin, at the Montreaux Jazz Festival and in Cologne, resulted in the album Tutto Live (1985).
Latin Lover is the fifth album by Gianna Nannini. It was released in 1982
Gianna Nannini is the first album released by Gianna Nannini in 1976.
G. N. is the fourth album by Gianna Nannini and was released in 1981.
Profumo is the eighth album by Gianna Nannini. It was released in 1986.
Maschi e Altri was the ninth album by Gianna Nannini. It was her first compilation album, and was released in 1987 in South America, South Korea, Israel, South Africa and Australia. It includes some of her most successful singles, including "Profumo", "I Maschi" and "Avventura" .
Nannini did not tour to promote the album but she took part in a concert at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg on May 1, 1987, where she performed a selection of songs by Bertoldt Brecht and Kurt Weill alongside Sting and Jack Bruce. The album was a commercial success, becoming her first album to sell over a million copies in Europe alone.
Malafemmina is Gianna Nannini's eighth studio album, and tenth album overall. It was released in 1988.
Perle is the eighteenth album released by Gianna Nannini in 2004. It reached number 6 on the Italian album chart and number 22 on the album chart in Switzerland.
"Un'estate italiana", "To be number one" (English) or "Un verano italiano" is the official song of the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. The song was composed by Giorgio Moroder with lyrics by Tom Whitlock. The Italian version, also known as "Notti magiche" in Italy, was recorded by Italian artists Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini, who also wrote the Italian lyrics. The Spanish version, also known as "Noches mágicas" in Spanish, was recorded by Paraguayan Susan Ferrer, who also wrote the Spanish lyrics.
Grazie is the nineteenth album by Italian pop singer, Gianna Nannini. It was released in 2006. As of 2006, the album has sold 400,000 copies in Italy.
"Meravigliosa creatura" is a song by Italian rock vocalist Gianna Nannini, written by Mara Redeghieri, vocalist at Ustmamò. The single was simultaneously on air at different radio networks on 1 January 1995, one minute after midnight, and it anticipates the release of the album Dispetto, expected on 13 February of the same year in all Europe. In 2004, it was featured on the album Perle with a new arrangement of the song, a new slow version with piano and chord instruments that will be finished as a last arrangement of February 2007, 3 years after the album Perlo was released. The final arrangement was chosen as the soundtrack for the Fiat Bravo spot, helping the piece to get in the charts. It was not released as a single, but the sales of the piece was mostly by internet download. Incredibly, the piece reaches the number one in charts, for the third time in the singer musical career; it had to pass 17 years until Gianna Nannini reached the singles top.
A me piace così is the first solo studio album from Italian pop singer Emma Marrone published on October 19, 2010 from label Universal Music. The record, preceded by the single "Con le nuvole", consists of twelve tracks, including a cover the song "La lontananza" by Domenico Modugno. In November is published "Special Edition" of the disc, which contains both the traces of A me piace cosi so that the traces of her debut EP Oltre, with the addition of two previously unreleased tracks: "L'amore che ho", scritta da Neffa and the cover of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", sung with Craig David and also included in the digital version of David's album Signed Sealed Delivered (2010).
Io e te is the twenty-second album by Gianna Nannini, released on 11 January 2011.
"Domani 21/04.09" is a charity single released by the supergroup Artisti Uniti per l'Abruzzo in 2009. The project supported the victims of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake. The song is a cover of Mauro Pagani's "Domani", included in his 2003 album with the same title.
"Fotoromanza" is a song composed by Gianna Nannini, Conny Plank and Raffaella Riva and performed by Gianna Nannini. The single peaked at first place for four consecutive weeks in September 1984 on the Italian hit parade. It won the 1984 edition of Festivalbar and also won "Vota la Voce", a musical event organized by the magazine TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. The music video of the song was directed by the Academy Award winner Michelangelo Antonioni.
"I Maschi" is a song composed by Gianna Nannini and Fabio Pianigiani and performed by Gianna Nannini. The single peaked at second place on the Italian hit parade. It was also an international hit, which charted in Austria, France, Germany, Belgium and Sweden. The song represented Italy at the 18th World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo. It was the title-track of the compilation album Maschi e Altri.
"Bello e Impossibile" is a song composed by Gianna Nannini and Fabio Pianigiani and performed by Gianna Nannini. The single peaked at second place on the Italian hit parade, being awarded double platinum. It was also awarded platinum in Austria and Switzerland, and gold disc in Germany. Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán covered the song for her debut album Bye Mamá (1988).
