The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival, is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria, organized and broadcast by Italian public broadcaster RAI. It is the longest-running annual TV music competition in the world on a national level and it is also the basis and inspiration for the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
"To the Morning" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, from his 1972 debut album Home Free.
Nicoletta Strambelli, known professionally as Patty Pravo, is an Italian singer. She debuted in 1966 and remained most successful commercially for the rest of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Having suffered a decline in popularity in the following decade, she experienced a career revival in mid-late 1990s and reinstated her position on Italian music charts. Her most popular songs include "La bambola" (1968), "Pazza idea" (1973), "Pensiero stupendo" (1978), and "...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" (1997). She scored fourteen top 10 albums and twelve top 10 singles in her native Italy. Pravo participated at the Sanremo Music Festival ten times, most recently in 2019, and has won three critics' awards. She also performed twelve times at the Festivalbar.
Riccardo Fogli is an Italian singer-songwriter.
The Sanremo Music Festival 2011, officially the 61st Italian Song Festival, was the 61st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 15 and 19 February 2011 and broadcast by Rai 1. The festival was presented by singer Gianni Morandi with Paolo Kessisoglu, Luca Bizzarri, Belén Rodríguez and Elisabetta Canalis, while artistic director was Gianmarco Mazzi.
The Sanremo Music Festival 2009, officially the 59th Italian Song Festival, was the 59th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 17 and 21 February 2009, and broadcast by Rai 1. It was hosted by Paolo Bonolis and Luca Laurenti. Bonolis, supported by Gianmarzo Mazzi, was also the artistic director of the contest.
Annalisa Scarrone, better known as simply Annalisa or Nali, is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer. After being part of two bands, Elaphe Guttata and leNoire, she rose to the fame after coming in second in the tenth season of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi (2010–2011). Subsequently, Annalisa participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2013 with the song "Scintille", finishing ninth.
Lorenzo Fragola is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the eighth season of the Italian talent show X Factor. His winner's single, "The Reason Why", debuted atop the Italian Singles Chart, and was later certified double platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Fragola competed both in the 65th and 66th Sanremo Music Festival, performing the songs "Siamo uguali" and "Infinite volte", and placing tenth and fifth, respectively. Both his debut album 1995, released in Italy on 31 March 2015, and its follow-up, Zero Gravity (2016) debuted atop the Italian Albums Chart.
Giovanni Caccamo is an Italian singer and songwriter. After being discovered by singer Franco Battiato and producer Caterina Caselli, he won the Newcomer's section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, with the song "Ritornerò da te", and released his debut album, Qui per te.
The Sanremo Music Festival 2016, officially the 66th Italian Song Festival, was the 66th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, between 9 and 13 February 2016, organised and broadcast by Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). The show was presented by Carlo Conti, who also served as the artistic director for the competition, together with Virginia Raffaele, Mădălina Diana Ghenea and Gabriel Garko. The program was written by Carlo Conti, Ivana Sabatini, Emanuele Giovannini, Leopoldo Siano, Giona Peduzzi, Riccardo Cassini, Martino Clericetti and Mario D'Amico.
"Cieli immensi" is a song performed by Italian singer Patty Pravo, written by Fortunato Zampaglione. It was released as the first single from her 2016 album Eccomi.
Ermal Meta is an Italian singer and songwriter.
Fortunato Zampaglione is an Italian singer-songwriter, producer of music records, lyricist and composer.
The Sanremo Music Festival 2019, officially the 69th Italian Song Festival, was the 69th annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the Teatro Ariston of Sanremo, organised and broadcast by RAI. The show was held between 5 February 2019 and 9 February 2019. Claudio Baglioni was the artistic director of the contest, and co-hosted it with Virginia Raffaele and Claudio Bisio.
Alessandro Mahmoud, known professionally as Mahmood, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence after competing on the sixth season of the Italian version of The X Factor. He has won the Sanremo Music Festival twice, in 2019 with the song "Soldi" and in 2022 alongside Blanco with the song "Brividi". His Sanremo victories allowed him to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in those respective years, finishing in second place in 2019 and in sixth place in 2022 as the host entrant.
"...E dimmi che non vuoi morire" is a 1997 song performed by Italian singer Patty Pravo. It was composed by Roberto Ferri and Gaetano Curreri, with lyrics written by Vasco Rossi.
Bye Bye Patty is the first live album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1997 by Epic Records.
Eccomi is a studio album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 2016 by Warner Music Group.
Cuore d'artista is the fourth studio album by Italian singer Noemi, released on 12 February 2016 by Sony Music. The album was launched by the single "La borsa di una donna", co-written by Marco Masini and performed at the Sanremo Music Festival 2016, where it placed 8th in the Big Artists Section. Italian singer-songwriters Ivano Fossati, Giuliano Sangiorgi and Gaetano Curreri also penned other tracks featured on the album, while Noemi only co-wrote the track "I Love You".
Pigramente signora is a studio album by Italian singer Patty Pravo, released in 1988 by CGD.
