Fabrizio Moro

Fabrizio Moro
Fabrizio Moro in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Fabrizio Mobrici
Born	(1975-04-09) 9 April 1975 (age 49) Rome, Italy
Genres	Pop rock
Occupations	Singer songwriter musician
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Sony Music, La Fattoria del Moro

Fabrizio Mobrici (born 9 April 1975), 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.

As of 2020, he has released nine studio albums, an extended play and a live album. In 2011, Moro also presented the docu-reality Sbarre, broadcast by Rai 2. He also wrote songs for other artists, including pop rock band Stadio and pop singer Noemi.

In a duet with Ermal Meta, he won the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 with the song "Non mi avete fatto niente", and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, reaching 5th place overall.

Music career

Fabrizio Moro released his debut single, "Per tutta un'altra destinazione", in 1996. ^[1] The single was later included in his first self-titled studio album, which was released in 2000 by Ricordi, ^[2] following his participation in the Newcomers' Section of the 50th Sanremo Music Festival. Moro competed with the song "Un giorno senza fine", placing 13th in a field of 18. ^[3]

In 2004 Moro recorded a Spanish-language version of the song "Situazioni della vita" for the compilation album Italianos para siempre, released in Latin America by Universal and featuring songs performed by several other Italian artists. ^[4] His following singles, "Eppure pretendevi di essere chiamata amore" and "Ci vuole un business" were released in 2004 and 2005, respectively.

In 2007, Moro rose to national fame after competing for a second time in the Newcomers' Section of the Sanremo Music Festival. His entry "Pensa", a rap-influenced anti-Mafia song dedicated to Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino won the Newcomers' competition and received the "Mia Martini" Critics' Award during the 57th edition of the contest. ^[5] After being released as a single, "Pensa" topped the Italian Singles Chart and entered the top 40 in Switzerland. ^[6] The song was also included in the album with the same title, which was later certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. ^[7]

Fabrizio Moro in concert, 20 July 2007

After his third participation in the Sanremo Music Festival, the first in the section reserved to established artists, Moro released his third studio album in 2008, titled Domani. ^[8] The first single from the album, "Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita", placed third in the singing competition ^[9] and became a top ten hit in Italy. ^[10]

In 2009 Moro contributed writing the song "Resta come sei" for the album Diluvio universale by Italian pop rock band Stadio. Moro also appears as a featured artists in the track. ^[11] On 5 June 2009, he released his first Extended Play, Barabba. The title track was considered by Italian journalists as a reference to Silvio Berlusconi's scandal involving teenager Noemi Letizia. Despite this, he denied any reference to Silvio Berlusconi, claiming the song was written before the scandal was revealed. ^[12] The following year, Moro competed once again in the Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Non è una canzone". ^[13] During the semi-final, he also performed the song with Spanish band Jarabe de Palo, but he failed to qualify for the final night of the competition. ^{[14] [15]} The song was included in the album Ancora Barabba and peaked at number 17 on the Italian FIMI Top Digital Download. ^{[16] [17]}

In November 2011, Moro debuted as a TV personality, presenting the programme Sbarre, a docu-reality about Italian prisons broadcast by Rai 2. ^[18] Moro also wrote and performed the programme's theme song, "Respiro", ^[18] released as a single on 23 September 2011 and included in Moro's first live album, Live Atlantico. ^[19]

As a songwriter, Moro also wrote the songs "Sono solo parole" and "Se non è amore", both released as singles by Noemi and included in the 2012 edition of RossoNoemi and in Rosso Live, respectively. ^{[20] [21]}

On 11 February 2018, Moro, along with Ermal Meta, won the Big Artists section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 with the song Non mi avete fatto niente, and as such, represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, reaching fifth place overall. ^[22]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		ITA [23]	SWI [24]
Fabrizio Moro	Released: 2000 Label: Ricordi Format: CD	—	—
Ognuno ha quel che si merita	Released: 2005 Label: Don't Worry Records Format: CD, digital download	—	—
Pensa	Released: 2 March 2007 Label: La Ciliegia, Warner Music Italy Format: CD, digital download	15	36	FIMI: Gold [7]
Domani	Released: 29 February 2008 Label: La Ciliegia, Warner Music Italy Format: CD, digital download	23	62	FIMI: Gold [25]
Ancora Barabba	Released: 19 February 2010 Label: Warner Music Format: CD, digital download	39	—
L'inizio	Released: 30 April 2013 Label: La Fattoria del Moro Format: CD, digital download	13	—
Via delle Girandole 10	Released: 17 March 2015 Label: La Fattoria del Moro Format: CD, digital download	10	—
Pace	Released: 10 March 2017 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, digital download	2	37	FIMI: Gold [26]
Figli di nessuno	Released: 12 April 2019 Label: Sony Music Format: CD, digital download	2	45
La mia voce	Released: 4 February 2022 Label: Warner Format: CD, digital download	7 [27]	—
La mia voce vol. 2	Released: 19 May 2023 Label: Warner Format: CD, digital download	8 [28]	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		ITA [23]
Atlantico Live	Released: 8 November 2011 Label: Edel Format: 2× CD+DVD, digital download	40

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		ITA [23]	SWI [24]
Il meglio di Fabrizio Moro - Grandi successi	Released: 20 May 2016 Label: Nar International Format: CD, digital download	74	—
Parole rumori e anni	Released: 9 February 2018 Label: Sony Music, RCA Records Format: CD, digital download	3	75	FIMI: Gold [26]
Canzoni d'amore nascoste	Released: 20 November 2020 Label: La Fattoria del Moro, Believe Format: CD, digital download	4	—

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		ITA [23]
Barabba	Released: 5 June 2009 Label: Warner Music Italy Format: CD, digital download	39
La mia voce	Released: 2022 Label: Warner Music Italy Format: CD, digital download
La mia voce vol. 2	Released: May 2023 [29] Label: Warner Music Italy Format: CD, digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Album
		ITA [23]	FRA [30]	SWE Heat. [31]	SWI [24]
"Per tutta un'altra destinazione"	1996	—	—	—	—		Fabrizio Moro
"Un giorno senza fine"	2000	—	—	—	—
"Eppure pretendevi di essere chiamata amore"	2004	—	—	—	—		Ognuno ha quel che si merita
"Ci vuole un business"	2005	—	—	—	—
"Pensa"	2007	1	—	—	38	FIMI: Gold [26]	Pensa
"Fammi sentire la voce"		—	—	—	—
"Parole rumori e giorni"		—	—	—	—
"Eppure mi hai cambiato la vita"	2008	8	—	—	—		Domani
"Libero"		22	—	—	—
"Il senso di ogni cosa"	2009	9	—	—	—	FIMI: Platinum [26]	Ancora Barabba
"Barabba"		—	—	—	—
"Non è una canzone"	2010	—	—	—	—
"Respiro"	2011	—	—	—	—		Atlantico Live
"Fermi con le mani"		—	—	—	—
"Sono come sono"	2013	54	—	—	—		L'inizio
"L'eternità"		—	—	—	—
"Babbo Natale esiste"		—	—	—	—
"Acqua"	2015	—	—	—	—		Via delle Girandole 10
"Alessandra sarà sempre più bella"		—	—	—	—
"Sono anni che ti aspetto"	2016	—	—	—	—		Pace
"Portami via"	2017	6	—	—	—	FIMI: 2× Platinum [26]
"Andiamo"		—	—	—	—
"La felicità"		—	—	—	—
"Non mi avete fatto niente" (with Ermal Meta)	2018	2	134	20	16	FIMI: Platinum [26]	Parole rumori e anni
"L'eternità (il mio quartiere)" (feat. Ultimo)		71	—	—	—	FIMI: Gold [26]
"Ho bisogno di credere"	2019	56	—	—	—		Figli di nessuno
"Figli di nessuno (amianto)" (feat. Anastasio)		—	—	—	—
"Per me"		—	—	—	—
"Il senso di ogni cosa"	2020	—	—	—	—	FIMI: Gold [26]	Canzoni d'amore nascoste
"Melodia di giugno"		—	—	—	—
"Voglio stare con te"	2021	—	—	—	—
"Sei tu"	2022	20	—	—	—	FIMI: Gold [26]	La mia voce
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Television

• Sbarre (2011) – Rai 2, 7 episodes as presenter

References

1. "Fabrizio Moro: la biografia" (in Italian). MTV Italy. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
2. "Fabrizio Moro – Fabrizio Moro – Recensioen" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 23 May 2000. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
3. "Jenny B., star di Sanremo Giovani". la Repubblica (in Italian). 26 February 2000. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
4. "Fabrizio Moro – Biografia" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 1 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
5. "Il rap contro la mafia conquista Sanremo". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 3 March 2007. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
6. "Italian Charts – Fabrizio Moro – Pensa (song)". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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9. "Trionfano Giò di Tonno e Lola Ponce". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 1 March 2008. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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11. Felice Liperi (20 March 2009). "Canzoni da Stadio è il Diluvio universale". la Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
12. "Fabrizio Moro: la mia canzone non è su Noemi". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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15. Alessandra Comazzi (20 February 2010). "Lippi in fuorigioco per gli amici del Trio" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
16. "Fabrizio Moro – Ancora Barabba" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
17. "Archivio – Top Digital Download – Classifica settimanale WK 7 (dal 15-02-2010 al 21-02-2010)" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
18. "Fabrizio Moro porta i giovani a rischio dietro le 'Sbarre', nuovo docureality di Rai2" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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20. "Noemi: A Sanremo con gli attacchi di panico". TGCOM (in Italian). Mediaset. 22 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
21. "Noemi saluta l'estate cantando l'amore". TGCOM . Mediaset. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
22. "Ermal Meta e Fabrizio Moro rappresenteranno l'Italia all'Eurovision Song Contest" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 11 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
23. Peak positions in Italy:
    • For Albums: "Italian Charts – Fabrizio Moro – Albums". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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25. "Fabrizio Moro" (in Italian). RAI. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
26. "Italian certifications – Fabrizio Moro" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 4 January 2022. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Fabrizio Moro" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Tutte le sezioni" under "Sezione".
27. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 6 (dal 04.02.2022 al 10.02.2022)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
28. "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 21 (dal 19.05.2023 al 25.05.2023)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
29. "New music this week (part 2): Songs from Eleni Foureira, Bilal Hassani, Dami Im and more". Wiwibloggs. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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31. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 20, 18 maj 2018". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

External links

• Fabrizio Moro at Allmusic

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Riccardo Maffoni with "Sole negli occhi"	Sanremo Music Festival Winner Newcomers section 2007	Succeeded by Sonohra with "L'amore"
Preceded by Francesco Gabbani	Sanremo Music Festival winner (with Ermal Meta) 2018	Succeeded by Mahmood
Preceded by Francesco Gabbani with "Occidentali's Karma"	Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest (with Ermal Meta) 2018	Succeeded by Mahmood with "Soldi"