Fortuna (album)

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Fortuna
Emma - Fortuna.png
Studio album by
Emma
Released25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)
Recorded2019
StudioSpeakeasy Studio, Los Angeles
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length47:58
Label
Producer
Emma chronology
Essere qui
(2018)		Fortuna
(2019)		Best of Me
(2021)
Singles from Fortuna
  1. "Io sono bella"
    Released: 6 September 2019
  2. "Stupida allegria"
    Released: 6 December 2019
  3. "Luci blu"
    Released: 6 March 2020
  4. "Latina"
    Released: 28 August 2020

Fortuna is the sixth solo studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Emma Marrone, released by Universal Music Italy and Polydor Records on 25 October 2019.

Contents

The album featured severals writers and producers, including Vasco Rossi, Elisa Toffoli, Franco126 and Dario Faini.

It peaked at number one on the Italian Albums Chart, becoming her third number album to achieve it since Schiena (2013).

Background

After the completion of the Essere qui tour in March 2019, Emma travelled to Los Angeles to begin work on her next album. Describing the process, she said "I took my time, I experienced abroad and I opened my mind in a metropolis that is not your home", adding that this helped her understand who she is and what she wanted to do. [2]

Composition and lyrical content

In an interview, Emma said that Fortuna represented who she is now: a serene, continuously changing person projected towards the future. One of the album's most prominent themes is positivity, with the title track focusing on viewing things positively and the importance of trying, whether you succeed or not. [2]

The album calls upon a variety of musical influences, with an array of producers and writers, including Dario Faini, Franco126, Elisa Toffoli, Andrea Rigonat, Vasco Rossi, Giovanni Caccamo|and Lorenzo Vizzini. [3] Emma is credited as a co-writer on three of the album's tracks: "Fortuna", "Alibi" and "Dimmelo veramente", the latter of which focuses on modern-day emotions and the anxiety that social media causes. [4]

Singles

On 6 September 2019, Emma released "Io sono bella" as Fortuna's lead single, written by Vasco Rossi, Gaetano Curreri, Gerardo Pulli and Piero Romitelli, and produced by Dardust. The second single "Stupida allegria" was published on 6 December 2019; the song was also release in collaboration with Izi and was certified gold by FIMI. [5]

Release and promotion

On 16 October 2019, Emma announced that her sixth solo studio album Fortuna would be released on 25 October 2019, via a video on her social media accounts. In addition to the album's title and release date, Emma revealed the cover and announced a concert on 25 May 2020, her birthday, at the Arena di Verona, to celebrate Fortuna and ten years of her solo music career. [6] Of the album cover, Emma said that she wanted a cover that fit with the album's sound and lyrics, and that "it shows a woman who can be anything she wants, the important thing is what you can't see". [2]

On 17 October, Emma revealed the album's track listing. [7] Fortuna was made available to pre-order on iTunes the following day. [8]

Following its release on 25 October, Fortuna debuted atop the Italian album chart, becoming her first album to top the chart since 2013's Schiena. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All Music ItaliaStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NewsicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
RockolStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Fortuna received positive reviews from music critics. Writing for All Music Italia, Fabio Fiume praised the album as "Emma's most beautiful yet", for establishing her artistic maturity. He also highlighted Dardust's production, writing that "he is capable of turning everything that glitters into gold". Concluding his review, Fiume wrote "Emma has definitively transformed herself into the queen of our contemporary pop and giving her that place is not an exaggeration; her throne rests on real credibility in whatever she does". [10] In their review, Rockol commended Fortuna's variety, with Emma's traditional ballads: "Luci blu", "I grandi progetti" and "A mano disarmata", rock songs: "Io sono bella", "Mascara" and "Fortuna", as well as a new sound, highlighting "Stupida allegria"'s rap-like stanzas. [1] Writing for Newsic, Elena Rebecca Odelli also mentioned the album's new sound for Emma, calling Fortuna "a record that opens Marrone to a new era". Odelli chose "Stupida allegria", "Luci blu" and "A mano disarmata" as her recommended tracks. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Fortuna"
Dardust2:59
2."Io sono bella"
Dardust3:04
3."Stupida allegria"
Dardust3:18
4."Luci blu"
  • Simone Cremonini
  • Davide Simonetta
  • Bertollini
Dardust3:12
5."Quando l'amore finisce"
  • Maurizio Carucci
  • Faini
Dardust3:34
6."Alibi"
  • Marrone
  • Faini
  • Casagrande
Dardust3:42
7."Mascara"
Toffoli3:34
8."I grandi progetti"
  • Faini
  • Diego Mancino
Dardust3:29
9."Manifesto"
  • Giulia Anania
  • Marta Venturini
Luca Mattioni3:41
10."Succede che"
  • Alex Andrea Germanò
  • Francesco Catitti
Dardust3:39
11."Dimmelo veramente"
Frenetik & Orang33:17
12."Corri"Daniele MagroMattioni3:43
13."Basti solo tu"
Mattioni3:10
14."A mano disarmata"
Mattioni4:36
Total length:47:58
2020 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Stupida allegria" (feat. Izi)
  • Marrone
  • Faini
  • Bertollini
  • De Cataldo
 3:30
16."Latina"
Dardust3:23

Personnel

Credits from All Music Italia. [12]

Production

Vocals

Technical

Art

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [13] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 35

Certifications

Certifications for Fortuna
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [15] Gold25,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateVersionFormat(s)Label
Various [upper-alpha 1] 25 October 2019Standard
Spain and Italy CD
Italy Vinyl
WorldwideNovember 2019
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Europe
  • CD
  • Vinyl
Italy16 December 2019Christmas EditionCD

Notes

  1. ↑ Excluding United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and China

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