Irama (singer)

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Irama
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Irama during the Sanremo Music Festival 2021
Born
Filippo Maria Fanti

(1995-12-20) December 20, 1995 (age 28)
Carrara, Tuscany, Italy
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
Years active2015–present
Musical career
Genres
Labels Warner

Filippo Maria Fanti (born 20 December 1995), known as Irama, is an Italian singer, rapper and songwriter. [1]

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He rose to fame in 2018, following his win on the 17th edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi. [2] He participated at the Sanremo Music Festival in 2016 with the song "Cosa resterà", [3] in 2019 with "La ragazza con il cuore di latta", [4] in 2021 with "La genesi del tuo colore", [5] and in 2022 with "Ovunque sarai"; he competed once again in 2024 with "Tu no", reaching fifth place.

Since his debut, he has sold over two million copies in Italy, twice topping the Italian Albums Chart and realizing several media successful singles, including multi-platinum singles "Mediterranea", "Nera" and "La genesi del tuo colore", "Arrogante", "Melodia proibita", "Crepe", and "La ragazza con il cuore di latta". He has obtained 31 platinum discs and 3 gold discs corresponding to 2,032,000 sales units certified by the FIMI.

Biography and career

Born in Carrara, where he lived up to primary school, he later moved with his family to Monza. He declared to have been interested in the music of Francesco Guccini and Fabrizio De André since he was a child, and then he approached hip pop. His artistic name, chosen after having anagrammed his second name, Maria, means "rhythm" in Malay. [6]

On 27 November 2015, with the song "Cosa resterà", written with Giulio Nenna, he was among the eight winners of the eighth edition of the Sanremo Giovani song contest, which allowed him to be admitted to the Sanremo Music Festival in the New Proposte category. [7] [8] The single reached the 100th position of the Italian Singles Charts and anticipated the singer's debut studio album, titled Irama, released on 12 February 2016, under the Warner Music Italy label, debuting at the 51st position of the FIMI's Chart. [9] [10] On 27 May 2015, the second single "Tornerai da me" was released and lately certified gold by FIMI. [11] The commercial launch of the single "Mi drogherò" marked the end of the artistic partnership between Irama and Warner Music Italy, due to the low promotion that the label reserved to the songwriter. [12]

At the end of 2016, in search of a record relaunch, Irama decided to participate in the seventeenth edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi . [13] After the victory of the program, he signed again the contract with Warner Records, [14] releasing the single "Un giorno in più", debuting at position 24 of the FIMI ranking and obtaining the gold certification. [10] The second single "Nera", also performed during the television show, was launched as a single on 1 June, achieving the second position of the Top Singles Chart, solding over 150,000 copies. [15] In the same month he published the EP, produced by Giulio Nenna and Andrea Debernardi, entitled Plume, which reached the top of the FIMI Album ranking and was certified double platinum for having sold over 100,000 copies. [16] Plume ranked second in the Italian year end chart for albums/compilations while Nera ranked sixth in singles.

On 19 October 2018, just four months after the previous recording project, the second studio album by the singer-songwriter entitled Giovani, which debuted at the top of the FIMI Albums Chart and was lately certified Platinum. [17] The album was supported by the commercial launch of the single "Bella e rovinata", which reached twenty-first place in the Top Singles. In January 2019, his participation in the Sanremo Music Festival was announced with the song "La ragazza con il cuore di latta", which peaked at number three of FIMI's chart and sold over 100,000 copies. [18] On 3 June 2019 the single "Arrogante", written by Federica Abbate, was released. It became the singer's third Top10 single on the Italian charts and also sold 100,000 copies. [19]

On 27 March 2020, the new single "Milano" was published, with the participation of Francesco Sarcina, frontman of the group Le Vibrazioni. [20] In May 2020 Irama was cast for the spin-off Amici Speciali with other Amici's previous contestant, including Giordana Angi, The Kolors, Gaia and Alberto Urso and eventually won the contest for the second time. On 19 May 2020, he released "Mediterranea" as the lead single of his fourth studio album Crepe. [21] Both the single and the album debuted at number one of FIMI's charts earning his first number one and most successful single as to date. [22] [23] Mediterranea ranked third in the Italian year end chart in 2020.

Sanremo 2021 was a highly memorable experience for the singer/songwriter as he was not able to perform his entry "La genesi del tuo colore" live. A member of his team was tested positive for COVID-19 right before the show and he was forced to undergo a 10-day quarantine despite the negative test results. However, RAI allowed him to pursue in the competition using his rehearsal footage as an alternative. [24] Despite his absence during the live show, his rehearsal recordings still impressed the judges, viewers and fans catapulting him to fifth place in the final ranking. Three weeks later, "La genesi del tuo colore" was certified gold. [25] A year later, he returned to the Sanremo stage with the song "Ovunque sarai  [ it ]" and finished fourth.

On 25 February 2022, he released his third studio album "Il giorno in cui ho smesso di pensare" which eventually topped the album charts.

Irama competed again in the Sanremo Music Festival in 2024 with the song "Tu no", [26] [27] reaching the fifth position. [28] In December 2024, he was announced as one of the participants in the 2025 festival. [29]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
ITA
[30] 		SWI
[31]
Irama41—
Giovani
  • Released: 19 October 2018
  • Label: Warner Music Italy
  • Formats: CD, digital download
188
Il giorno in cui ho smesso di pensare
  • Released: 25 February 2022
  • Label: Warner Music Italy
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
119
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [32]
No Stress (with Rkomi)
  • Released: 7 July 2023
  • Label: Warner Music Italy, Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
2—

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
ITA
[30] 		SWI
[31]
Plume
  • Released: 1 July 2018
  • Label: Warner Music Italy
  • Formats: CD, digital download
120
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [32]
Crepe
  • Released: 28 August 2020
  • Label: Warner Music Italy
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1—
  • FIMI: Platinum [32]

Singles

TitleYearPeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA
[33] 		SWI
[34]
"Cosa resterà"2015100
[35] 		—Irama
"Tornerai da me"2016——
"Non ho fatto l'università"——
"Mi drogherò"2017——Non-album single
"Un giorno in più"201824—Plume
"Nera"2—
  • FIMI: 4× Platinum [36]
"Bella e rovinata"21—
  • FIMI: Platinum [36]
Giovani
"La ragazza con il cuore di latta"2019358
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [36]
"Arrogante"9—
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [36]
Crepe
"Milano"
(with Francesco Sarcina)		2020——Non-album single
"Mediterranea"192
  • FIMI: 5× Platinum [36]
Crepe
"Crepe"18—
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [36]
"La genesi del tuo colore"2021375
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [36]
Non-album singles
"Melodia proibita"19—
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [36]
"Ovunque sarai"2022211
  • FIMI: 4× Platinum [36]
Il giorno in cui ho smesso di pensare
"5 gocce" (with Rkomi)3—
  • FIMI: 5× Platinum [36]
"PamPamPamPamPamPamPamPam"16—
  • FIMI: Platinum [36]
"ALI"15—
  • FIMI: Platinum [36]
"Hollywood" (with Rkomi and Shablo)202317—
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [36]
No Stress
"Sulla pelle (with Rkomi)——
"Tu no"2024516
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [36]
TBA
"Galassie"21—
  • FIMI: Platinum [36]
List of singles, with chart positions, album name and certifications
SingleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum or EP
ITA
[37]
"Ragazzi della nebbia"
(Mace feat. FSK Satellite & Irama)		202054OBE
"Luna piena"
(Rkomi feat. Irama & Shablo)		202112
  • FIMI: 5× Platinum [36]
Taxi Driver
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.

Other charted songs

List of album tracks, with chart positions, album name and certifications
Album TrackYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum or EP
ITA
[38]
"Che ne sai"
201845Plume
"Che vuoi che sia"
53
"Voglio solo te"
42* FIMI: Gold [39]
"Un respiro"
71
"Una Lacrima"
(feat. Sfera Ebbasta)		202224Il giorno in cui ho smesso di pensare
"Colpiscimi"
(feat. Lazza)		55
"Iride"
(feat. Gue)		81

Achievements

2016
2018
2020

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Sanremo Giovani 2015 Himself / ContestantNew proposals selections for Sanremo 2016
2016 Sanremo Music Festival 2016 Annual music festival
Summer Festival 2016Annual music festival — Winner
2017–2018 Amici di Maria De Filippi Talent show (season 17) — Winner
2018Summer Festival 2018Annual music festival
2019 Sanremo Music Festival 2019 Annual music festival
2020 Amici Speciali All Star version of Amici — Winner
2021 Sanremo Music Festival 2021 Annual music festival
2022 Sanremo Music Festival 2022 Annual music festival
Celebrity Hunted - Caccia all'uomoReality show (season 3)
2024 Sanremo Music Festival 2024 Annual music festival

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