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.
Elisa Toffoli,performing under the mononym Elisa,is an Italian singer-songwriter who writes and records mainly in English. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop,alternative rock,electronica and trip hop. In Europe she is perhaps most recognised for the single "Come Speak to Me," while American audiences may recognise the song "Dancing" as featured in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons of So You Think You Can Dance. On 18 December 2012,her collaboration with Ennio Morricone,"Ancora qui",was featured in Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained and on its soundtrack album,which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Cesare Cremonini is an Italian singer-songwriter,record producer and actor.
Negramaro is an Italian pop rock band formed in 1999 and successful since 2005. Their name stems from Negroamaro,a wine produced in their native district of Salento in Apulia.
Carmen Carla Consoli is an Italian singer-songwriter. Described as 'a remarkable combination of rocker and intellectual',she has released 11 studio albums,one greatest hits,one soundtrack album,two live albums,four video album and 33 singles,selling 2 million copies in Italy,certified by M&D and FIMI with a multiplatinum disc,11 platinum and two gold certifications.
Francesco Salvi is an Italian actor,singer,screenwriter,and director.
Marco Mengoni is an Italian singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009,after winning the third season of Italian talent show X Factor. Since that he has sold over 2.8 million records in Italy,peaking the Italian albums chart seven consecutive times and entering the Top 10 Italian Singles Chart fifteen times. He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2013 and again in 2023,therefore representing Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in both years,respectively.
Veronica Scopelliti,known professtionally as Noemi,is an Italian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2009,after competing in the second season of Italian talent show X Factor. Immediately after being eliminated from the competition,she released her debut single,"Briciole",which peaked at number 2 on the FIMI Singles Chart. As of 2022,she has released 6 studio albums,which spawned commercially successful singles such as "Vuoto a perdere","Sono solo parole","Makumba","La borsa di una donna","Glicine" and the chart toppers "L'amore si odia",featuring vocals by Fiorella Mannoia,and "Per tutta la vita". She dueted with Italian band Stadio and with rapper Fedez,among others,and her single "Makumba",a duet with Carl Brave,became a summer hit in 2021. Noemi performed songs for the soundtrack of Italian films Women vs. Men and Domani èun altro giorno,receiving a special Nastro d'Argento award in 2019.
Francesca Michielin is an Italian singer-songwriter,music producer,writer and television presenter. She rose to fame after winning the fifth season of the Italian talent show X Factor,she published five studio album and several successful singles,peaking four times at number one on the Italian singles chart and selling over 1.3 million copies in Italy.
NiccolòFabi is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to national fame after competing in the Newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 1997,receiving the Mia Martini Critics' Award for his entry "Capelli".
Fabrizio Gifuni is an Italian stage,film and television actor. He won two Silver Ribbons and two David di Donatello Award.
Sonia Bergamasco is an Italian actress.
The Fifth Wheel is a 2013 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Giovanni Veronesi. It was the opening film at the 2013 Rome Film Festival.
L'anima vola is the eighth studio album by Italian singer Elisa,released on October 15,2013 by Sugar Music. It's the singer's first recording project entirely in Italian. The album won the Premio Lunezia for "musical and literary value".
On is the ninth studio album by Italian singer Elisa,released on March 25,2016 by Sugar Music. It was produced by Elisa and features collaborations with Jack Savoretti,Emma Marrone and Giuliano Sangiorgi.
Federica Abbate is an Italian composer,lyricist and singer-songwriter.
Matilda De Angelis is an Italian actress and singer. Her credits include the films Italian Race and Rose Island,for which she won a David di Donatello and a Nastri d'Argento,and the television miniseries The Law According to Lidia Poët and The Undoing.
"Inevitabile" is a duet recorded by Italian singers Giorgia and Eros Ramazzotti. The song was released on 18 November 2011 as the third single from Giorgia's eight studio album Dietro le apparenze through Dischi di cioccolata and Sony Music. The song was also included on Ramazzotti's greatest hits album Eros Best Love Songs.
Dietro le apparenze is the eighth studio album by Italian singer Giorgia,released on 6 September 2011 by Sony Music.
"Ecco che" is a song by Italian singer Elisa,released on November 22,2013 as the second single from her eighth studio album L'anima vola.
