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. 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. She is one of few Italian musicians to write and record 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 on Quentin Tarantino's film,Django Unchained and its soundtrack album,which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Emanuela Trane,stage name "Dolcenera",is an Italian singer,songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in 2003,after winning the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival,but she achieved commercial success in Italy only in 2005,when she won the music-based reality show Music Farm and she released her second album,Un mondo perfetto. In 2005 she was also awarded Best New Artist of the Year at the Italian Meeting of Independent Record Labels and she received the De AndréAward for Best Emerging Artist.
Ambra Angiolini is an Italian actress and singer.
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.
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","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.
"Follia d'amore" is a song by Raphael Gualazzi. It was the winner of the Sanremo Music Festival 2011 in the newcomer artists' section and also won the Critics' "Mia Martini" Award for newcomers.
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.
"Distratto" is a song recorded by Francesca Michielin,the winner of the fifth series of the Italian talent-show X Factor. The song,written by Elisa and Roberto Casalino,was arranged and produced by Andrea Rigonat. Michielin performed it for the first time during the semi-final of the show,on 29 December 2011. On 5 January 2012,after performing the song for a second time,Michielin was announced the winner,beating runner-up band I Moderni.
L'anima vola is the eighth studio album by Italian singer–songwriter Elisa,released on 15 October 2013 by Sugar Music. It's the singer-songwriter's first recording project entirely in Italian,the album won the Premio Lunezia for "musical and literary value".
Domenico Procacci is an Italian film producer.
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 "Ritorneròda te",and released his debut album,Qui per te.
On is the ninth studio album by Italian singer and songwriter Elisa,released on 25 March 2016 by Sugar Music. It was produced by Elisa and features collaborations with Jack Savoretti,Emma Marrone and Giuliano Sangiorgi.
Matilda De Angelis is an Italian actress and singer. Her credits include the films Italian Race and Rose Island,and the television miniseries The Law According to Lidia Poët and The Undoing.
Diari aperti is the tenth studio album by Italian singer Elisa,released by Universal Music Group on 26 October 2018. The singer's first concept album,it is her second album released entirely in Italian after L'anima vola (2013).
Federica Carta is an Italian singer-songwriter and TV personality.
Selene Caramazza is an Italian actress best known for her role as Leonarda Scotellaro in the Amazon Prime Video series The Bad Guy.
We Still Talk is a 2021 Italian romantic drama film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati and starring Renato Pozzetto and Stefania Sandrelli.
"Seta" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Elisa. It was released by Universal Music Italia and Island Records on 24 November 2021 as the lead single from Elisa's eleventh studio album,Ritorno al futuro/Back to the Future.
