Negramaro

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Negramaro
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Negramaro, live in Tione, Trento, Italy
Background information
Origin Copertino, Lecce, Italy
Genres
Years active1999–present
Labels Sugar
Members Giuliano Sangiorgi
Emanuele Spedicato
Ermanno Carlà
Danilo Tasco
Andrea "Andro.i.d." Mariano
Andrea "Pupillo" De Rocco
Website www.negramaro.it

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.

Contents

After years spent in the Italian alternative market, they became more widely known in 2005 thanks to their participation in the Sanremo Music Festival 2005 with the song "Mentre Tutto Scorre". The band published nine studio albums, reaching four time the number one on the Italian Albums Chart, and several successful singles and collaborations, including "Estate", "Nuvole e lenzuola", "Parlami D'Amore", "Meraviglioso" and "Basta così" and "Diamanti".

Throughout their career they composed two soudntracks albums for the films La febbre directed by Alessandro D'Alatri and Angel of Evil directed by Michele Placido, winning three Nastri d'Argento and being nominated at the David di Donatello. Tha band also won a MTV Europe Music Awards and two Premi Lunezia for songwriting.

Biography

Debut and Negramaro

Negramaro formed in 1999 in Copertino, near Lecce. In the beginning, helped by live performances, they received good reviews. That improved when they met producer Caterina Caselli, who taught them how to record music.

In 2001 they won the Tim Tour and ended as finalists at the MTV Brand New Talent.

Their first album, Negramaro, was released in 2003. The sound of the album was too alternative for the Italian public, so it did not have much success.[ citation needed ] Two singles were released. They were minor hits: "Mono" and "Solo".

The 000577 Project

In 2004, Negramaro met Italian producer Corrado Rustici to work on a few songs. The collaboration between them spawned a brand new track, "Scusa Se Non Piango", and three remixes of previous songs: "Es-Senza", "Evidentemente" and "Come Sempre". The four tracks were added to the other songs from their first album to create 000577, a new edition of their debut work.

This new edition gave the band a more pop-rock feeling, which was more suitable for the Italian public. The 2004 version of "Come Sempre" was released as a single with better success of the previous ones, and was even chosen as the soundtrack to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Italian TV network RAI.

Mentre Tutto Scorre: Commercial success

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Negramaro in 2008

Negramaro performed the song "Mentre Tutto Scorre" at the Sanremo Music Festival 2005, but were eliminated at the first turn. The song was the first single released from their eponymous second album.

After the festival, eight of their songs were chosen as the soundtrack of the Italian film La Febbre, starring Fabio Volo.

This helped the band to launch their success: despite the Sanremo disappointment, the single "Mentre Tutto Scorre" was a success. The second single, "Estate", was even more successful, giving the band their first #1 in the Italian airplay chart. "Solo3min" and "Nuvole e Lenzuola" followed the success of the first two singles.

Thanks to hit singles, good performances and critics, their album Mentre Tutto Scorre gained a lot of success, being certified 6× platinum in Italy.

This album was different from the first one: it was entirely produced by Corrado Rustici, and took the band in a pop rock direction rather than their classic alternative style. Their change gave them success through radio, music marketing and fans.

The album was accompanied by a tour later released on the Negramaro Live DVD in 2006.

Their single "Nuvole e Lenzuola" is included in the game Guitar Hero World Tour .

2010s

Their fifth studio album Casa 69 was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario and published on 16 November 2010. [1] It beaceme the band second album to debout at number one on the Italian Albums Chart, selling over 200,000 units in Italy. [2] The album was promoted by the collaboration "Basta così" with Elisa, which peaked at number seven on the Italian Singles Chart and was certified double platinum by FIMI. [3]

On 21 September 2012 Negramaro published the single "Ti è mai successo?", [4] which anticipated their sixth studio album La rivoluzione sta arrivando, released on 25 September 2015. [5] The album became the band third consecutive number one on the Italian Albums Charts and charted also on the Ultratop Wallonia Albums Chart. [6] [7]

Throughout 2016, the group had split for two months due to some artistic and personal discrepancies between frontman Giuliano Sangiorgi and keyboardist and programmer Andrea Mariano. [8] Sangiorgi move to New York City where he started writing new music inspired by the longing of the group. [9] On 6 October 2017 the group published the single "Fino all'imbrunire", which peaked at number seven on the Italian Singles Chart and was certified double platinum by FIMI. [10] On 17 November 2017 the band published theri seventh studio album Amore che torni, [11] which debouted at number one on the Italian Album Charts and was certified double platinum by FIMI in 2018. [12] Throught 2018 the band pubished three singles from the album, "La prima volta", "Amore che torni" and "Per uno come me", all certified platinum by FIMI.

2020s

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Negramaro in 2024

On 9 October 2020 the band published the single "Contatto", which anticipated the album with the same name published on 13 November 2020. [13] The album peaked at number two on the Italian Album Chart, and was followed by the singles "La cura del tempo" and "Ora ti canto il mare". [14]

In March 2023, the single "Diamanti" was released, in which Negramaro collaborated with Elisa and Jovanotti, [15] which was followed in September 2023 by the collaboration "Fino al giorno nuovo" with Fabri Fibra. [16] They then participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024, marking their second participation at the contest, with the song "Ricominciamo tutto", [17] winning the Lunezia Prize for musical-literary value fo the song. [18] In the same year they released two more singles: in "April Luna piena" and "Marziani", [19] [20] which anticipated the album Free Love, published on 22 November 2024. [21]

Members

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
ITA
[22] 		BEL (W)
[7] 		SWI
[23]
Negramaro
  • Released: 21 March 2003
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Formats: CD, LP
———
000577
  • Released: 27 July 2004
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Formats: CD, LP
98——
Mentre Tutto Scorre
  • Released: 4 March 2005
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download
3——
La Finestra
  • Released: 8 June 2007
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download
1—96
Casa 69
  • Released: 16 November 2010
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download
1——
  • FIMI: 4x Platinum [24]
La rivoluzione sta arrivando
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download, Streaming
1139—
  • FIMI: 2x Platinum [24]
Amore che torni
  • Released: 17 November 2017
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download, Streaming
1—91
  • FIMI: 2x Platinum [24]
Contatto
  • Released: 13 November 2020
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download, Streaming
2—79
Free Love
  • Released: 22 November 2024
  • Label: Sugar Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download, Streaming
8——

Soundtracks albums

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
ItalyEurope
2003"Mono"——Negramaro
"Solo"——
"Notturno" (video only)——
2004"Come Sempre" (2004 version)——000577
"Es-Senza" (2004 version) (video only)——
2005"Mentre Tutto Scorre"1447Mentre Tutto Scorre
"Estate"50—
"Solo3min"37—
2006"Nuvole e Lenzuola"1054
2007"Parlami D'Amore"238La Finestra
"L'Immenso"13137
"Senza Fiato" (feat. Dolores O'Riordan)——
"Cade La Pioggia" (feat. Jovanotti)15140
2008"Via Le Mani Dagli Occhi"1742
"Safari" (with Jovanotti)1698Safari
"Un Passo Indietro"3072La Finestra
"Meraviglioso"132San Siro Live
2010"Singh-iozzo"2—Casa 69
2011"Voglio molto di più"89—
"Basta così" (with Elisa)749
2017"Fino all'imbrunire"7—Amore che torni
"La prima volta"47—
2023"Diamanti" (with Elisa and Jovanotti)40—Free Love
2024"Ricominciamo tutto"26
[25] 		—
"Luna piena"90
[26] 		—

Filmography

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