Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno was an Italian pop singer-songwriter, musician, and television presenter. He was best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, with the song "Insieme: 1992", for which he wrote both the lyrics and music. He has been described as "one of the most popular singers in Italy and a symbol of Italian melody abroad", as well as "one of the most popular Italian performers on a global scale" and "one of the most successful Italian songwriters of all time", selling over 100 million records worldwide.
Francesco Guccini is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and writer. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and noir novels, and a comics writer. Guccini also worked as actor, soundtrack composer, lexicographer and dialectologist.
Mina Anna Mazzini or Mina Anna Quaini, known mononymously as Mina, is an Italian singer and actress. She was a staple of television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an emancipated woman.
Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè, known professionally as Mia Martini, was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. She is considered, by many experts, one of the most important and expressive female voices of Italian music, characterised by her interpretative intensity and her soulful performance.
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.
Giorgia Todrani, best known as simply Giorgia, is an Italian singer and songwriter. Known for her wide vocal range, high belting register and great vocal abilities, she is one of the most famous Italian singers, she has released ten studio albums all enjoying commercial success. Giorgia has become fairly well known throughout Europe as an ambassador for Italian pop music.
"Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" (translating to 'Light (Sunsets in the North-East)') is a song by Italian singer Elisa released on March 6, 2001 as the fourth and final single from the second studio album Asile's World.The English version of the song, "Come Speak to Me" was published in 2002.
Carla Bissi, known professionally as Alice or Alice Visconti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist who began her career in the early 1970s. After releasing three albums by the end of the decade, her breakthrough came in 1981 when she won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Per Elisa". This was followed by European hit singles like "Una notte speciale", "Messaggio", "Chan-son Egocentrique", "Prospettiva Nevski" and "Nomadi" and albums like Gioielli rubati, Park Hotel, Elisir, and Il sole nella pioggia which charted in Continental Europe, Scandinavia, and Japan.
Italian singer Mina has released seventy-six studio albums, three live albums, forty-five official compilation albums, six video albums and seventeen extended plays. During her career, Mina has sold more than 150 million copies of her recordings worldwide.
"Gli ostacoli del cuore" is a song by the Italian singers Elisa and Ligabue, released as single on October 20, 2006. The single is included in Elisa's first greatest hits album Soundtrack '96-'06. Released as the album's lead single, the song was written by Ligabue and produced by Corrado Rustici.
"Canzone per te", written by Italian composer Sergio Endrigo. The song won the 1968 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Endrigo and Roberto Carlos.
Paola Turci, is an Italian singer, songwriter, performer and author.
Violetta Zironi is an Italian singer-songwriter and actress.
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.
"Ancora qui" is a song recorded by Italian singer Elisa. The song was released on 4 January 2013 as the second single form the soundtrack album of the Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film Django Unchained. The song was written by Elisa herself and composed by Ennio Morricone. It was shortlisted at the 85th Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Another version of the song was later included in Elisa's studio album L'anima vola.
"Albachiara" is a song recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Vasco Rossi for his second studio album, Non siamo mica gli americani, and released as a single by Lotus Records on 25 May 1979. The song was produced by Alan Taylor and written by Vasco Rossi himself, although its lyrics are officially credited to both Rossi and Taylor.
"Se piovesse il tuo nome" is a song by Italian singer Elisa, released through Universal Music Group on September 28, 2018 as the lead single from her tenth studio album Diari aperti.
"Ogni volta è così" is a song recorded by Italian singer Emma. It was released on 3 February 2022 through Universal Music Italy.
"A modo tuo" is a song recorded by Italian singer Elisa, released on November 7, 2014 as the sixth and final single from her eighth studio album L'anima vola.
"Parole dette male" is a song recorded by Italian singer Giorgia. The song was released on 9 February 2023 as the second single from her eleventh studio album Blu¹ through Sony Music.
