The Targa Tenco ("Tenco Plaque") is a prize awarded annually by the Club Tenco. Founded in 1984, it has a large jury of 200 journalists and critics awarding the best works of the year. [1] [2] It is considered the most prestigious award in Italian music. [1] [2]
The winners of Targa Tenco awards are: [3]
Initially awarded to the best dialect song, since 1996 it goes to the best album mostly performed in dialect.
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.
Fabrizio Cristiano De André was an Italian singer-songwriter and the most-prominent cantautore of his time. His 40-year career reflects his interests in concept albums, literature, poetry, political protest, and French music. He is considered a prominent member of the Genoese School. Because of the success of his music in Italy and its impact on the Italian collective memory, many public places such as roads, squares, and schools in Italy are named after De André.
Giorgio Gaber, by name of Giorgio Gaberscik, was an Italian singer, composer, actor, and playwright. He was also an accomplished guitar player and author of one of the first rock songs in Italian. With Sandro Luporini, he pioneered the musical genre known as teatro canzone.
Samuele Bersani is an Italian singer-songwriter. He received the "Mia Martini" Critics Award at the Sanremo Music Festival in 2000 and in 2012, with the songs "Replay" and "Un pallone", respectively. His best known songs also include "Giudizi universali", released in 1997 and certified in 2017 as a platinum-selling single by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry, and "Spaccacuore", which was later covered by Italian singer Laura Pausini.
Francesco De Gregori OMRI is an Italian singer-songwriter. In Italy, he is popularly known as "Il Principe dei cantautori", a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics.
Fiorella Mannoia is an Italian singer, songwriter, and actress.
Ivano Alberto Fossati is an Italian pop singer from Genoa. He was a member of the progressive rock group Delirium and has worked with Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi, Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Shirley Bassey, Francesco De Gregori, Menudo and Mina.
Vinicio Capossela is an Italian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist.
Vincenzo "Enzo" Jannacci was an Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, actor and comedian. He is regarded as one of the most important artists in the post-war Italian music scene.
RCA Italiana was an Italian record company founded in 1949 and active until 1987, the date on which, together with the parent company RCA Records, it was bought by BMG Entertainment.
Luca Carboni is an Italian singer-songwriter. He debuted in 1981 as guitarist in the band Teobaldi Rock, publishing his first solo album in 1984. He is also a painter and carpenter.
Paola Turci, is an Italian singer, songwriter, performer and author.
Stagioni is the nineteenth album by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. The title means seasons, and three of the songs of the album are named after a season. It was released in 2000 by EMI, and was at the top of the Italian album chart for one week.
Parnassius Guccinii is the sixteenth album by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. The title references a butterfly subspecies named after the artist. It was released in 1993 by EMI and was generally well received.
Quello che non... is the fifteenth album by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini. It was released in 1990 by EMI.
Danilo Madonia is an Italian musician, composer, producer and arranger.
Paolo Rossi is an Italian actor, writer, comedian, singer-songwriter and television personality.
Canzoni is the twenty-seventh album released by Lucio Dalla. It was issued in 1996 by Pressing Records and distributed by BMG Ricordi. The release of the album was anticipated by the single "Canzone", written by Dalla with Samuele Bersani. The album reached the 1st place in the Italian charts with over 1,300,000 copies sold.
Club Tenco is an Italian non-profit association dedicated to supporting "canzone d'autore".