Madame | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Francesca Calearo |
Born | Vicenza, Italy | 16 January 2002
Origin | Creazzo, Italy |
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Years active | 2018–present |
Labels | Sugar Music |
Francesca Calearo (born 16 January 2002), known professionally as Madame, is an Italian singer, songwriter and rapper.
After signing a recording contract with Sugar Music at age 16, she gained popularity in August 2019, when her single "Sciccherie" was shared by Cristiano Ronaldo on his Instagram profile. Between 2019 and 2020, she released several singles as lead artist and collaborations with, among others, Marracash, Negramaro, DRD, Ghali, Ensi and producer Chris Nolan. In March 2021 she competed in the 71st Sanremo Music Festival. Her entry "Voce", which earned her one of the most streams artist in Amazon Music Italy in 2021 alongside Cos Mass, Mahmood and Alessandra Amoroso as well as the single "Il mio amico" recorded with Fabri Fibra, were included in her debut album Madame , released on 19 March 2021.
Francesca Calearo was born in Vicenza on 16 January 2002 and grew up in the town of Creazzo. [1] [2] As a child, she developed an interest in music thanks to her father, an amateur musician with an interest in Italian singer-songwriters. [3] [4] Being influenced by artists like Ludovico Einaudi, Calearo started taking piano lessons in middle school, and later continued to study music as an autodidact. [5] She studied Human Sciences at the liceo Don Giuseppe Fogazzaro in Vicenza. [6] She chose the pseudonym "Madame" after trying a random generator for drag queen names, which yielded the result "Madame Wild" for Calearo. [7] She found it represented the idea of "elegance and sophistication" she wanted to pursue, as well as her will to be "a Woman with capital W". [3]
Madame's debut single, "Anna", was produced by rapper Eiemgei and released in September 2018 by Arcade Army Records. [8] [9] At the age of 16, she signed a recording contract with Sugar Music, whom released her second single "Sciccherie" on 14 December 2018. [10] [11] [3] The song received airplay from Italian radio networks including Radio DeeJay. [12] In August 2019, Cristiano Ronaldo posted an Instagram story on his account with a video of himself listeing to "Sciccherie" on his home's terrace. Ronaldo's story attracted media attention to the song, leading several outlets to talk about Madame's music for the first time. [6] [13] [14] [15]
The singles "17", "La promessa dell'anno", "Baby", "Sentimi" and "Clito" were also released between 2019 and 2020. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] In late 2019, Madame appeared on the album Persona by Italian rapper Marracash, performing as a featured artist in the track named after her pseudonym. [21] In the summer of 2020, producer DRD released the single "Defuera", with vocals by Ghali, Marracash and Madame. [22] She also recorded the song "Non è vero niente" with Italian rock band Negramaro, which was included in their album Contatto in late 2020. [23]
According to D: La repubblica delle donne (lit. 'D: The republic of women'), a magazine attached to the newspaper la Repubblica, in 2020 Madame was among the fifty candidates for the title of "Italian Woman of the Year". [24]
Madame made her first appearance on Italian television on 3 December 2020, when she opened the semi-final of the fourteenth season of The X Factor on Sky TV, singing her song "Baby" in a duet with contestant Blind. [25] The following week, on 10 December, she was again a guest of the show, performing "Non è vero niente" with Negramaro. [26]
In March 2021, Madame competed in the 71st Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Voce". [27] She became the first female rapper to compete in the contest's main section, and the youngest singer among the established artists competing in the 2021 contest. [7] [28] During the festival she came out as bisexual. [29] Her entry "Voce" was included in her self-titled debut album, released on 19 March 2021. [30] The album was preceded by the single "Il mio amico", featuring Italian rapper Fabri Fibra and released in January 2021. [31] The album and the song "Voce" were respectively awarded a Targa Tenco for Best Debut Album and Best Song. [32] Two new songs, entitled "Marea" and "Tu mi hai capito", were released as singles on 4 July and 3 September 2021 respectively, and later added to the digital version of her debut album. [33] [34]
Madame participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2023 with the song "Il bene nel male". [35] [36] At the festival, she also performed a duet with Izi of Fabrizio De André's "Via del Campo". [37] Madame co-authored with Angelina Mango and Dardust "La noia", Mango's winning entry in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024.
Among her influences, Madame cites singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André, trap music and, despite not having southern Italian origins, Sicilian neomelodic music. [38] [9] Instrumental music also played an important role in her artistic development, with artists such as Ludovico Einaudi and Van Halen. [9]
In 2019, her musical style was described by la Repubblica as "urban, a very wide container in which trap and rap can merge, together with several other contemporary sounds". [6] Claudio Cabona wrote for Rockol.it that Madame's lyrical style is sometimes "visceral", and "sometimes very explicit, without being banal". [39] He added that all her songs are characterized by very particular voice sounds. [39] On Klamour, Gabriele Zangarini compared her voice in "Sciccherie" to La Rappresentante di Lista, describing it as "sometimes enraged, then whispered, often theatrical". [8]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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ITA [40] [41] | SWI [42] | |||
Madame |
| 1 | 38 | |
L'amore |
| 1 | — |
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Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album or EP |
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ITA [45] | ||||
"Anna" | 2018 | — | Non-album singles | |
"Sciccherie" | — |
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"17" | 2019 | — |
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"La promessa dell'anno" | — | |||
"Baby" | 2020 | 36 |
| Madame |
"Sentimi" | 25 | Non-album single | ||
"Clito" | 47 | Madame | ||
"Il mio amico" [47] (Madame featuring Fabri Fibra) | 11 |
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"Voce" [48] | 2021 | 2 |
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"Marea" | 7 |
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"Tu mi hai capito" / "Tu m'as compris" (featuring Sfera Ebbasta or Hatik) | 2 |
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"L'eccezione" | 2022 | 28 |
| Bang Bang Baby |
"Il bene nel male" | 2023 | 4 |
| L'amore |
"Aranciata" | 39 |
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"Ho fatto un sogno" (with Tananai and Rose Villain) | 2024 | 17 [49] | Non-album single | |
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country. |
Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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ITA [40] | ||||
"Mira" [50] (Ensi featuring Madame) | 2019 | — | Clash Again | |
"Spaccato" [51] (Don Joe featuring Madame and Dani Faiv) | 2020 | 38 | Non-album single | |
"Fck U" [52] (Psicologi featuring Madame) | 89 | Millennium Bug | ||
"Defuera" [53] (Dardust featuring Ghali, Madame and Marracash) | 33 |
| Non-album singles | |
"Nuove strade" [55] (Ernia, Rkomi, Gaia, Madame, Samurai Jay and Andry the Hitmaker) | 51 | |||
"Euforia" (Chris Nolan featuring Tedua, Madame, Aiello and Birthh) | 89 | |||
"La strega del frutteto" (Sick Luke featuring Chiello and Madame) | 2021 | 18 |
| X2 |
"Perso nel buio" (Sangiovanni featuring Madame) | 9 |
| Sangiovanni | |
"Mi fiderò" (Marco Mengoni featuring Madame) | 12 |
| Materia (Terra) | |
"Pare" (Ghali featuring Madame) | 2022 | 29 |
| Sensazione ultra |
"Caos" (Fabri Fibra featuring Lazza and Madame) | 2 |
| Caos | |
"Too Late" (Nitro featuring Madame) | 2023 | 29 |
| Outsider |
"Io ti conosco" (Gianmaria featuring Madame) | 75 | TBA | ||
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country. |
Song | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album or Extended Play |
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ITA [40] | ||||
"Farabutto" [56] (Tredici Pietro featuring Madame) | 2019 | — | Assurdo | |
".Rosso" (Night Skinny featuring Madame and Rkomi) | 26 | Mattoni | ||
"Madame – L'anima" [57] (Marracash featuring Madame) | 7 |
| Persona | |
"Andromeda" [59] (Elodie featuring Madame – Merk & Kremont X BB Team Remix) | 2020 | — | This Is Elodie | |
"Fuoriluogo" [60] (Ernia featuring Madame) | — |
| Gemelli | |
"Weekend" (Bloody Vinyl, Slait & Young Miles featuring Lazza, Madame & Massimo Pericolo) | 6 |
| BV3 | |
"Alibi" (Mecna featuring Madame) | 76 | Mentre nessuno guarda | ||
"Non è vero niente" (Negramaro featuring Madame) | 74 | Contatto | ||
"Acqua" [63] (Mace featuring Rkomi and Madame) | 2021 | 24 [64] | Obe | |
"Airforce" [65] (Massimo Pericolo featuring Madame) | 19 |
| Solo tutto | |
"Poi poi poi" (Leon Faun and Duffy featuring Madame) | — | C'era una volta | ||
"Partire da te" (Rkomi featuring Madame) | — | Taxi Driver (MTV Unplugged) | ||
"Hattori Hanzo" (Rose Villain featuring Madame) | 2024 | 63 | Radio Sakura | |
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country. |
Title | Year | Artist | Album |
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"Scatola" (Madame, Laura Pausini, Shablo, Luca Faraone) | 2022 | Laura Pausini | Non-album single |
"La noia" (Dario Faini, Angelina Mango, Madame) | 2024 | Angelina Mango | Poké melodrama |
Song | Release | Director | YouTube views [67] | Ref.(s) |
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Anna | 13 September 2018 | Dimitri Bertetto | 2,196,915 | [68] |
Sciccherie | 21 December 2018 | Dalilù | 18,507,146 | [69] |
17 | 26 June 2019 | Dalilù | 11,115,123 | [70] |
Baby | 12 March 2020 | Martina Pastori | 7,921,301 | [71] |
Sentimi [72] | 30 April 2020 | Thaevil | 3,921,536 | [73] |
Voce | 3 March 2021 | Attilio Cusani | 35,932,468 | [74] |
Marea | 28 June 2021 | Attilio Cusani | 33,444,344 | [75] |
Perso nel buio | 18 November 2021 | Attilio Cusani | 6,340,470 | [76] |
Tu m'as compris | 28 January 2022 | Jeunes Joueurs | 2,326,937 | [77] |
Il bene nel male | 9 February 2023 | Martina Pastori | 35,176,825 | [78] |
Aranciata | 15 June 2023 | Martina Pastori | 7,174,898 | [79] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | X Factor | Musical guest | Season 14, episodes 6 and 7 |
2021 | Sanremo Music Festival 2021 | Contestant | 8th place, Best Lyrics Award |
Le Iene | Guest host | Season 25 | |
2023 | Sanremo Music Festival 2023 | Contestant | 7th place |
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Il disco d'oro corrispondente alle 35.000 copie certificate viene attribuito anche a Tha Supreme e Lazza con la loro ultima Gua10 ma anche a Madame con 17.