Alex Britti

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Alex Britti

Alex Britti (born August 23, 1968 in Rome ) is an Italian singer, guitarist and cantautore . He played with blues musicians like Buddy Miles , Billy Preston and Louisiana Red and won the Sanremo Festival in the newcomer category in 1999 .

Career

Britti 2008

Britti got his first guitar at the age of seven and switched to electric guitar at 14 . In 1992 he released his first self-titled album on Fonit Cetra , which, however, received no attention. He then wrote music for soundtracks , in 1995 for Uomini senza donne (with Alessandro Gassman ) and in 1996 for Stressati . That year the musician also signed a new record deal and released the single Quello che voglio . In 1998 he achieved a summer hit with Solo una volta (o tutta la vita) , whereupon he released his album It.pop , which was named the best debut of the year by Musica e dischi . Then he entered the newcomer category of the Sanremo Festival and won with the song Oggi sono io .

In 2000 Britti released his next album La vasca , which was preceded by the single Una su 1,000,000 . With Sono contento he then took part in the 2001 Sanremo Festival in the main category. After a short break, during which he traveled through Europe and performed in small clubs with his guitar, the musician achieved second place in Sanremo in 2003 with 7000 caffè ; then the album 3 was released . This was followed by Festa in 2005 . In 2006 Britti took part in the Sanremo Festival again with … Solo con te . He also recorded the song Notte di mezza estate with Edoardo Bennato , which became another summer hit and initiated a joint tour between the two musicians.

In 2007 Britti gave a concert in the MTV Unplugged series and released an album of the same name. The next album was released in 2009.23 . The musician recorded Immaturi in 2011 as the title track of the film Back on Los by Paolo Genovese . The single release was followed by the first best-of album. In 2013 the single Baciami (e portami a ballare) was released , which preceded the album Bene so . Britti applied for the 2014 Sanremo Festival with the song Non è vero mai , a duet with Bianca Atzei , but was rejected. He was only able to compete again in Sanremo in 2015 , this time with the song Un attimo importante . This was included on the album In nome dell'amore (Volume 1) released at the end of 2015 . The second part of the album was released in 2017.

Discography

Albums

  • Alex Britti (1992; Fonit Cetra)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1998 It.pop IT27 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
Universal
1999 It.pop (Sanremo edition) IT3 (29 weeks)
IT 		-
Universal
2000 La vasca IT6 (20 weeks)
IT 		CH88 (2 weeks)
CH
Universal
2001 La vasca (ediz. Sanremo 2001) IT10 (26 weeks)
IT 		-
Universal
2003 3 (Tre) IT8 (27 weeks)
IT 		CH91 (2 weeks)
CH
Universal
2005 Festa IT25 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
Universal
2006 Festa (ediz. Sanremo) IT66 (7 weeks)
IT 		-
Universal
2008 Alex Britti MTV Unplugged IT13 (18 weeks)
IT 		-
Universal
live album
2009 .23 IT29 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
Universal
2011 Best of Alex Britti IT20th
gold
gold

(14 weeks)IT 		-
Universal
compilation
sales: + 25,000
2013 Bene so IT24 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
It.Pop
2015 In nome dell'amore (Volume 1) IT32 (7 weeks)
IT 		-
It.Pop
2017 In nome dell'amore (Volume 2) IT37 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
It.Pop

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1998 Solo una volta (o tutta la vita)
It.Pop 		IT2
gold
gold

(15 weeks)IT 		-
Sales: + 25,000; IT 2018 gold
1999 Oggi sono io
It.Pop (Sanremo edition) 		IT1
platinum
platinum

(13 weeks)IT 		-
Sales: + 50,000; IT 2017 platinum
Mi piaci
It.Pop (Sanremo edition) 		IT10 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
2000 Una su 1,000,000
La vasca 		IT3
platinum
platinum

(6 weeks)IT 		-
Sales: + 50,000; IT 2019 platinum
2001 Sono contento
La vasca (ediz. Sanremo 2001) 		IT2 (11 weeks)
IT 		-
2003 7000 caffè
3 		IT15 (10 weeks)
IT 		-
2005 Prendere o lasciare
Festa 		IT23 (11 weeks)
IT 		-
2006 ... Solo con te
Festa (ediz. Sanremo) 		IT21 (7 weeks)
IT 		-
Notte di mezza estate IT5 (20 weeks)
IT 		-
Edoardo Bennato & Alex Britti
2008 Milano
Alex Britti MTV Unplugged 		IT31 (5 weeks)
IT 		-
L'isola che non c'è
Alex Britti MTV Unplugged 		IT41 (1 week)
IT 		-
2009 Piove
.23 		IT29 (11 weeks)
IT 		-
2010 Buona fortuna
.23 		IT42 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
2011 Immaturi
Best of 		IT20 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
2013 Baciami (e portami a ballare)
Bene so 		IT29 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
Bene so
Bene 		IT58 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
2014 Non è vero mai
Bianco e nero 		IT36 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
2015 Un attimo importante
In nome dell'amore (Volume 1) 		IT50 (2 weeks)
IT 		-

More songs

  • Gelido (1998)
  • La vasca (2000)
  • Io con la ragazza mia, tu con la ragazza tua (2001)
  • La vita sognata (2003)
  • Lo zingaro felice (2003)
  • Festa (2006)
  • Quanto ti amo (2006)
  • Ciao amore, ciao ( Bianca Atzei feat. Alex Britti) (2015)
  • Perché? (2015)
  • 5 petali di rosa (2016)

Web links

Commons : Alex Britti  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Chart sources (albums):
  2. ↑ a b c d Awards archive. FIMI , accessed May 2, 2018 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
personal data
SURNAME Britti, Alex
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer, guitarist and cantautore
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome