Claudio Baglioni

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Claudio Baglioni (* 16th May 1951 in Rome as Claudio Enrico Paolo Baglioni ) is an Italian singer-songwriter and singer, who joined the 1970th

With the album Questo piccolo grande amore (1972) and the title song of the same name, a success that continues to this day began; Baglioni topped the album charts twelve times . In the beginning he mainly expressed "feelings common among young people" in his music, but over the years his style changed to "an ever more mature and more articulate musical sensitivity". The lack of socially critical content set him apart from many of his music colleagues and led to a brief loss of popularity at the end of the 1980s; nevertheless, he has retained a protagonist role in the Italian music scene to this day.

biography

Beginnings

Claudio Baglioni was born in Rome as the son of a carabiniere and a seamstress. He grew up in Centocelle and from 1965 took part in various newcomer singing competitions. He had his first paid public appearance in 1966. The following year, Baglioni wrote his first song with Annabel Lee , inspired by the poems of Edgar Allan Poe . After the first audition and other self-written songs, which were later sung by other musicians (such as Mia Martini and Rita Pavone ), Baglioni received a contract with the record label RCA Italiana in 1969 . His first self-titled album was released there as early as 1970 with the support of producer Antonio Coggio , who accompanied him for many years; despite participating in the Un disco per l'estate competition , there was no notable success. In 1971 the album Un cantastorie dei giorni nostri followed .

Success and setbacks

In 1972, Baglioni recorded three songs for the film Brother Sun, Sister Moon by director Franco Zeffirelli . With the title song Fratello sole, sorella luna , he achieved his first single success in the charts. In addition, Rita Pavone landed a success in the French charts with the song he wrote, Bonjour la France . Baglioni's breakthrough this year was his third album Questo piccolo grande amore . The concept album's title track was a number one hit and has proven to be "one of the greatest and longest lasting successes in the Italian canzone d'autore " with "several generations of Italians". From 1973 Baglioni released another four successful albums with RCA, which secured him a large following of fans. The 1974 album E tu… , in which Vangelis was also involved, won an award at the festival bar competition. This was followed by successes in Spain and South America, in 1975 the musician toured Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and Mexico. After soloing (1977) and touring the USA and Canada, Baglioni switched to the CBS label.

The first album on CBS was E tu come stai? (1978). After further international tours his album Strada facendo was released in 1981 , which was followed by further successful concerts and a live album. With Avrai , written to mark the birth of his son Giovanni, he had another number one hit in 1982. In 1985 Baglioni's tenth studio album La vita è adesso was released , the singer also appeared as a guest at the Sanremo Festival in 1985 and received the award for the most beautiful song of the century (for Questo piccolo grande amore ). With Notti di Note the first official biography published about Baglioni. In 1988 his appearance at a charity concert organized by Amnesty International (AI) in Turin , in which he represented Italy alongside Peter Gabriel , Sting , Bruce Springsteen , Tracy Chapman and Youssou N'Dour , led to a career dip : because he was unlike many of his Italian colleagues did not address any socially critical aspects in his songs and was regarded as the main representative of the "languishing Liebesschnulze" (canzone sentimentale tormentata) , his presence was rejected by large parts of the audience and answered with whistles and bottles. AI President Franca Sciuto justified Baglioni's choice with the fact that among his colleagues (such as Zucchero or Angelo Branduardi ) he was best able to move masses and address a young audience. Baglioni temporarily withdrew from the public.

Now with Sony Music , Baglioni released his next album Oltre in 1990, on which international musicians such as Paco de Lucía , Youssou N'Dour , Didier Lockwood , Tony Levin and Manu Katché also had guest appearances. In the following years he went on several tours again, which subsequently included the live albums Assieme and Ancorassieme . In 1995 the next studio album Io sono qui followed . On October 27, 1996 he took part in the World Food Day Concert in Rome at the invitation of the FAO . That year, Baglioni also began to present himself more on television. For Christmas 1996 he performed in the Vatican . A major TV appearance was in 1997 when he participated in the music program Anima mia with Fabio Fazio , in which he performed well-known songs from the 1970s. Baglioni later published the presented songs on the cover album Anime in gioco . In 1998, the Italian Football Association, FIGC, commissioned the singer to compose the anthem Da me a te to mark its centenary . this song, which Baglioni presented before the international match between Italy and Paraguay, brought him another number one hit. He continued his TV presence with live broadcasts of his concerts in the main RAI program , but the TV show L'ultimo valzer (again together with Fazio) in 1999 did not achieve the hoped-for success. His next album Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo was released in 1999 , followed by concerts and several live albums.

Since 2000

In 2003, Baglioni was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Commander) by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi . In that year he also released his album Sono io, l'uomo della storia accanto , with which he was able to build on earlier successes. This was followed by a tour across Italy, with guest appearances by a large number of his fellow singers, including Andrea Bocelli , Laura Pausini , Gianni Morandi , Biagio Antonacci and Renato Zero . Further appearances and concerts were reflected in various live albums.

In order to draw attention to the problems of migration, Baglioni was active for the O'Scià Foundation from 2003 to 2012 and organized benefit concerts with a large number of his music colleagues. In May 2004, he appeared as coach of the Italians in a friendly game for charity between an English singing team and the Italian Nazionale italiana cantanti ; the following year he played for the team himself. In June of that year, Baglioni graduated from La Sapienza University with a degree in architecture . In 2005 and 2006 the singer released two three-part best-of albums under the titles Tutti qui and Gli altri tutti qui . For the Winter Olympics in Turin he wrote the official anthem Va '/ Go ; he also participated as a torchbearer .

Based on the new QPGA project , the new tour A prima vista started in November 2008 . QPGA stands for Questo piccolo grande amore and is a large-scale reworking of the 1972 album, which was accompanied by a film of the same name by Riccardo Donna and a novel by Baglioni. The double album QPGA was released at the end of 2009, after a tour, and in addition to the newly edited titles from the original, it also contained new songs and various guest contributions. Until 2010, Baglioni was touring Italy with the subsequent ConcertOpera tour (directed by Duccio Forzano ). Later that year he followed up with an international tour.

Appearance with Gianni Morandi at the Wind Music Awards 2016

After an anniversary edition of Strada facendo 2011, Baglioni returned in 2012 with the Christmas album Un piccolo Natale in più , which contained cover versions of well-known international Christmas carols . In the following year he started the ConVoi project , in the course of which he published new songs on a weekly basis exclusively via the iTunes Store ; thus he achieved new successes in the single charts, and the album that was subsequently released was also successful. In 2015 Baglioni's new book Inter nos was published , and together with Gianni Morandi he started the project Capitani coraggiosi .

As artistic director and moderator (at the side of Michelle Hunziker and Pierfrancesco Favino ) Baglioni presented the Sanremo Festival 2018 . He also took on this role in 2019 .

Discography

Studio albums

Only from the third album could Baglioni reach the charts. His self-titled debut album from 1970 only entered the charts in 2010.

  • Un cantastorie dei giorni nostri (1971)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1972 Questo piccolo grande amore IT2 (25 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA; 2000 place 32 (7 weeks) in the FIMI charts (Edition Dischi d'oro )
1973 Gira che ti rigira amore bello IT4 (32 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1974 E tu ... IT1 (26 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA; 2000 place 83 (2 weeks) in the FIMI charts (Edition Dischi d'oro )
1975 Sabato pomeriggio IT1 (25 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1977 solo IT2 (27 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1978 E tu come stai? IT1 (27 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1981 Strada facendo IT1 (36 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS; 2011 place 29 (6 weeks) in the FIMI charts (anniversary edition 30 ° anniversario )
1985 La vita è adesso IT1 (42 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1990 Oltre IT1 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1995 Io sono qui IT1 (31 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia
1996 Attori e spettatori IT2 (19 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia
1997 Anime in gioco IT1 (18 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia; Cover album
1999 Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo IT1 (27 weeks)
IT 		CH56 (10 weeks)
CH
Columbia
2003 Sono io, l'uomo della storia accanto IT1 (62 weeks)
IT 		CH57 (5 weeks)
CH
Columbia
2006 Quelli degli altri tutti qui IT1 (23 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia; Cover album
2009 QPGA IT4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(28 weeks)IT 		CH94 (1 week)
CH
Sony Music; Cover album
sales: + 140,000
2010 Claudio Baglioni IT66
gold
gold

(2 weeks)IT 		-
RCA; Baglioni's debut album didn't hit the charts until 40 years after it was released
: +30,000 sales
2012 Un piccolo Natale in più IT8th
gold
gold

(9 weeks)IT 		-
Sony Music; Christmas album
sales: + 30,000
2013 ConVoi IT2
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)IT 		CH99 (1 week)
CH
Sony Music
sales: + 50,000

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1982 Alè-oò IT2 (21 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1986 Assolo IT4 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
CBS
1992 Assieme (oltre il concerto) IT2 (16 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia
Ancorassieme IT5 (14 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia
1996 Attori e spettatori IT2 (19 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia
1998 A-Live IT5 (6 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia
2000 Acustico IT11 (13 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia
2005 Crescendo e cercando IT1 (19 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia
2007 Buon viaggio della vita IT3 (20 weeks)
IT 		-
Columbia
2010 Per il mondo. World Tour 2010 IT5
gold
gold

(21 weeks)IT 		-
Sony Music
sales: + 30,000
2016 Capitani Coraggiosi - Il live IT1
platinum
platinum

(50 weeks)IT 		-
with Gianni Morandi
Sales: + 50,000

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

  • InCanto tra pianoforte e voce (2001)

Compilations (selection)

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1984 I grandi successi di Claudio Baglioni IT5 (17 weeks)
IT 		-
Siglaquattro
1985 Claudio IT13 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
RCA
1996 Le origini IT6 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
1997 Gli anni 70 IT16 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
2005 Tutti qui IT2
platinum
platinum

(83 weeks)IT 		-
Sony BMG
Sales: + 50,000; IT 2015 platinum
2006 Gli altri tutti qui IT2 (29 weeks)
IT 		-
Sony BMG
2015 D'amore IT12 (9 weeks)
IT 		-
Sony BMG
2018 50 - Al centro IT2
gold
gold

(35 weeks)IT 		-
RCA
sales: + 25,000

Foreign language albums

Claudio Baglioni also released albums in Spanish and French .

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT IT IT
2005 Todo Baglioni grandes éxitos en Español IT66 (2 weeks)
IT 		IT25 (11 weeks)
IT

More albums

  • Sábado por la tarde (1975)
  • Éxitos de Claudio Baglioni (1977)
  • Un pequeño gran amor (1977)
  • Solo (1977)
  • Un poco más (1979)
  • ¿Y tú cómo estás? (1979)
  • Con todo el amor que yo puedo (1979)
  • Comment do vas? (1980)
  • Claudio Baglioni en castellano (1984)
  • Oltre (1991)
  • Siempre aquí (2006)

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1972 Fratello sole sorella luna IT22 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
from the soundtrack of the movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Questo piccolo grande amore
Questo piccolo grande amore 		IT1
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)IT 		-
Entered number 26 on the FIMI charts in 2009
Sales: + 50,000; IT 2019 platinum
1973 Amore bello
Gira che ti rigira amore bello 		IT5 (31 weeks)
IT 		-
1974 E tu ...
E tu ... 		IT1
gold
gold

(27 weeks)IT 		-
Sales: + 25,000; IT 2019 gold
1975 Sabato pomeriggio
Sabato pomeriggio 		IT1 (26 weeks)
IT 		-
1977 Solo
solo 		IT3 (24 weeks)
IT 		-
1979 E tu come stai?
E tu come stai? 		IT6th
gold
gold

(15 weeks)IT 		-
Sales: + 25,000; IT 2017 gold
1981 Strada facendo
Strada facendo 		IT-
gold
gold
IT 		CH7 (5 weeks)
CH
Sales: + 25,000; IT 2019 gold
1982 Avrai
Alè-oò 		IT1
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)IT 		-
Sales: + 50,000; IT 2018 platinum
1998 Da me a te
Da me a te 		IT1 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
2009 Niente più
Q.PGA 		IT17 (4 weeks)
IT 		-
2013 Con voi
Con voi 		IT4 (5 weeks)
IT 		-
Dieci dita
con voi 		IT7 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
E noi due là
con voi 		IT5 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
E chi ci ammazza
Con voi 		IT12 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
Isole del sud
Con voi 		IT12 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
L'ultima cosa che farò
Con voi 		IT12 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
In un'altra vita
Con voi 		IT9 (4 weeks)
IT 		-
Va tutto bene
con voi 		IT11 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
In cammino
con voi 		IT12 (2 weeks)
IT 		-
Gli anni della gioventù
Con voi 		IT10 (1 week)
IT 		-
Come un eterno addio
Con voi 		IT12 (1 week)
IT 		-
Una storia vera
Con voi 		IT25 (1 week)
IT 		-
2014 Mille Giorni di te e di me
Oltre (1990) 		IT78
platinum
platinum

(1 week)IT 		-
Sales: + 50,000
2020 Gli anni piu belli
 IT53 (1 week)
IT 		-

Duets

  • with Alan Sorrenti : Figli delle stelle (in Anime in gioco by Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
  • with Enzo Jannacci : E la vita la vita (in Anime in gioco by Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
  • with the Inti Illimani : El pueblo unido (in Anime in gioco by Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
  • with Litfiba : Sandokan (in Anime in gioco by Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
  • with Mia Martini : Stelle di stelle (in Oltre by Claudio Baglioni, 1990)
  • with Orietta Berti : Il nostro concerto (in Anime in gioco by Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
  • with Pino Daniele : Io dal mare (in Oltre by Claudio Baglioni, 1990; Daniele plays guitar and sings in the finale)
  • with Renato Zero and Laura Pausini : I migliori anni della nostra vita (live at Live 8 )
  • with Riccardo Cocciante : Pippi Calzelunghe (in Anime in gioco by Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
  • with Roberto Vecchioni : Donna felicità (in Anime in gioco by Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
  • with Ron : Non abbiam bisogno di parole (in Ma quando dici amore by Ron, 2005)
  • with mango : Amore Bello (in Acchiappanuvole by Mango, 2008)
  • with Noemi and Gianluca Grignani : Quanto ti voglio (in QPGA by Claudio Baglioni, 2009)

Filmography

  • 1972: Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello sole, sorella luna) - main interpreter of the soundtrack
  • 1972: Ipotesi sulla scomparsa di un fisico atomico - actor
  • 2009: Questo piccolo grande amore - screenplay and soundtrack

bibliography

  • Claudio Baglioni: C'era un cavaliere bianco e nero . Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan 1998, ISBN 88-04-41676-9 .
  • Claudio Baglioni, Giuseppe Cesaro: Senza musica . Bompiani, Milan 2005, ISBN 88-452-3429-0 .
  • Claudio Baglioni: QPGA Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan 2009, ISBN 88-04-58363-0 .
  • Claudio Baglioni: L'invenzione del naso e altre storie . Kowalski, 2011, ISBN 88-7496-801-9 .

literature

  • Manlio Fierro, Melisanda Massei Autunnali, Raffaele Pirretto: Discografia Illustrata. Claudio Baglioni . Coniglio Editore, Rome 2008.
  • Caterina Tonon: Claudio Baglioni l'incantautore . Aliberti editore, Reggio Emilia 2008, ISBN 88-7424-338-3 .
  • Donato Zoppo: Questo piccolo grande viaggiatore. Claudio Baglioni in 100 pagine . Aereostella, 2012, ISBN 978-88-96212-32-5 .

Web links

Commons : Claudio Baglioni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e Baglioni, Claudio. In: Enciclopedia Treccani. Retrieved November 20, 2015 (Italian).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Claudio Baglioni, biografia. In: Rockol.it. October 15, 2013, accessed November 20, 2015 (Italian).
  3. ↑ a b c Claudio Baglioni: Biografia. In: Albo d'oro. Musica e dischi , accessed on November 20, 2015 (Italian, paid subscription access).
  4. ↑ Andrea Pedrinelli: Quel gancio in mezzo al cielo. Claudio Baglioni, canzoni fra l'uomo e Dio . Ancora, 2007, p. 12 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g Biografia. In: Claudio Baglioni - Official Website. Retrieved November 20, 2015 (Italian).
  6. ^ Salvatore Tropea: I magnifici 6 contro i dittatori . In: La Repubblica . September 9, 1988, p. 11 ( online article [accessed November 21, 2015]).
  7. ^ C'è anche Baglioni nel concerto di Amnesty . In: La Repubblica . July 23, 1988, p. 28 ( online article [accessed November 21, 2015]).
  8. ↑ John Bush: Claudio Baglioni, Biography. In: Allmusic . Retrieved November 20, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Gloria Pozzi: Baglioni: la tv ha cambiato la mia musica . In: Corriere della Sera . RCS MediaGroup , September 24, 1997, p. 37 ( online article [accessed November 21, 2015]).
  10. ↑ Enrico Varriale: Da me a te. (No longer available online.) RAI , April 21, 1998, archived from the original on November 22, 2015 ; Retrieved November 21, 2015 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.raisport.rai.it
  11. ↑ Baglioni Sig. Claudio. In: Onorificenze. Presidenza della Repubblica , accessed November 20, 2015 (Italian).
  12. ↑ Fondazione O'Scià. Retrieved November 21, 2015 (Italian).
  13. ↑ Questo piccolo grande amore in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  14. ↑ Home Page - Baglioni Morandi Live. Retrieved November 21, 2015 (Italian).
  15. ↑ a b c Chart sources (albums):
  16. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Certificazioni, Claudio Baglioni. FIMI, accessed April 3, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Chart sources:
  18. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
personal data
SURNAME Baglioni, Claudio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baglioni, Claudio Enrico Paolo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian songwriter and singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome