Enrico Ruggeri

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Enrico Ruggeri (born June 5, 1957 in Milan ) is an Italian singer , songwriter , writer and television presenter . He took part in the Sanremo Festival ten times and won it twice; he also represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 .

Career

Enrico Ruggeri began his musical career in 1972 with the formation of the band Josafat . The group renamed itself Champagne Molotov in 1974 and merged with Trifoglio in 1977 to form the new band Decibel , which recorded the album Punk and had a number of appearances as the opening act for partly international performers (including Adam and the Ants and The Heartbreakers ) until 1980 . This year, the group took Contessa at the Sanremo Music Festival in part and published the second album Vivo da re . But as early as 1981 Ruggeri separated from the band after a dispute and began his solo career with the album Champagne Molotov . The musical partner at the time was Luigi Schiavone. It wasn't until Polvere 1983 that the musician achieved his first success. As early as 1984 he took part in the Sanremo Festival with Nuovo swing ; two years later he returned to the competition and achieved the critics award with Rien ne va plus .

Ruggeri achieved his first Sanremo victory in 1987 when he presented the song Si può dare di più in a trio with Gianni Morandi and Umberto Tozzi . In the same year Fiorella Mannoia won the critic's award with the song Quello che le donne non dicono written by Ruggeri . In 1989 the musician also began writing and published the books La giostra and Per pudore . The successful albums Il falco e il gabbiano and Peter Pan followed . When Ruggeri returned to Sanremo in 1993 , he was now also winning as a soloist with Mistero . He qualified for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 in Millstreet , where he finished twelfth with Sole d'Europa . After another participation in Sanremo with L'amore è un attimo in 1996, he switched from CGD to the PDU label and in 1997 released the album Domani è un altro giorno ; In 1999 he had the cover album L'isola dei famosi follow.

L'uomo che vola from 2000 was Ruggeri's first Columbia / Sony album . After intensive concert activity, the musician returned to the Sanremo Festival in 2002 and 2003 : once with Primavera a Sarajevo , then with Nessuno tocchi Caino (in a duet with his partner Andrea Mirò ). Further album releases followed. From 2005 he presented the three seasons of the TV show Nessuno tocchi Caino on Italia 1 . In 2010 he returned to Sanremo again and presented the song La notte delle fate ; During the competition there was also a brief reunion with his former band Decibel. In the same year, Ruggeri appeared for the first time as a juror on the casting show X Factor .

Ruggeri's novel Che giorno sarà was published in 2011, followed by Non si può morire la notte di Natale in 2012 . With Frankenstein , the musician presented a concept album for the Shelley character of the same name in 2013 , accompanied by the short novel L'uomo al centro del cerchio . Between 2013 and 2014 he hosted the TV show Lucignolo , again for Italia 1. Ruggeri appeared as a guest at the 2015 Sanremo Festival , but again as a participant in the next edition (with the song Il primo amore non si scorda mai ). After participating in the festival, the latest studio album Un viaggio incredibile was released . In recognition of his life's work, Ruggeri was awarded the Premio Musica e Parole in 2017 at the Dante Festival in the city of Ravenna .

After a reunion , Ruggeri released the album Noblesse oblige together with his old band Decibel in 2017 . The group also performed at the 2018 Sanremo Festival .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1984 Presente IT23 (3 weeks)
IT
CGD
1986 Difesa francese IT20 (3 weeks)
IT
EP
CGD
Enrico VIII IT13 (10 weeks)
IT
CGD
1988 La parola ai testimoni IT6 (12 weeks)
IT
CGD
1989 Contatti IT14 (9 weeks)
IT
CGD
1990 Il falco e il gabbiano IT8 (15 weeks)
IT
CGD
1991 Peter Pan IT9 (20 weeks)
IT
CGD
1994 Oggetti smarriti IT7 (7 weeks)
IT
CGD
1996 Fango e place IT10 (5 weeks)
IT
CGD East West
1997 Domani è un altro giorno IT9 (6 weeks)
IT
PDU
1999 Spanish version as La gente con alma
1999 L'isola dei tesori IT13 (3 weeks)
IT
PDU
2000 L'uomo che vola IT15 (5 weeks)
IT
Columbia / Sony
2003 Gli occhi del musicista IT7 (8 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Sony
2005 Amore e waserra IT15 (6 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Sony BMG
2007 Il regalo di Natale IT63 (4 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Universal
Christmas album with Andrea Mirò and Quei bravi ragazzi
2008 Rock show IT13 (5 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Universal
2010 La ruota IT30 (5 weeks)
IT
Universal
2013 Frankenstein IT10 (4 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Sony
2015 Pezzi di vita IT5 (13 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Sony
2016 Un viaggio incredibile IT22 (9 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Sony
2019 Alma IT13 (4 weeks)
IT
Anyway

More albums

  • Champagne Molotov (SIF; 1981)
  • Polvere (CGD; 1983)
  • Tutto scorre (CGD; 1985)

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1987 Vai Rrouge! IT15 (12 weeks)
IT
CGD
2001 La vie en rouge IT21 (6 weeks)
IT
Columbia / Sony
2002 La vie en rouge (Sanremo edition) IT43 (6 weeks)
IT
Columbia / Sony

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1993 La giostra della memoria IT5 (13 weeks)
IT
CGD
2004 Punk prima di te IT34 (1 week)
IT
Anyway / Columbia / Sony
2006 Cuore, muscoli e cervello IT29 (5 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Sony
2009 All in IT31 (5 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Universal
2012 Le canzoni ai testimoni IT21 (3 weeks)
IT
Universal
2014 Frankenstein 2.0 IT62 (3 weeks)
IT
Anyway / Sony

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
1984 Nuovo swing
presente 		IT15 (7 weeks)
IT 		-
Contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1984
1987 Si può dare di più IT1 (16 weeks)
IT 		CH15 (4 weeks)
CH
as Morandi / Ruggeri / Tozzi; with Gianni Morandi and Umberto Tozzi
winning contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1987
1988 Giorni randagi
La parola ai testimoni 		IT14 (5 weeks)
IT 		-
1990 Ti avrò
Il falco e il gabbiano 		IT6 (12 weeks)
IT 		-
1991 Peter pan
peter pan 		IT10 (15 weeks)
IT 		-
1993 Mistero
La giostra della memoria 		IT1 (8 weeks)
IT 		-
Winner contribution to the Sanremo Festival 1993
2000 Gimondi e il cannibale
L'uomo che vola 		- -
45th place in M&D charts (2 weeks)
2002 Primavera a Sarajevo
Gli occhi del musicista 		IT15 (8 weeks)
IT 		-
2005 L'americano medio
Amore e guerra 		- -
45th place in M&D charts (1 week)
2008 La terra e la luna
rock show 		- -
31st place in M&D charts (2 weeks)
2010 La notte delle fate
La ruota 		IT22 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
Polvere
Polvere 		IT77 (1 week)
IT 		-
published 1983
2012 Tenax
Le canzoni ai testimoni 		IT98 (1 week)
IT 		-
feat. Serpenti
2016 Il primo amore non si scorda mai
Un viaggio incredibile 		IT59 (1 week)
IT 		-

bibliography

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Dante 2021, questa sera al Teatro Rasi sarà assegnato il Premio “Dante-Ravenna” a Corrado Augias e “Musica e Parole” a Enrico Ruggeri. In: PiùNotizie. Edizioni Moderna, September 16, 2017, accessed September 17, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources (albums):
  3. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
personal data
SURNAME Ruggeri, Enrico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer, songwriter, writer and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan