Francesco Gabbani

Francesco Gabbani (2017)

Francesco Gabbani (born September 9, 1982 in Carrara ) is an Italian musician . He won the Sanremo Festival in 2017 and represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 .

Career

As a child, Gabbani learned to play drums and guitar . At the age of 18 he signed his first record deal with Sony BMG . Between 2000 and 2010 he released two albums with the band Trikobalto and performed a. a. as the opening act of Oasis before embarking on a solo career after the band split up. From 2011 he released several singles on the Universo label , including Maledetto amore , which found its way into the soundtrack of the film L'amore fa male . In 2013 Gabbani wrote the song Toy Boy for Raffaella Carrà ; in addition, his first solo album Greitist Iz was released .

In 2015 the singer moved to BMG Rights Management . At the end of the year he qualified in the television program #SG - Sanremo Giovani for the newcomer category of the Sanremo Festival 2016 , where he finally won the song with the song Amen ; he also won the Critics' Prize, the Emanuele Luzzati Prize and the Prize for the Best Lyrics. His second album Eternamente ora was released parallel to the Sanremo participation . At the end of the year, the musician was responsible for the soundtrack of the film Poveri ma ricchi by Fausto Brizzi , including the title song Foglie al gelo .

Now in the main category, Gabbani also took part in the 2017 Sanremo Festival . With the song Occidentali's Karma he achieved victory here too. With this title he represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev and reached sixth place. At the end of April Gabbani’s third album Magellano was released , the international edition published as Magellan . Gabbani's song Tra le granite e le granate became a summer hit in Italy in 2017 .

The musician returned in 2019 with the singles È un'altra cosa and Duemiladiciannove . At the Sanremo Festival 2020 he reached second place with Viceversa .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IT	CH
2014	Greitist iz	IT59 (4 weeks) IT	-	First published: May 27, 2014 Chart entry 2017
2016	Eternamente ora	IT18 (26 weeks) IT	-	First published: February 12, 2016
2017	Magellano / Magellan	IT1 platinum (44 weeks)IT	CH35 (3 weeks) CH	First published: April 28, 2017 Sales: + 50,000
2020	Vice versa	IT2 (... weeks) IT	CH97 (1 week) CH	First published: February 14, 2020

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		IT	AT	CH
2016	Amen Eternamente ora	IT14th platinum (14 weeks)IT	-	-	First published: November 27, 2015 Sales: + 50,000
2017	Occidentali's Karma Magellano	IT1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (19 weeks)IT	AT57 (1 week) AT	CH25 (4 weeks) CH	First published: February 10, 2017 Sales: + 300,000
	Tra le granite e le granate Magellano	IT19th × 2 Double platinum (16 weeks)IT	-	-	First published: May 8, 2017 Sales: + 100,000
	La mia versione dei ricordi Magellano	IT82 (1 week) IT	-	-	First published: November 21, 2017
2020	Viceversa Viceversa	IT2 platinum (… Where.)IT	-	CH55 (1 week) CH	First published: February 7th, 2020 Sales: + 70,000
	Il sudore ci appiccica	IT84 (... weeks) IT	-	-	First published: August 7, 2020

more publishments

• Estate (2011)
• Maledetto amore (2011)
• I dischi non si suonano (2013)
• Clandestino (2013)
• Eternamente ora (2016)
• In equilibrio (2016)
• Foglie al gelo (2016)
• Pachidermi e pappagalli (2017)

Web links

Commons : Francesco Gabbani  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Italian)
• Francesco Gabbani at Rockol.it
• Biography at eurovision.de

supporting documents

1. ↑ Alessandro Genovese: Francesco Gabbani firma la colonna sonora di "Poveri ma Ricchi". In: AllMusicItalia. Massimiliano Longo, December 12, 2016, accessed May 1, 2017 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Elena Masuelli: Festival di Sanremo 2017, big e giovani: ecco tutti i cantanti in gara. In: LaStampa.it . December 12, 2016, accessed December 13, 2016 (Italian). 
3. ↑ Chart sources (albums):
   • Francesco Gabbani in the Italian album charts. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed July 8, 2017 . 
   • Albums by Francesco Gabbani. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on July 8, 2017 (CH). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed April 20, 2020 (Italian). 
5. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
   • Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI, accessed February 9, 2020 (Italian). 
   • Singles by Francesco Gabbani. In: Austriancharts.at . Hung Medien, accessed July 8, 2017 (AT). 
   • Singles by Francesco Gabbani. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on July 8, 2017 (CH).