Francesco Renga

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Francesco Renga (born June 12, 1968 in Udine ; actually Pierfrancesco Renga ) is an Italian singer and songwriter .

Life

Renga lost his mother in childhood and grew up with a surrogate mother near Brescia . As a teenager he started making music with local bands. At the age of sixteen he took part in the Deskomusic music competition with his band Modus Vivendi , which he founded with friends . The band Timoria (at that time still under the name Precious Time ), which Renga joined , also applied for the same competition . In the following thirteen years Renga released seven albums with the band.

After a falling out within the band at the end of 1998, Renga took a creative break to return to the public as a soloist in 2000. His first album, titled Francesco Renga , reached number 38 on the Italian album charts . However, he only became known to the general public two years later with the album Tracce ("traces"). With the included song Tracce di te ("Traces of you") Renga took part in the Sanremo Festival 2002 ( 2001 he already took part in the young talent category) and was able to occupy one of the top places.

The album Camere con vista ("Room with a View") that followed in 2004 finally helped him achieve his breakthrough in Italy. With the song Angelo ("Engel") he won the 55th Sanremo Festival in 2005 and reached the top of the single charts for the first time . Renga first reached number one on the Italian album charts two years later with his album Ferro e cartone , which was accompanied by autobiographical short stories in his book Come mi viene - Vite di ferro e cartone .

In 2009 Renga again took part in the Sanremo Festival with L'uomo senza età and released the cover album Orchestra e voce with orchestra . The following year the next studio album, Un giorno bellissimo, followed . He returned to Sanremo in 2012 with La tua bellezza ; the song found its way into the compilation Fermoimmagine . After moving to Sony , he first recorded a Spanish-language album. For the film Razzabastarda he contributed the song La vita possibile , which was nominated for a David di Donatello as best film song. At the Sanremo Festival 2014 he reached fourth place with Vivendo adesso .

Following the participation in Sanremo, the album Tempo reale was released , which brought the singer back to the top of the chart. The single Il mio giorno più bello nel mondo was also a number one success in the summer. In 2016 Renga returned with the album Scriverò il tuo nome . The following tour resulted in a live album in 2017, in the same year he also began a project with Max Pezzali and Nek , which culminated in the live album Max Nek Renga - Il disco in 2018 . In the fifth season of the talent show The Voice of Italy , Renga first appeared as a coach, alongside Al Bano , J-Ax and Cristina Scabbia . With Aspetto che torni he took part in the 2019 Sanremo Festival .

Private

Renga is married to the actress Ambra Angiolini . They have two children together, Jolanda (2004) and Leonardo (2006).

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT CH CH
2000 Francesco Renga IT38 (3 weeks)
IT 		-
2001 Francesco Renga (edizione Sanremo) IT37 (11 weeks)
IT 		-
New edition of the album from the previous year after participating in the Sanremo Festival
2002 Trace IT6 (56 weeks)
IT 		-
2004 Camere con vista IT8 (40 weeks)
IT 		-
2005 Camere con vista (edizione Sanremo) IT4 (30 weeks)
IT 		-
New edition of the album from the previous year after participating in the Sanremo Festival
2007 Ferro e cartone IT1 (19 weeks)
IT 		-
2009 Orchestra e voce IT8th
platinum
platinum

(44 weeks)IT 		-
Cover album
sales: + 60,000
2010 Un giorno bellissimo IT7th
gold
gold

(24 weeks)IT 		-
Sales: + 30,000
2014 Pace real IT1
platinum
platinum

(73 weeks)IT 		-
including new edition Tempo real extra
sales: + 50,000
2016 Scriverò il tuo nome IT1
platinum
platinum

(76 weeks)IT 		CH53 (1 week)
CH
Sales: + 50,000
2018 Max Nek Renga - Il disco IT3
gold
gold

(21 weeks)IT 		-
Live album with Max Pezzali and Nek
Sales: + 25,000
2019 L'altra metà IT2 (7 weeks)
IT 		CH56 (1 week)
CH

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2012 Fermo immagine IT15 (14 weeks)
IT
2014 The Platinum Collection IT52 (4 weeks)
IT

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2001 Raccontami
Francesco Renga 		IT24 (11 weeks)
IT
2002 Tracce di te
Tracce 		IT17 (10 weeks)
IT
2005 Angelo
Camere con vista (edizione Sanremo) 		IT1 (22 weeks)
IT
Winner title at the Sanremo Festival 2005
2009 Uomo senza età
Orchestra e voce 		IT10 (3 weeks)
IT
2010 Io che non vivo senza te
Orchestra e voce 		IT24 (2 weeks)
IT
Cover , original by Pino Donaggio
Un giorno bellissimo
Un giorno bellissimo 		IT18 (17 weeks)
IT
2011 Per farti tornare
Un giorno bellissimo 		IT80 (1 week)
IT
2012 La tua bellezza
Fermo immagine 		IT8th
gold
gold

(10 weeks)IT
Sales: + 15,000
2014 Vivendo adesso
Tempo real 		IT4th
platinum
platinum

(24 weeks)IT
Sales: + 30,000
A un isolato da te
tempo real 		IT37
gold
gold

(15 weeks)IT
Sales: + 15,000
L'amore altrove
Tempo real 		IT35
gold
gold

(6 weeks)IT
with Alessandra Amoroso
Sales: + 25,000
Il mio giorno più bello nel mondo
Tempo reale 		IT1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(56 weeks)IT
Sales: + 90,000
2015 Era una vita che ti stavo aspettando
Tempo real 		IT96
platinum
platinum

(1 week)IT
Sales: + 50,000
2016 Guardami amore
Scriverò il tuo nome 		IT64
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)IT
Sales: + 50,000
Il bene
Scriverò il tuo nome 		IT74
gold
gold

(8 weeks)IT
Sales: + 25,000
2019 Aspetto che torni
 IT34 (2 weeks)
IT

More singles

  • Affogo Baby (1999)
  • Splendido (2000)
  • May so (2001)
  • Dove il mondo non c'è più (2000)
  • Sto già bene (2002)
  • Ci sarai (2004)
  • Meravigliosa (la luna) (2004)
  • Un'ora in più (2005)
  • Cambio direzione (2007)
  • Ferro e cartone (2007)
  • Dimmi (2008)
  • Dove finisce il mare (2008)
  • L'ultima occasione (2009)
  • Regina triste (2011)
  • La quiero a morir ( feat.Jarabe de Palo ; 2011)
  • Senza sorridere (2012)
  • La vita possibile (2013)
  • Scriverò il tuo nome (2016) - IT:goldgold Gold (25,000+)
  • Migliore (2016) - IT:goldgold Gold (25,000+)
  • Nuova luce (2017) - IT:goldgold Gold (25,000+)

bibliography

  • 2007: Come mi viene - Vite di ferro e cartone

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources (albums):
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p award archive. FIMI, accessed December 13, 2019 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Chart sources (singles):
personal data
SURNAME Renga, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Renga, Pierfrancesco (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Udine , Italy