Gianna Nannini

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Gianna Nannini live at Villa Manin , 2008

Gianna Nannini (born June 14, 1954 in Siena ) is an Italian songwriter and rock singer who became popular with songs like America , Latin Lover , Fotoromanza , Bello e impossibile or I maschi .

Youth and family

Gianna Nannini was born in 1954 in Siena as the daughter of a traditional family of confectioners . Her brother Alessandro , who was successful in motorsport in the 1980s and 1990s , is now running his parents' company, the Gruppo Nannini .

After graduating from high school in Bologna , she left home at the age of 18. She first studied piano in Lucca and then composition in Milan . In the first years of her music career, she suffered from depression . She finished her studies in literature and philosophy in 1994 with a thesis on Il corpo nella voce (“The body in the voice”) with summa cum laude .

Nannini lives with her partner and daughter (* 2010) in London.

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Janis Joplin became a role model for her early on. Her autobiographical and introverted debut album Gianna Nannini from 1976 was followed by the poetic record Una radura in 1977 . In 1979, California was the first successful long-playing record, the feminist content and provocative cover of which caused a minor scandal in Italy. The title America caused a sensation in Catholic Italy because Nannini exchanged the torch of the Statue of Liberty for a vibrator on the album cover .

In 1981 she wrote the score for the film Sconcerto Rock and sang the theme song Ora . On her album GN , also released in 1981, she experimented with electronic music and landed a hit with the title Occhi aperti . Her new manager Peter Zumsteg helped her to achieve her final breakthrough. With Latin Lover from 1982, a fruitful collaboration began with the music producer Conny Plank , who had already produced Ultravox , Eurythmics and Kraftwerk . By the time Plank passed away in 1987, they made two more albums together. The single Latin Lover became one of their greatest hits in Germany.

The LP Puzzle (1984) also marked the breakthrough in Italy, where shortly afterwards the single Fotoromanza was celebrated for three months as number one and summer hit of the year, which brought Nannini a gold record in Italy . Puzzle became the best-selling record by a singer up until then. At the music festival “Festivalbar” she won the final concert in the Arena of Verona . In 1987 Nannini produced the single I maschi with the Swiss producer Armand Volker , with which she represented Italy at the 18th World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo . In the same year she set Die Dreigroschenoper to music together with Sting . In 1987 and 1988 the rock singer performed on a tour of several months across Europe in sold-out halls in Italy, France, Germany and Scandinavia. In 1988 the album Malafemmina was released .

In 1990, in collaboration with Edoardo Bennato, the hit Un'estate italiana was created , which they performed at the opening ceremony of the Soccer World Cup in Italy in the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan. In 1992 the Spanish version of Maschi e altri was released and in August 1996 their best-of album Bomboloni with well-known successes and three new tracks. In 2000, Nannini wrote the soundtrack for the cartoon adaptation of Michael Ende's novel Momo , again experimenting with elements of electronic music.

With the album Aria , which is characterized by electronic music and sound effects, the producers broke new ground in 2002. Noise computer and vocoder form the basis of the 13 songs. The album, which was successful in Italy, was released without their consent. Because, according to Nannini's opinion, the “beautiful songs” that were created in two years in rock style were “destroyed beyond recognition with a lot of electronics [...]” . After the disappointment with Aria , she took sole responsibility for the album Perle (2004). Musically, she relied on the piano and the musicians of the “Solis String Quartet” from Naples , which consists of four classical strings, to reinterpret 14 of her favorite songs. The album became a great success in Italy. In 2005 her autobiography Io was published in both Italian and German.

In 2006 Nannini celebrated her 30th stage anniversary with grace and returned to rock music. The album sold so well that it went platinum shortly after its release. With over 400,000 units sold, it later achieved the status of the Italian diamond plate; it was the most successful CD of 2006 and was at the top of the charts for eleven weeks. In 2007 an international commercial for the new Fiat Bravo appeared , in which an acoustic version of their title Meravigliosa Creatura from the album Perle was used. The success of the song and the spot brought Perle back into the Italian top 50 sales charts three years after it was first published.

Nannini, 2011

In April 2007 the album Pia come la canto io was released , on which Nannini had worked for eleven years and which - like Grazie - had been produced by Wil Malone. On it is a collection of songs that she wrote for a pop opera. The orchestra with which Nannini toured Europe included a rock band with two guitarists and the Solis String Quartet from Naples. In November 2007 GiannaBest was released in Italy , a double CD with 26 of her hits and three previously unreleased titles, for which she received a diamond record in February 2008. In 2009 she acted as co-godmother for the charity event Amiche per l'Abruzzo - a pop and rock concert that took place on June 21 in Milan's San Siro Stadium and the proceeds of the infrastructure of the region damaged by a severe earthquake benefited the city of L'Aquila . Together with the writer Isabella Santacroce, Nannini wrote the song Donna d'Onna - a song that focused on the community of Onna , which was hard hit by the earthquake, and served as a kind of recognition piece for the campaign.

Nannini, 2016

tax evasion

On April 5, 2014, on behalf of the Tribunale di Milano, the Guardia di Finanza confiscated Nannini's villa in Siena including the riding stable. From 2007 to 2012, the artist is said to have not taxed income of 3.7 million euros from concerts and recordings sales through two companies in Ireland and the Netherlands .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH IT IT
1976 Gianna Nannini - - - -
Ricordi
1977 Una Radura ... - - - -
Ricordi
1980 California DE35 (14 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Ricordi
1981 GN - - - IT24 (2 weeks)
IT
Ricordi
1982 Latin lover DE18th
gold
gold

(33 weeks)DE 		- - IT24 (2 weeks)
IT
Ricordi
1984 puzzle DE27 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT13 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (15 weeks)
CH 		IT2 (27 weeks)
IT
Ricordi
1986 Profumo DE20th
gold
gold

(25 weeks)DE 		AT4 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH3
platinum
platinum

(15 weeks)CH 		IT3 (26 weeks)
IT
Ricordi
1988 Malafemmina DE12 (18 weeks)
DE 		AT12 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH5
platinum
platinum

(13 weeks)CH 		IT2 (21 weeks)
IT
Ricordi
1990 Scandalo DE18 (20 weeks)
DE 		AT27 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH10
gold
gold

(10 weeks)CH 		IT8 (11 weeks)
IT
Ricordi
1991 Giannissima DE31 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT36 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH20th
gold
gold

(5 weeks)CH 		IT8 (9 weeks)
IT
Ricordi
1993 X forza e X amore DE51 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT39 (1 week)
AT 		CH22 (6 weeks)
CH 		IT7 (20 weeks)
IT
Ricordi
1995 Dispetto DE44 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH24 (10 weeks)
CH 		IT5 (8 weeks)
IT
Polydor
1998 Cuore - - CH13 (6 weeks)
CH 		IT9 (? Where.)
IT
2002 Aria - - CH29 (9 weeks)
CH 		IT7 (2 weeks)
IT
2004 pearl DE56 (7 weeks)
DE 		- CH22 (15 weeks)
CH 		IT4 (12 weeks)
IT
2006 grace DE32 (4 weeks)
DE 		- CH12 (37 weeks)
CH 		IT1 (55 weeks)
IT
2007 Pia come la canto io - - - IT4 (7 weeks)
IT
2009 GiannaDream - Solo i sogni sono veri - - CH28 (6 weeks)
CH 		IT2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(37 weeks)IT
2011 Io e te DE26 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT28 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH4 (17 weeks)
CH 		IT1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(39 weeks)IT
2013 Inno DE60 (1 week)
DE 		AT38 (1 week)
AT 		CH7 (9 weeks)
CH 		IT1
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)IT
2014 Hitalia - - CH16 (15 weeks)
CH 		IT1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(56 weeks)IT
2015 Hit story - - CH51 (2 weeks)
CH 		IT5
platinum
platinum

(57 weeks)IT
2017 Amore gigante - AT63 (1 week)
AT 		CH14 (6 weeks)
CH 		IT2
gold
gold

(18 weeks)IT
2019 La differenza DE98 (1 week)
DE 		- CH14 (4 weeks)
CH 		IT4 (14 weeks)
IT

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
DE DE AT AT CH CH IT IT
1985 Tutto live DE47 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH4 (10 weeks)
CH 		-
with The Primadonnas
2011 Io e te Live - - - IT15 (1 week)
IT

More live albums

  • 1991: Giannissima (Live)

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH IT IT
1987 Maschi e altri DE25 (23 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH27
platinum
platinum

(7 weeks)CH 		IT5 (18 weeks)
IT
1996 Bomboloni - The Greatest Hits Collection DE28 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT39 (5 weeks)
AT 		CH26 (6 weeks)
CH 		IT10 (11 weeks)
IT
2007 Gianna Best DE32 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH23 (15 weeks)
CH 		IT1
platinum
platinum

(37 weeks)IT

More compilations

  • 1986: Gianna Nannini
  • 1990: To Be Number One ( Giorgio Moroder Project )
  • 1996: Gianna Nannini
  • 1997: I grandi successi
  • 1998: The Collection
  • 2006: America e altri grandi succesi

Soundtracks

  • 1983: Sconcerto Rock (Dalla Colonna Originale del Film) (mini-album, soundtrack to the film Sconcerto Rock )
  • 2001: Momo (soundtrack to the film Momo alla conquista del tempo by Enzo D'Alò )

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH IT IT
1979 America
California 		DE15 (24 weeks)
DE 		- - -
1981 Occhi aperti
G. N. 		- - CH8 (5 weeks)
CH 		-
1982 Latin Lover
Latin Lover 		- - CH7 (5 weeks)
CH 		-
1984 Photo romanza
puzzle 		DE60 (2 weeks)
DE 		- CH4 (11 weeks)
CH 		IT1 (27 weeks)
IT
1986 Bello e impossibile
Profumo 		- AT7 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH7 (12 weeks)
CH 		IT2 (21 weeks)
IT
1988 I maschi
Maschi e altri 		DE44 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT14 (10 weeks)
AT 		- IT4 (18 weeks)
IT
Hey bionda
Malafemmina 		DE54 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT28 (2 weeks)
AT 		- IT3 (18 weeks)
IT
1989 Un'estate italiana
To Be Number One 		DE2
gold
gold

(18 weeks)DE 		AT11 (21 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (35 weeks)
CH 		IT1 (45 weeks)
IT
official song of the 1990 World Cup
with Edoardo Bennato
1990 Scandalo
Scandalo 		DE47 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - IT1 (20 weeks)
IT
1991 Sorridi
Scandalo 		DE72 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - -
1993 Io senza te
X forza ex amore 		DE74 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH22 (11 weeks)
CH 		-
Radio Baccano
X forza ex amore 		- - - IT3 (15 weeks)
IT
feat. Jovanotti
Extravaganza - - - IT16 (4 weeks)
IT
1995 Meravigliosa creatura
Dispetto 		DE60 (9 weeks)
DE 		- CH33 (9 weeks)
CH 		IT2
gold
gold

(7 weeks)IT
2002 Aria
Aria 		- - - IT19 (1 week)
IT
2006 Be nell'anima
grace 		- - - IT2
platinum
platinum

(11 weeks)IT
2008 Suicido d'amore
Gianna Best 		- - - IT9 (6 weeks)
IT
In Italia
Bugiardo 		- - - IT4th
gold
gold

(19 weeks)IT
Fabri Fibra feat. Gianna Nannini
2009 Tu che sei parte di me
Dentro ogni casa 		- - - IT7 (7 weeks)
IT
Pacifico feat. Gianna Nannini
Attimo
GiannaDream - Solo i sogni sono veri 		- - - IT9 (6 weeks)
IT
Salvami - - - IT1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(16 weeks)IT
with Giorgia
2010 Donna d'Onna - - - IT8 (1 week)
IT
with Laura Pausini , Giorgia, Elisa and Fiorella Mannoia
Ogni tanto
Io e te 		- - CH62 (2 weeks)
CH 		IT3
platinum
platinum

(10 weeks)IT
2018 Complici - - - IT31
gold
gold

(4 weeks)IT

More singles

  • 1976: Ti avevo chiesto solo di toccarmi
  • 1977: Siamo vivi
  • 1977: Dialogo
  • 1981: Vieni ragazzo
  • 1981: Uò Uò
  • 1983: Prima donna
  • 1983: Ora
  • 1984: Blah Bla
  • 1985: Ragazza dell'Europa
  • 1985: Meravigliosa creatura
  • 1987: Profumo
  • 1988: Un ragazzo come te
  • 1989: Voglio fare l'amore
  • 1990: Due ragazze in me
  • 1991: Dea
  • 1993: Tira tira
  • 1995: Ottava vita
  • 1995: Lontano lontano
  • 1996: Bomboloni
  • 1998: CentoMila
  • 1998: Un giorno disumano
  • 2006: Ama credi e vai (with Andrea Bocelli )
  • 2007: Hold the Moon
  • 2011: Ti voglio tanto bene (IT: gold)
  • 2017: Fenomenale (IT: gold)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 750,000 musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 16 × platinum16 1,165,000 fimi.it
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 200,000 hitparade.ch
All in all Gold record icon.svg 11 × gold11 Platinum record icon.svg 19 × platinum19th

Filmography

literature

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  1. ↑ The year of birth is controversial: Nannini herself states 1956 on her website ( Memento from December 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), and this number has been consistently adopted in the media; in the article of the Italian Wikipedia, however, is 1954, with reference to the information in Who's Who in Italy (see here ( Memento from December 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )) and in the autobiography of a former schoolmate Nannini. There is also an extract from the birth register from 1983, which confirms 1954 as the year of birth ( reproduced here ( memento of November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
  2. ↑ Gianna Nannini's pregnancy was not planned . Welt Online , January 12, 2011; accessed on January 10, 2018
  3. ↑ "I'm like an old Stradivarius". In: one day . March 27, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Martin Scholz: Tour? Only during the school holidays . Interview, in: Welt am Sonntag , March 12, 2017, p. 61
  5. ↑ Gianna Nannini sposa la compagna: "Ho scelto Londra con mia figlia e Carla L'Italia non mi tutela nei miei diritti di mamma.". July 6, 2017, accessed on May 11, 2020 (it-IT).
  6. ↑ cf. z. B. title Theses Temperaments: Review: The rocking provocation: How 54-year-old Gianna Nannini makes headlines with her baby bump and her new CD ( Memento from February 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), January 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ Gianna Nannini: I. Autobiography , Berlin 2007 (no page number)
  8. ↑ Amiche per l'Abruzzo , Daniela Braun, toskanaitalien.de, June 18, 2009
  9. ↑ Domenica a San Siro: Gianna Nannini: con le "Amiche" il mio brano nato tra le lacrime ( Memento of November 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Laffranchi Andrea, Corriere Della Sera, June 18, 2009 (Ital.)
  10. ↑ Express : Tax investigation - Gianna Nannini: Villa confiscated on April 5, 2014
  11. ↑ a b c d chart sources: singles albums ; M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on January 11, 2019 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1995). ; Italy
  12. ↑ CD review

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SURNAME Nannini, Gianna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian rock singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Siena , Italy