Gigi D'Alessio

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Gigi D'Alessio (* 24. February 1967 in Naples as Luigi D'Alessio ) is an Italian singer-songwriter and singer.

biography

D'Alessio made his first experiences with music with the accordion that his father gave him when he was four years old. At the age of twelve he enrolled at the conservatory . After writing some lyrics for several Neapolitan singers, he himself appeared as the pianist of Mario Merola , with whom he wrote and interpreted the song Cient'anne - the theme song of the film of the same name. In 1992 he brought out his debut album Lasciatemi cantare . With songs like Fotomodelle un po 'povere , Annaré , Anna se sposa , he achieved his first Italian-wide success in the next few years.

Gigi D'Alessio with Mario Trevi and Aurelio Fierro (1998)

In 2000 the musician first took part in the Sanremo Festival . With the song Non dirgli mai , however, he only finished tenth in the end. The subsequently published album Quando la mia vita cambierà reached the top five of the charts for the first time. A tour also followed, which also took D'Alessio abroad. The next year he took part again in the Sanremo Festival, although his song Tu che ne sai did not get past eighth place. The following album Il cammino dell'età was able to reach the top of the chart.

He was able to repeat the number one success in 2002 with the next album Uno come te . He produced the album with the help of international musicians such as Pino Palladino and Vinnie Colaiuta . The single Un nuovo bacio , a duet with the then fifteen-year-old Anna Tatangelo , who had just won the newcomer category at the Sanremo Festival, brought D'Alessio into the top ten of the single charts for the first time. In 2003 he released his first best-of album Buona vita . After the next album Quanti amori , he took part again in 2005 at the Sanremo Festival, where he took second place in the men's category with L'amore che non c'è ; the song found its way into a special edition of the album. The live album Buonincoro followed at the end of the year .

In 2006 it became known that D'Alessio was in a relationship with Anna Tatangelo, who was twenty years his junior, after which he announced the separation from his wife Carmela - with whom he had three children - (the divorce did not take place until 2014). In addition, his album Made in Italy was released , which reached number one again in the charts. The single Primo appuntamento was his first number one hit, and the single Un cuore malato was also a success in the French-speaking world thanks to his collaboration with Lara Fabian . After the compilation Mi faccio in quattro (2007), D'Alessio released the next album Questo sono io in 2008 . After the EP 6 come ist the following year, the singer appeared in his own music show called Gigi, questo sono io on RAIUno in 2010 . In the same year he brought out the second EP Semplicemente sei , which again promoted him to the top of the chart. It also contained a song on the occasion of the birth of Anna Tatangelo's first son, Andrea.

For the fourth time, D'Alessio took part in the Sanremo Festival in 2012 : In a duet with Loredana Bertè , he presented the song Respirare , which reached fourth place in the final. His album Chiaro was then released . This was followed by Ora (2013) and Malaterra (2015). The 2017 Sanremo Festival was the musician's fifth participation in the competition.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums and EPs

Lasciatemi cantare (1992)
Scivolando verso l'alto (1993)
Dove mi porta il cuore (1994)
Passo dopo passo (1995)
Fuori dalla mischia (1996)
È stato un piacere (1998)

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	IT	CH	Remarks
1999	Portami con te	IT33 (9 weeks) IT	-	RCA
2000	Quando la mia vita cambierà	IT4 (73 weeks) IT	CH58 (23 weeks) CH	RCA
2001	Il cammino dell'età	IT1 (63 weeks) IT	CH15 (17 weeks) CH	RCA
2002	Uno come te	IT1 (56 weeks) IT	CH25 (12 weeks) CH	RCA
2004	Quanti amori	IT3 (55 weeks) IT	CH28 (11 weeks) CH	RCA
2006	Made in Italy	IT1 (51 weeks) IT	CH22 (5 weeks) CH	Sony BMG Ricordi
2008	Questo sono io	IT1 gold (35 weeks)IT	CH20 (4 weeks) CH	Sony BMG Ricordi
2009	6 come be	IT2 platinum (29 weeks)IT	CH39 (4 weeks) CH	Sony BMG Ricordi EP, placed in the Swiss singles charts
2010	Semplicemente is	IT1 platinum (29 weeks)IT	-	Sony EP
2012	Chiaro	IT4th gold (27 weeks)IT	CH70 (1 week) CH	Sony
2013	Ora	IT2 platinum (41 weeks)IT	-	Sony
2015	Malaterra	IT3 gold (18 weeks)IT	CH45 (2 weeks) CH	Sony
2017	February 24, 1967	IT3 gold (25 weeks)IT	CH47 (1 week) CH	Sony
2019	Noi due	IT3 (9 weeks) IT	-	Sony

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	IT	CH	Remarks
2005	Courincoro	IT14 (24 weeks) IT	-	Sony BMG Ricordi

Tutto in un concerto (1998)
Tu vuò fa l'americano (2011)
Primera fila (2012; Spanish)
Ora dal vivo (2014)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	IT	CH	Remarks
2003	Buona vita	IT3 (53 weeks) IT	CH49 (4 weeks) CH	RCA
2007	Mi faccio in quattro	IT1 (28 weeks) IT	-	Sony BMG Ricordi
2013	I grandi album	IT66 (1 week) IT	-	Sony

3 x te (2010)

Singles (selection)

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	IT	CH	Remarks
2000	Como suena el corazon (Remix) Quando la mia vita cambierà	IT46 (1 week) IT	-
2000	Medley latino	IT50 (1 week) IT	-
2002	Un nuovo bacio Uno come te	IT8 (10 weeks) IT	-	feat. Anna Tatangelo
2004	Piccolo amico	IT10 (10 weeks) IT	-	feat. Le matite colorate
2005	L'amore che non c'è Quanti amori	IT2 (17 weeks) IT	CH75 (7 weeks) CH
2006	Un cuore malato Made in Italy	-	-	feat. Lara Fabian ; Number 16 in the French and number six in the Walloon charts
2006	Primo appuntamento Made in Italy	IT1 (20 weeks) IT	-
2008	Superamore Questo sono io	IT12 (6 weeks) IT	-
2009	Non riattacare 6 come	IT35 (4 weeks) IT	-
2010	Vita Semplicemente is	IT33 (5 weeks) IT	-
2010	Libero Semplicemente is	IT64 (3 weeks) IT	-
2012	Respirare Chiaro	IT11 (7 weeks) IT	-	feat. Loredana Bertè
2017	La prima stella 24 February 1967	IT79 (1 week) IT	-
2019	Quanto amore si dà	IT59 (1 week) IT	-	feat. Guè Pequeno

bibliography

Gigi D'Alessio: Not c'è vita da buttare . Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan 2004, ISBN 88-04-50282-7 .
Gigi D'Alessio: Come in un film . Aliberti editore, Reggio Emilia 2007, ISBN 978-88-7424-211-5 .
Gigi D'Alessio: Questo sono io . Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan 2009, ISBN 88-04-59125-0 .

Web links

supporting documents

↑ Cient'anne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Gigi D'Alessio: Biografia. In: Rockol.it. August 25, 2015, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).
↑ Antonio Mustara: Festival di Sanremo 2000. In: Sorrisi.com . Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , January 23, 2015, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).
^ Classifica del Festival di Sanremo 2000. In: Festivaldisanremo.com. Eddy Anselmi, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).
^ Mario Luzzatto Fegiz: Sanremo, Elisa trionfa nel festival delle donne. In: Corriere.it . RCS MediaGroup, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).
↑ Sanremo 2005. In: Festivaldisanremo.com. Eddy Anselmi, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).
^ Daniela Bellu: Gigi D'Alessio e Carmela Barbato hanno divorziato: a lei la casa coniugale, 15 mila euro al mese e le vacanze pagate. In: Gossipblog.it. Blogo.it, June 24, 2014, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).
↑ Paolo Giordano: Boom Gigi D ?? 'Alessio: duetti d ?? autore con Baglioni e Cammariere. In: IlGiornale.it . Società Europea di Edizioni, March 6, 2010, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).
↑ 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).
↑ ^a ^b ^c
Chart sources (albums):
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 94 (IT 1995-2012).
- Gigi D'Alessio albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed on March 21, 2017 (IT since 2000).
- Gigi D'Alessio albums. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on March 21, 2017 (CH).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Awards for music sales: IT
↑
Chart sources (singles):
- Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 83 (IT 1997-2012).
- Singles by Gigi D'Alessio. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed on November 22, 2015 (CH).
- Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI , accessed March 21, 2017 (Italian).
↑ Gigi D'Alessio & Lara Fabian - Un cuore malato. In: Ultratop.be. Ultratop & Hung Medien, accessed November 23, 2015 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	D'Alessio, Gigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	D'Alessio, Luigi (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian singer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Naples

[1] Cient'anne in the Internet Movie Database (English)

[rockol-2] Gigi D'Alessio: Biografia. In: Rockol.it. August 25, 2015, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).

[3] Antonio Mustara: Festival di Sanremo 2000. In: Sorrisi.com . Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , January 23, 2015, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).

[4] Classifica del Festival di Sanremo 2000. In: Festivaldisanremo.com. Eddy Anselmi, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).

[5] Mario Luzzatto Fegiz: Sanremo, Elisa trionfa nel festival delle donne. In: Corriere.it . RCS MediaGroup, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).

[6] Sanremo 2005. In: Festivaldisanremo.com. Eddy Anselmi, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).

[7] Daniela Bellu: Gigi D'Alessio e Carmela Barbato hanno divorziato: a lei la casa coniugale, 15 mila euro al mese e le vacanze pagate. In: Gossipblog.it. Blogo.it, June 24, 2014, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).

[8] Paolo Giordano: Boom Gigi D ?? 'Alessio: duetti d ?? autore con Baglioni e Cammariere. In: IlGiornale.it . Società Europea di Edizioni, March 6, 2010, accessed November 23, 2015 (Italian).

[9] 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).

[Albumcharts-10] Chart sources (albums):

Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 94 (IT 1995-2012).

Gigi D'Alessio albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed on March 21, 2017 (IT since 2000).

Gigi D'Alessio albums. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on March 21, 2017 (CH).

[11] Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI album . Lulu , 2013, p. 94 (IT 1995-2012).

[12] Gigi D'Alessio albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed on March 21, 2017 (IT since 2000).

[13] Gigi D'Alessio albums. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on March 21, 2017 (CH).

[ausz-11] Awards for music sales: IT

[Singlecharts-12] Chart sources (singles):

Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 83 (IT 1997-2012).

Singles by Gigi D'Alessio. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed on November 22, 2015 (CH).

Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI , accessed March 21, 2017 (Italian).

[16] Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu, 2013, p. 83 (IT 1997-2012).

[17] Singles by Gigi D'Alessio. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed on November 22, 2015 (CH).

[18] Archivio classifiche Top Digital. FIMI , accessed March 21, 2017 (Italian).

[13] Gigi D'Alessio & Lara Fabian - Un cuore malato. In: Ultratop.be. Ultratop & Hung Medien, accessed November 23, 2015 (French).